Twenty-three year old Carly Aplin from Cutting Room Creative in Leeds has been hairdressing since she was 14. After starting off on a work experience placement, Carly has never looked back. Carly’s very first taste of competition success came in 2004 when she won the Talentspotting competition for L’Oreal. Winning this led to her being involved with a photoshoot in Majorca for leading trade magazine, prepping backstage at London Fashion Week, styling the stars for L’Oreal at the BAFTA’s, winning the Men’s North Eastern Regional L’Oreal Colour Trophy and competing in the L’Oreal Colour Trophy Final in London at the 50th anniversary all in the very same year. During that year Carly also completed her first year on the L’Oreal I.D program.
Carly is regarded as one of the hottest young talents emerging within the British hairdressing industry and believes the catalyst behind this reputation was her decision to join Cutting Room Creative, an award winning salon renowned for nurturing talent. Joining several other young talented hairdressers such as Joe Nions, all under the expert guidance of British Hairdressing Hall of Fame members Charles and Karen Dodds, Carly has thrived within Cutting Room Creative.
Last year, Carly was invited to join The Fellowship F.A.M.E. Team for 2008 and was extremely excited about working alongside mentors such as Errol Douglas and her all time icon Angelo Seminara. “Becoming a member of the F.A.M.E. Team is a fantastic achievement for me as it is everything I have worked towards throughout the past twelve months. As part of the team I was just so excited by the thought of being able to explore the links between high fashion and hair and also to be able to learn new ways of working. Not only from the really big names in the industry, but also from the other F.A.M.E. Team girls as we will all have been taught different techniques and approaches.”
Carly also plays an important role within the salon, and mentors the Cutting Room Creative assistants. And with a television appearance in the pipeline, there is no one better equipped to give them creative, presentation and salon skills they need to achieve in the world of hairdressing.