Heritage

1954 saw the dawn of a new era in the world of Hairdressing. Tottenham Court Road in London provided the backdrop to the very first L’Oréal Colour Trophy. A competition that would go on to become the longest running live hairdressing competition in the world. Founded on professional colour, L’Oréal Professionnel Paris was the original brand of the L’Oréal Group created by renowned French chemist Eugène Schueller. With a bold move to discover the best colour trends, the best talent and the best colourists, L’Oréal Professionnel Paris launched the L’Oréal Colour Trophy.

From these humble beginnings of what originally was intended to be a quest for the best, the competition quickly took on its own momentum. By the sixties the L’Oréal Colour Trophy had traversed the regions uncovering talent from across the UK and touring with a roadshow of models, artists, stylists and musicians. Growing in reach from an audience of 300 to a staggering 5500, the prestigious and vast Royal Albert Hall hosted what had fast become one of the most renowned hairdressing competitions, the L’Oréal Colour Trophy Grand Final.

Fast forward six and a half decades and many iterations of this iconic competition later, the L’Oréal Colour Trophy moves into its 69th year of uncovering the artistry, the mastery and the talent of UK hairdressing.