HJ Reports: L’Oréal Colour Trophy UK & Ireland Grand Finals

We joined #LCT24 in Ireland and the UK to witness 100s of grand finalists compete for the coveted trophy and four fab live shows

Clara Amfo, Lisa Snowden, Twiggy Jalloh and Hannah Martin

On Monday 8 July, L’Oréal Professionnel Paris celebrated the L'Oréal Colour Trophy UK 2024 Grand Final at Old Billingsgate, London.

fRAmEwoRk by Arkive by Adam Reed

Hosted by Clara Amfo, supported by Lisa Snowden, Twiggy Jalloh and Hannah Martin, the evening saw 155 competition models walk and #LCT24 category winners crowned. The audience was treated to two spectacular shows. Firstly, the Trevor Sorbie Creative Team presented Metaball. Led by Creative Director Giuseppe Stelitano, he exclusively told HJ: "This is the biggest show of my career to date. It's fun, it's joyful, we wanted to celebrate the return of the Trevor Sorbie show. We've got dancers, models, colour and lots of wigs.”

Mashup by Jason Hall and Abigail Butler

The Russell Eaton Artistic Team, led by Art Director Robert Eaton, showcased Luminaire, a colourful spectacle that used cutting edge technology to bring a multidimensional experience to hair. Robert told us: "It's a light show that's going to bring to life different colours and textures. Expect strong, bold shapes and contrasting colours.” In addition, Neville Hair & Beauty's Creative Director Jack Merrick-Thirlway re-created hair looks from the On/ Off presents Jack Irving show from London Fashion Week.

Luminaire, from Russell Eaton

Metaball, from Trevor Sorbie

L'Oréal Colour Trophy Award overall winner Gee-Kent Ho

• Gee-Kent Ho, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gee-Kent Ho

• Brooks & Brooks, London Marlon Hawkins

Marlon Hawkins

• Trevor Sorbie, Francesco Merico & Viktoriia Vradii

Francesco Merico & Viktoriia Vradii

• Peter Mark, Belfast, Tyler Knox

• Lauren McNeela, Stripe Colour Studio

• Frances Marshall, Sunderland, Amelia Hall

• Headmasters, Soho, Edd Moss

Edd Moss

• Elsie MacDonald

• Francesca Bay

• Brandon Marchant

• Isla McKelvie

• Alex Doherty

• Jason Hall Hairdressing, Edinburgh, Daniella Bulpit & Jak Hall

• Peter Mark, Lisburn, Joseph Comer & Stephen Hanna

• Saks Hair Newark, Emma Goodlass & Lucy Sprigg

• Gee-Kent Ho, Newcastle, Gee-Kent Ho

• Zoe Hodgkiss – Hair Artistry, Holsworthy, Zoe Hodgkiss

• Strictly Xtended, Bishops Stortford, Perry Davis

• Trevor Sorbie, Brighton Giuseppe Di Rosa & Daniel Courtnage

• Brooks & Brooks, Marlon Hawkins

L'Oréal Colour Trophy Ireland overall winner New Hair Order

L’ORÉAL COLOUR TROPHY IRELAND GRAND FINAL

HJ joined L'Oréal Professionnel Paris in Dublin, Ireland for the L'Oréal Colour Trophy Grand Final on Monday 17 June at Dublin Royal.

The evening kicked off with an introduction from L'Oréal Professionnel Paris, General Manager UK and Ireland, Ann Marie Humphreys. She said: "L'Oréal Colour Trophy has been championing professional excellence and hair artistry for over five decades. It is the longest running live hair competition in the world."

This was followed by a catwalk of the Grand Finalists who had been competing all day in the RDS, Dublin, before this year's judges Alan Edwards, Andrew Mulvenna, Darren Ambrose, Marcello Moccia and Nathan Walker, took to the stage.

We were treated to two shows by Jason Hall and Abigail Butler, and the Arkive by Adam Reed team respectively. Firstly, Mashup was supported by a team of L'Oréal Professionnel backstage artists. It was a cornucopia of throwback styles, all brought together by a soundtrack that moved seamlessly from 80s nostalgia to 00s hits.This was followed by fRAmEwoRk from L’Oréal Professionnel Editorial UK Ambassador Adam Reed and the ARKIVE by Adam Reed team Andrew Plester, Janet Barone, John Spanton, Luke Logan, Pia Wyatt and Samantha Bickle.

Then it came to the L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards themselves…

• New Hair Order, Mark Byrne and Lisa May

• Zeba Hairdressing, Mark Sherwood and Augosto Miranda

• Brown Sugar, Graham Santeliz Molloy and James Coleman

• Jake Murphy from Zebra Hairdressing, Dublin.