Paul Falltrick

Award-Winning Hair Expert and Matrix Global Design Team Member Winner: Global Salon Business Award: Entrepreneurial Excellence: Entrepreneurial Spirit 2004 Winner: British Hairdressing Awards Eastern Hairdresser of the Year 1997 Finalist: British Hairdressing Awards Eastern Hairdresser of Year 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008 & 2009 Finalist: British Hairdressing Awards Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year 2007 Finalist: British Hairdressing Awards Artistic Team of the Year 2007 Founder of Paul Falltrick Creative, Award-Winning Hair Expert and Global Design Team member for leading hair company Matrix, Paul Falltrick has over 30 years’ hairdressing experience, earning him the reputation as one of the most sought after stylists in the industry. During his career spanning three decades, Paul Falltrick has headed up a successful salon and world-renowned academy, amassed a string of industry accolades plus been called upon by leading global brands. With parents whose background was firmly rooted in hairdressing, you would be forgiven for thinking that a future behind the chair would always be Paul’s calling. However, it was only after being heavily coerced into doing a stint as a Saturday boy in his dad’s salon aged just 14 that he saw himself on the floor. Much to his surprise he found the experience so enjoyable that it wasn’t long before he decided to swap his school studies for shampoo and headed down to top London salon John Frieda where he began working as an assistant to Nicky Clarke. From Vogue and David Bailey shoots, to appearances on GMTV, Paul learned his trade by working with some of the biggest names in the business, which set his career off to a flying start. By the time Paul returned to work at his dad’s salon 5 years later, his reputation for session work, cutting and long hair had rocketed and he was soon snapped up by a hair brand to do shoots and shows across the country. After being hand-picked to join the prestigious F.A.M.E (The Fellowship Academy of Merit and Excellence) team in 1996, just one-year later Paul was crowned Eastern Hairdresser of the Year which saw his industry status soar, however Paul was just getting started! Despite already having achieved fantastic success, with a burning desire to bring his hairdressing techniques worldwide and control his own destiny, in 2002 Paul decided to push his career to the next level. So as well as deciding to take over his Dad’s business and re-brand it to ‘Paul Falltrick Hairdressing’, in the same year he also accepted a prestigious invitation to become part of the Global Design Team for leading hair brand Matrix, leading to him travelling across the globe for international shows and seminars. Indeed, the demand for Paul’s expertise in countries such as America, Australia and Barbados became so high, that in 2013, Paul made the conscious decision to move away from tending clients’ tresses behind the chair, selling his renowned salon and academy, in order to concentrate on session styling and platform work within his ‘Paul Falltrick Creative’ brand. While he still makes time for his long-standing clientele, this new era for Paul’s career sees a focus on education, bringing new techniques to a global hairdressing audience, something he has always been incredibly passionate about, stage work and product development alongside leading hair brand Matrix. With Paul recently jetting off to New York to help develop Matrix’s new Style Link range, as well as presenting at numerous leading industry exhibition shows such as Professional Hairdresser Live and Salon International, his schedule is busier than ever. Additional work as brand ambassador for Balmain Hair Extensions, as well as sold-out seminars educating the hairdressers of the future, are proof Paul is one man showing no signs of slowing down. So what’s next for the internationally renowned hairdresser? With product development work for Matrix’s next major launch, countless trips to America and Europe, appearances at acclaimed industry exhibitions and plans to take his unique cutting system across the pond to L.A all in the pipeline, the future certainly looks bright for Paul. What’s more, further plans to expand ‘Paul Falltrick Creative’, mean there will scarcely be a free date in the diary. And with Paul’s attitude, exceptional talent, reputation and passion for perfection, this new stage in his career is set to be even more successful than the last.

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