COPIED

NORTHERN IRELAND HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR

DAMIEN JOHNSTON AND STEPHEN AIKEN
Pure Hair

“Modern Relics is a collection that fuses romantic nostalgia with fierce individuality, drawing from eras past with looks reimagined through a modern lens. Each style channels the spirit of a forgotten icon - choppy fringes, playful textures, shorter layers with longer lengths and muted but moody tones evoke rebellion wrapped in elegance. These are portraits of beauty not preserved but reborn - weathered, wild and sacred. In Modern Relics, history doesn’t repeat - it transforms.”

Damien Johnston and Stephen Aiken, Pure Hair

HAIR: DAMIEN JOHNSTON AND STEPHEN AIKEN

MAKE-UP: STEVIE LENNOX

STYLING: ERINROSE ARTHURS

PHOTOGRAPHY: GLENN NORWOOD

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H J’s 2025 British Hairdressing Awards and our
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