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£20 Valentine Discount – Cloud 9 Voucher

This Valentines we’re offering a £20 discount on Cloud 9 products, with a valid voucher.
Products in this offer: the Wand, the Micro Wand, the O Gift set, the Standard Irons and the Wide Irons. Offer ends 3 March 2012.

You can download the voucher at the link below. Control click, or right click on the ’£20 Cloud 9 Voucher’ link and download to your desktop. After you’ve printed out the voucher just fill in your name and email address.

£20 Cloud 9 Voucher

The Face of 2012 Catwalk Final

The Face of 2012 Catwalk Final, sponsored by MATRIX and Cloud 9

Date: Thursday 23 February 2012

Venue: Borjia, 17a Castillian Street, Northampton

Time: 8pm

Clothes by Wolf & Gypsy, Temple, Ossies and Cloud 8

There can be only one winner. The girls will be judged by some of the industry’s greats, from the field of photography, make-up and media. The winner will be crowned the ‘Christian Wiles Hairdressing Face of 2012’ and win over £1000 worth of prizes, including four photoshoots over the year. The work from the photshoots will be used in company advertising and competition work, as well as helping the winner to build up a portfolio of work. The prize also includes expert advice on how to further the winner’s career in modelling; one years worth of FREE hairdressing with the Christian Wiles Hairdressing team; a set of Cloud 9 Irons, a Cloud 9 wand and a huge selection of MATRIX haircare products.

This is the ‘must see’ catwalk event of the year, held in the most beautiful exclusive venue Borjia. You will witness the Catwalk Finale with Wolf & Gypsy Vintage Clothing, Cloud 8 Clothing, Temple and Ossies who will be showcasing this seasons clothing trends, with hair by the talented ‘Christian Wiles Hairdressing Artistic team’ and a fantastic selection of music played through the night by our very special guest, DJ Jamsie. This is a free event, but we only have limited availability so R.S.V.P to christianwileshairdressing@me.com or call 01604 604042 and we will confirm your place on the guest list. We look forward to seeing you there.

Evo Product Promotion

As well as securing a place in the finals of American Crew FACE OFF 2012, Matthew Gavin has
been working closely with Evo Hair UK. Matt’s dedication, ambition and creative flair is inspiring,
which is one of the reasons Evo were immediately alerted to his talents, asking him to represent
the company as an Evo ambassador.

For a limited time we are selling some of Matt’s favorite Evo products at a promotional price.
See below for more information.

American Crew FACE OFF 2012

Matthew Gavin has worked alongside Christian Wiles for the last eight years, starting his hairdressing career as Christian’s assistant. Matt has worked his way up through the ranks and is now an Artistic Director.

During Matt’s career he has developed his own style in hairdressing, that has led him to work on various catwalk shows and trade events. His ability to adapt his technique to current trends has seen him win many prolific competitions, including the REDKEN Urban Talent 2009. We are also very proud and delighted to announce Matt’s place in the American Crew FACE OFF 2012 final.

£15 Discount – Cloud 9 Voucher

This Christmas we’re offering a £15 discount on Cloud 9 products, with the valid voucher. Choose from a range of products including The O, The Irons, The Wand and The Micro Wand. Offers ends 24th December 2011.

You can download the voucher at the link below. Control click, or right click on the ’£15 Cloud 9 Voucher’ link and download to your desktop. After you’ve printed out the voucher just fill in your name and email address.

£15 Cloud 9 Voucher

3 Step Guide To Great Looking Hair

This short video shows you how to create gorgeous looking hair. Follow these three easy steps for amazing Beach Wave Hair.

Gok Wan Clothes Roadshow

After a fantastic five day tour around the country on the Gok Wan Roadshow we finished with a final date in Manchester. It was an amazing experience working with Jamie Stevens, Gok Wan, and the rest of the MATRIX team. Here are some photos from behind the scenes of our team hard at work on the models featured in the show.

The Face Of 2012

Christian Wiles Hairdressing ‘award winning salon’ nationwide search for the new face for their company branding. Enter our modelling competition for a chance to kick-start your career as a model and win over £1000 worth of prizes.

Ways to enter:
Print out and fill in an application form. You can download the form at the bottom of this post (‘alt’ click or left/right click). Attach a clear full length photo and a head and shoulders photo, and then post to: Christian Wiles hairdressing, 1.St Edmunds Street, Northampton, NN1 5SH.

Alternatively you can scan the completed form and save it as a PDF or JPG file and email it, along with photo attachments, to: christianwileshair@me.com. If you do not have access to a scanner or don’t want to post the form, you can email your details, along with photo attachments, to the email address above.

How The Competition Works:
Submit your entry before the closing date of 29 October 2011. Ten lucky applicants will be chosen for our grand final catwalk event. This will be judged by a panel of industry professionals which will consist of photographers, make-up artists and designers. The lucky winner will then be crowned as The Christian Wiles Hairdressing ‘FACE OF 2012’. The first Photo Shoot will then take place in January 2012.

What You Will Win:
 Four Photo shoots over the year which will be used for the company advertising and competition work, billboard advertising and magazine advertising.
 Help to build a portfolio of work.
 Cloud nine irons and the new cloud nine wand.
 A selection of MATRIX hair care products.
 A years worth of FREE hairdressing.
 Local media coverage of the event.
 Expert advice on how to further your career in modelling.

Rules and Guidelines:
The entrant must be open minded with your hair as it will be coloured leading up to the catwalk event.
The entrant must be an unsigned model.
The entrant must be available for clothes fittings leading up to the final event.
The entrant must be available in December 2011 for the Grand Final.
If the entrant is under 18 then she must be accompanied by her parent/guardian and have written consent. Female entrants only.
The entrants will be responsible for all travel cost’s leading up to the event.

If you have any questions please call 01604 604042.
Good luck!

The Face of 2012 form

Matrix Destination Fame 2011 Winners

After 22,000 public votes and 16 hours of scrutiny from an expert panel, the MATRIX Destination Fame 2011 winners have been chosen.

Congratulations to our very own Natasha Douce on becoming one of the three winners. She will now experience a Year of Fame with professional brand MATRIX, which will include mentoring by some of hairdressing’s most innovative and iconic names and creating looks for the MATRIX 2012 calendar. Natasha will also assist at hair shows both within the UK and internationally, and will attend the MATRIX overseas conference in 2012.

This is an amazing achievement for us to have won this competition two years running, and a fantastic opportunity for Natasha to take her hairdressing career to the next level.
Christian, Christian Wiles Hairdressing, Northampton

Winning this competition still hasn’t sunk in yet ! I can’t wait to do the calendar shoot in August and find out who will be mentoring me.
Natasha – 2011 Winner, Christian Wiles Hairdressing

Im so pleased for Tash. Thanks to MATRIX  this competition has opened so many doors for me and has given me opportunities in the hairdressing industry that you could only dream of. It’s great that we have another team member who can enjoy the success that I have.
Harry – 2010 Winner, Christian Wiles Hairdressing

We shall be updating Natasha’s progress throughout the year, so keep checking the blog.

 

 

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