Imaginative Students Impress Judges at Annual Competition
Talented students at Riverside College wowed local employers with their creative skills at the annual ‘Hair, Beauty, Nails and Media Makeup Competition’ held in the College’s Centre Stage Theatre.
The full day competition sees students who are studying hair, beauty, nail and media makeup courses at the College compete in themed competitions to test out the skills learned so far during their course. The students experienced working under pressured conditions and the event helped prepare for future UK Skills and national competitions.
Following strict competition criteria, the students worked to impress judges Neil Anthony, owner of Neil Anthony Hairdressers in Widnes, Mia Hogan, a former Riverside Student and tutor at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy, Marisa Sterling, Nail Technician from Moda Nails & Beauty in Widnes, Kate Myler, freelance makeup artist and tutor, and Hayley Densmore, Freelance Hairdresser.
Suzanne McGucken, Hairdressing Tutor at Riverside College said, “Some of the students competing had only started with us in September but the level of talent on display was fantastic. All of the students worked extremely hard throughout the day and it was tough to choose a winner in all of the categories.
“We would like to thank all of the professional judges who helped to select the winning students.
“The event is great preparation for UK Skills and national competitions our students will be entering in the near future and judging on today’s work, we are confident they will perform very well.”
Winners of the competition
Level 3 Hairdressing Avant-garde
• 3rd Abbey Lunt
• 2nd Katie Schofield
• 1st Tracey Allcock
Level 2 Media Makeup
• 3rd Louise Gallagher
• 2nd Ciarra Wenham
• 1st Lucie Duckworth
Work Based Learning Cut and Colour
• 3rd Kyle Lingham
• 2nd Nicola Heaton
• 1st Charlotte Attwood
Level 2 Hair Up
• 2nd Courtney Reynolds and Natalie Chapman
• 1st Ambar Naden
Level 1 Total Look
• 3rd Ashley Worth
• 2nd Emma Jones
• 1st Vickie Savage
Level 1 Beauty
• 3rd Sophie James
• 2nd Kate Iddon
• 1st Emma Webster
Level2 Beauty
• 3rd Faye Pringle
• 2nd Georgia Davies
• 1st Kathryn Littler
Level 3 Beauty
• 3rd Lynsey McCormick
• 2nd Rochelle Pike
• 1st Victoria Pike
Nails Level 2
• 3rd Viktoria Piotrowska
• 2nd Sophie Blease
• 1st Nicole Cafferty
Photoshoot
• 3rd Emma Jones
• 2nd Christina Wells
• 1st Natalie Chapman