26 Feb 2024
Rainbow Room International were thrilled to gather all their salons for their 35th Annual Congress, which was held at Glasgow venue, Òran Mór, for the second year running.
The Rainbow Room International Annual Congress gathers all Director’s and salon teams from Rainbow Room International’s eleven salons to award the hard work and dedication to their craft of team members with the Self Improvement award for stylists who have improved significantly from the previous year and Commendation Awards based on stylists number of total clients, converts and treatments such as styling and technical. Awards are also provided for those who have excelled with their social media content and for two of the most sought after awards Fantastic Hairdresser and Salon Team of the Year.
The evening started with a champagne reception and salon team photographs before a delicious dinner with wine was served ahead of the anticipated awards ceremony.
Following dinner, Alan Stewart, Co-Founder of Rainbow Room International with Linda Stewart, took to the stage to thank everyone for coming and for their hard work and dedication to the brand over the past year. Alan mentioned that this year it was a challenging decision for the judges to decide the award winners, with all entries being of an extremely high standard.
Following the awards, the night ended with live music from the band Groove Supply (led by Breck Stewart – Alan and Linda Stewart’s son) and all salon teams dancing the night away celebrating their successes and looking forward to another prosperous year in 2024.
Commenting on the night, Co-Founders of Rainbow Room International Alan and Linda Stewart, said, “Our Annual Congress was a fantastic evening – it’s great to get all our teams together and see such a magical team spirit. The concept of our awards scheme is based on two cultures of success, the western culture where awards are presented for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and the eastern culture of Kaizen (a Japanese word for continuous improvement). We believe that each member of our team is special and deserves their own recognition of success. As teachers and coaches, our job is to constantly reaffirm that we should not fear failures along the way and try to ensure that encouragement is always given to individual members. One of our great rewards in the industry is to see a constant intake of school leavers join our team, with their dreams big, shiny and bright. It re-energises us to watch their progress. Helping them grow and achieve their ambitions is the measure of our success.”
AWARDS LIST
Graduation from the Academy 2023
Alana Robertson, Howard Street
Erin Halden, Crow Road
Kaci-Olivia Fletcher, Buchanan Street
Jordan-Rachel Murdoch, George Square
Lily-Sarah Lamb, Great Western Road
Ellie Addison, East Kilbride
Mischa Marshall, Clarkston
Bronze Commendation Awards
Total Styling
Brody – Craig Gibson, Clarkston
Total Clients
Jodie Hall, Bearsden
Client Care
Total Treatments
Jacqueline Curran, East Kilbride/Ayr
Total Technical
Total Converts
Saskia-Sarah Vinestock, Clarkston
Silver Commendation Awards
Total Clients
Brody Gibson, Clarkston
Total Treatments
Lisa Maguire, East Kilbride
Total Technical
Diana Carson, Uddingston
Total Converts
Jodie Hall, Bearsden
Total Client Care
Total Styling
Saskia- Sarah Vinestock, Clarkston
Gold Commendation Awards
Newcomer of 2023
Archie-Wing Tat Lam, Uddingston
Sof Kinloch, George Square
Part Time Stylist 2023
Bronze – Jacqueline Curran, East Kilbride/Ayr
Silver - Joy Ross, Buchanan Street
Gold - Pamela Wallace, Buchanan Street
Beauty
Total Client Care
Total Clients
Total Converts
Total Treatments
Sarah - Allison McFarlane, Royal Exchange Square
Gold Commendation Awards 2024
Total Styling
Leah Watt, Uddingston
Total Treatments
Joy Ross, Buchanan Street
Total Client Care
Chrissy Wright, Buchanan Street
Total Technical
Jodie Hall, Bearsden
Total Clients
Total Converts
Diana Carson, Uddingston
Self Improvement During 2023
Holly Menzies, East Kilbride
Anna MacIntyre, Bearsden
Chrissy Wright, Buchanan Street
Becca-Sophie Jack, Great Western Road
Self Improvement 2022 to 2023
Sierra- Sophie O’Brien, Crow Road
Amber Hughes, Buchanan Street
Renee Jamieson, Buchanan Street
Aimie Doak, Buchanan Street
Joy Ross, Buchanan Street
Paige Pryce-Anderson, Royal Exchange Sq
Naomi Hill, Royal Exchange Sq
Keeva Ware, Royal Exchange Sq
Sophie Alexander, Royal Exchange Sq
Lisa Maguire, East Kilbride
Meg- Megan Boyle, George Square
Courtney Murray, George Square
Leah Watt, Uddingston
Brody – Craig Gibson, Clarkston
Rhona Lopez, Ayr
Jaqueline Curran, East Kilbride/Ayr
Robbie Lyons, Howard Street
Julie Cameron, Beauty at Royal Exchange Sq
Danielle Robin, Beauty at Royal Exchange Sq
Sarah - Allison McFarlane, Beauty at Royal Exchange Sq
Lucy Foy, Beauty at Royal Exchange Sq
Alison Grey, Beauty at Royal Exchange Sq
Self Improvement during 2023 and 2022 to 2023
Jack Mackle, George Square
Saskia – Sarah Vinestock, Clarkston
Adele Quinn, Clarkston
Izabela Lopaciuk, Ayr
Caitlin Wright, Howard Street
Outstanding Self Improvement
Heather McDannels, Clarkston
Carla Phillips, George Square
Assistant of the Year Level 2
Erin MacMillan
Assistant of the Year Level 3
Hayleigh McDowel
Maintaining “A” Rating through 2023
The team at Howard Street
Best Promotion Video
Carla Phillips
Reception Team of the Year
Uddingston
Trainer of the year
Nicole Ross
Photographic Image
Diana Carson
Jack Mackle
Photographic Team Collection
Uddingston
Social Media Image
Amber Huges
Stylist Social Media Award
Carla Phillips
Jordan-Rachel Murdoch
Salon Social Media Award
George Square
Fantastic Hairdresser of the Year
Rachael McDonald
SALON TEAM OF THE YEAR
Buchanan Street
Pictured: Salon Team of the Year - RRI Buchanan Street
