May 1, 2018
South Burnett hairdressers, apprentices and trainees enjoyed a special treat on Monday night … a visit from an award-winning city hairdresser willing to share her tips and tricks.
Crystal Ensabella has been hairdressing for 15 years, and in that time has built a “colour empire” in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
Crystal and her team at Fabrik Hair have been winning and placing in De Lorenzo Novacolor competitions over the past five years.
She was brought to Kingaroy by TAFE Southwest to share her winning ways.
TAFE Southwest Educational Team Leader (Hair Team) Paula Hughes said this was the first time for a very, very long time that something like this had happened at TAFE’s Kingaroy campus.
She said hairdressing courses had returned to Kingaroy about two years ago, after Business Development Officer Rob Fitz-Herbert approached local industries to see what their needs were.
They had started with a VETiS program (Vocational Education and Training in Schools) which offered a Certificate II in hairdressing.
It had grown from there, and helped the students to create a “passion” for the industry.
More than 50 people turned up at the college on Monday to learn from Crystal and watch a hands-on demonstration of colouring.
