Newbridge stylist is second place runner-up at ALFAPARF Milano Fantastic Hairdresser Awards 2018

Photo: model, Laura Dunne and  stylist, Gary Tierney  of Gary Patrick Hair Design

Stylist Gary Tierney, Gary Patrick Hair Design, George's Street, Newbridge, secured second place in the Fantastic Long Hair Stylist category at the Alfaparf Milano Fantastic Hairdresser Awards 2018.

Now in it's ninth year,is is the most anticipated and attended awards ceremony in the hairdressing industry of hairdressing on the island of Ireland. The awards took place in the RDS, Ballsbridge.

The Awards give stylists an opportunity to showcase both their creative strengths and commercial acumen, through six creative, three business and one artistic - the Alfaparf Milano Inixia photographic award.

The 10 winners are recognised and acknowledged as representing the best of Ireland's hairdressing industry.

The Award's prestige guarantees a large volume of contestants with almost 400 hairdressers from all over Ireland dedicating months of hard work to preparing their entries for the 10 categories.

Alfaparf Milano is internationally recognised as as representing the highest standards of the hairdressing industry and is considered by both trade and consumer press worldwide as the as the undeniable leader in the development of state-of-the-art salon products and services.

It's insistence of excellence and technical expertise in everything linked to this prestigious brand extends to the awards ceremony, with judging criteria largely centred on both.