BREAKING NEWS: 2019 NAHA Winners Announced!
Welcome to 2019 and a new venue for the North American Hairstyling Awards! This year, the event moved to Long Beach during the International Salon & Spa Expo, hosted by 2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist Figure Skater Adam Rippon. From the backstage tricks to gorgeous artistic presentations and all the winners, including Julie Vriesinga, taking home the night’s biggest award—Hairstylist of the Year!—BTC had a front row seat, so keep scrolling.
Inspiring artistic presentations by Amika, Olivia Garden, L’Oréal Professionnel and 2018 NAHA Hairstylist of the Year Danielle Keasling, Ulta Beauty Pro Team Member, Matrix Artistic Director and Great Lengths USA Executive Director, were a show highlight. We also loved seeing Michelle O’Connor of The Salon by InStyle & JCPenney take home two awards (Avant Garde & Texture) and her third Texture Award in a row!
And the winners are…
Hairstylist of the Year
Julie Vriesinga
Salon Entrenous | Forest, ON
Photographer: Paula Tizzard
Wardrobe Stylist: Julie Vriesinga
Makeup Artist: Florencia Taylor
Master Hairstylist of the Year
Silas Tsang
BLUSHES | Ottawa, ON
Photographer: Andrew O’Toole
Wardrobe Stylist: Ella Murphy
Makeup Artist: Kylie O’Toole
Avant Garde Award
Michelle O’Connor
Salon by In Style JCP | Hollywood, FL
Photographer: Roberto Ligresti
Wardrobe Stylist: Nikko Kefalas
Makeup Artist: Joanne Gair
Editorial/Session Stylist of the Year
Dilek Onur-Taylor
Salon by In Style JCP | Chicago, IL
Photographer: Roberto Ligresti
Haircolor Award
Chrystofer Benson
Chrystofer Benson | South Weber, UT
Photographer: John Rawson
Wardrobe Stylist: Hannah Leigh
Makeup Artist: Danielle Donahue
Haircutting Award
Lori Zabel
Dop Dop Salon | New York, NY
Photographer: BABAK
Wardrobe Stylist: Pascal Et Jeremie
Makeup Artist: Marie-Laure Larrieu & Gwendoline Carcaly
Men’s Hairstylist of the Year
Pete Goupil
Pete Goupil | Brossard, QC
Photographer: Jordan Holloway
Wardrobe Stylist: Alicia Leclerc
Makeup Artist: Marika D’Auteuil
Styling and Finishing Award
Sarajane Maples
Studio Sage | Atlantic Beach, FL
Photographer: Daryna Barykina
Makeup Artist: Jill Rae Bogers
Texture Award
Michelle O’Connor
Salon by Instyle JCPenney | Hollywood, FL
Photographer: Roberto Ligresti
Wardrobe Stylist: Nikko Kefalas
Makeup Artist: David Maderich
Student Hairstylist of the Year
Mckell Hird
Aveda Institute Provo | Provo, UT
Photographer: Keith Bryce
Wardrobe Stylist: Heidi Gress
Makeup Artist: Anne Skubis
Newcomer of the Year
Jesse Ervin
Civello Salon | Toronto, ON
Photographer: Natasha Gerschon
Makeup Artist: Hassan Haque
Salon Team of the Year
Ulta Beauty Pro Team
Bolingbrook, IL
Photographer: Richard Monsieurs
Wardrobe Stylist: Julia Muller
Makeup Artist: Deney Adam
Hairstylists: Nick Stenson, Ammon Carver, Danielle Keasling, Sean Godard, Carmody Homan & Sonya Dove
Assistants: Kate Beko, Haley Kimble, Jerwin Carlos, Leo Valencia & Tanya Lange
Nail Professional of the Year
Sarah Nguyen
Photographer: Richard Monsieurs
Hair Stylist: Ammon Carver Studio
Makeup Artist: Deney Adam
Makeup Artist of the Year
Florencia Taylor
Florencia Taylor | London, ON
Photographer: Paula Tizzard
Wardrobe Stylist: Julie Vriesinga
Salon/School Design of the Year
Penzone Salon + Spa
Dublin, OH
Photographer: Cory Klein
People’s Choice Award
Matthew Rouse
Serenity Couture | Des Moines, IA
Photographer: Trav McAvaddy
