TOPS hair salon is celebrating more success after two of its stylists finished in the top ten in the country in the Goldwell Global Color Zoom Challenge.
Natasha Hall and Sophie Freegard finished 6th and 8th out of 3,000 entries from the UK in the Global New Talent Colorist category. This is open to all Goldwell junior stylists who have less than five years’ professional experience, using Topchic, Colorance, Elumen and Nectaya for their color creations.
The top five stylists from each of the 40 competing nations come together for a final in Los Angles in October.
Natasha, aged 19, actually finished in fifth place to only be demoted to sixth due to her age. This year the minimum age for finalists is 21 due to the event being staged in the USA.
She said, “I was devastated at first when I found out I had missed out on LA because of my age, but I am really pleased with what I have achieved.
“I wasn’t expecting to do so well as it’s such a hard competition. I have entered three times now and finished in the top 100 previously.
“Everyone has been really chuffed for us. Customers come in and are always asking how we are doing and what competitions we are in. It’s really good for the salon.
“I am really happy for Sophie too who has done so well considering she only started this year!”
Sophie’s 8th place in her first Goldwell Color Zoom challenge was a remarkable achievement considering she only started this year. She said, “I was really shocked. I wasn’t expecting too much as it was my first time. It feels good to have done so well, especially as I have only been here since January.”
Manager of the salon, Victoria Stevens was very happy for her two stylists, saying, “It’s fantastic. For them both to do so well is great for them, for the salon and for Melksham.
“I am gutted for Natasha that she is missing out on Los Angles but I know she will fight back. She’s worked hard on the past year and it’s great that this effort has been recognised by such a high placing.
“Sophie has done so well. Considering she has only been with us since january it’s good for her that she has been recognised and achieved so much early on.”
Tops salon had the two highest placings from a single salon across the whole country.
![Melksham Times Past
A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
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A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.")
