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Husband to @hairmamma Photographer, Speaker + CEO of @mdivision.co @thejournalmag @aushairfashionawards #manestage25 #fameteamau @digitalhairawards

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HOST A DHA WATCH PARTY 🪩🥂

Gather your team, put the 2026 DHA Global Online Gala on the big screen and cheer on our finalists as we reveal this year’s winners! 🏆

🗓 SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER • USA + EUROPE
🗓 MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER • AUSTRALIA + ASIA
📺 LIVE on the Digital Hair Awards YouTube channel
⏰ Broadcast begins at 8:00 AM AEDT (Sydney)

🔗 Register your Watch Party via the link in our bio for hosting assets and all the key details.

Tag your watch party crew and the finalists you’ll be cheering for! 👇

Proudly supported by our Principal Partners @k18hairpro + @floractiveaustralia

#DigitalHairAwards #DHA2026 #DHAWatchParty

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A Prayer for Hope, Peace and Humanity, UNITY AND RESPECT. ♥️

Loving God, steady our hearts and help us see beyond the noise and fear around us. Give us the clarity to choose compassion, the courage to keep believing in one another, and the wisdom to focus on what we can do today. Remind us that even small acts of kindness can bring comfort, connection and hope. Guide us to meet one another with patience, grace and love. Amen.

There is still so much good in humanity. Even when the world feels unsettled, we can choose how we show up for one another, with kindness instead of judgement, understanding instead of division, and hope instead of despair. We may not be able to change everything at once, but each of us can make a difference in the lives we touch.

Resilience helps us rise after difficult times. Courage keeps us moving, even when we feel afraid. Belief reminds us that we can find a way forward together. Grace gives us room to make mistakes, learn and begin again. And unity reminds us that none of us has to carry everything alone.

Let’s pause, breathe, look after our own hearts and reach out to one another. Humanity is at its strongest when we stand together with compassion, hope and love for the next generation.

We live in one global village, sharing one home and belonging to one human family. From every corner of the world, we have the chance and the responsibility to build friendships, share love and meet one another with respect. When we choose understanding, kindness and compassion, we bring peace closer for all of us. Together, we can make our world a warmer, more hopeful place for generations to come.
☯️☮️✝️🌎💜

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SAVE THE DATE 🌍🏆 The 2026 DHA Global Online Gala is coming!

🗓 SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER • USA + EUROPE
🗓 MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER • AUSTRALIA + ASIA

Join us LIVE on the Digital Hair Awards YouTube channel as we celebrate our incredible finalists and reveal this year’s winners across 17 categories!

⏰ The broadcast begins at 8:00AM Sydney time (AEDT). Swipe through to find the broadcast time for your city ➡️

Gather your salon crew and plan your watch party! 🎉 Comment below with where you’ll be watching from and who you’ll be watching with! 🏆👇

Proudly supported by our Principal Partners, @k18hairpro + @floractiveaustralia

#DigitalHairAwards #DHA2026 #DHAGala

LOS ANGELES, let’s make it a celebratory lunch! 🥂🏆

The 2026 DHA Global Online Gala goes LIVE at 1:00 PM PST on SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER!

📍 Los Angeles • San Francisco • San Diego • Las Vegas • Seattle you’re all tuning in at 1:00PM.

Pop the champagne, gather your salon crew and join us as we celebrate our finalists and reveal this year’s winners across 17 categories!

🗓 8 NOV • USA + EUROPE
🗓 9 NOV • AUSTRALIA + ASIA
📺 Watch live on the Digital Hair Awards YouTube channel.

Who’s joining your champagne lunch? Tag them below 🥂👇

Proudly supported by Principal Partners @k18hairpro + @floractiveaustralia

#DigitalHairAwards #DHA2026 #DHAGala

NEW YORK, it’s a Sunday afternoon celebration! 🥂🏆

The 2026 DHA Global Online Gala goes LIVE at 4:00 PM EST on SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER!

📍 New York • Boston • Miami • Washington, D.C. • Toronto • Montreal you’re all tuning in at 4:00PM.

Pop the champagne, gather your salon crew and join us as we celebrate our finalists and reveal this year’s winners across 17 categories!

🗓 8 NOV • USA + EUROPE
🗓 9 NOV • AUSTRALIA + ASIA
📺 Watch live on the Digital Hair Awards YouTube channel.

Who’s joining your watch party? Tag them below 🥂👇

Proudly supported by Principal Partners @k18hairpro + @floractiveaustralia

#DigitalHairAwards #DHA2026 #DHAGala

LONDON, your Sunday night plans are sorted! 🥂🏆

The 2026 DHA Global Online Gala goes LIVE at 9:00 PM GMT on SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER!

📍 London • Manchester • Edinburgh • Dublin • Lisbon you’re all tuning in at 9:00PM local time.

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Know a DHA finalist? Tag them below and show them some love! 💖👇

Making the 2026 finalist list is a moment worth celebrating—and we want to celebrate YOU! 🥳

From your first “I’m a finalist!” reaction to celebrating with your salon team, we want to see it all. Share your celebrations, tag us and use #DHA for a chance to be featured! ✨

And get ready for the DHA Global Livestream Gala, where our 2026 winners will be revealed! 🏆

📅 8 November 2026 • US & Europe
📅 9 November 2026 • Australia & Asia
⏰ 8:00am AEDT (Sydney)
📺 Watch live on the DHA YouTube channel!

#DigitalHairAwards #DHA2026 #DHA

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LOVE IS THE ONLY SUPERPOWER WE HAVE ☮️☯️🫶

And right now, the world needs us to use it.

We are living through a crucial moment. People are being pushed to think only of themselves. Cruelty is passed off as strength. Racism and bigotry are still given room to grow. Fascist thinking is creeping back into public life. Too many leaders are fuelling division, and social media has become a cesspit where hatred can spread faster than kindness.

We cannot let this become normal.

Love is not weakness. It is not silence. It is not standing by while someone is humiliated, excluded or made to feel they do not belong. Love is the courage to speak up, the strength to stand beside someone, and the humanity to care what happens to people beyond ourselves.

Love your neighbour. Look after each other. Put jealousy and prejudice aside. Build bridges. Make room for difference. One kind word can steady someone, one brave act can remind them they are not alone. Together, those choices can change the atmosphere around us.

And we have to think beyond ourselves. The next generation is watching. They are depending on us to show them that another way is possible, a world with compassion instead of contempt, belonging instead of division, hope instead of fear. They need something to believe in. They need something to live for.

So let’s reset. Let’s clean up the cruelty we excuse, the hatred we share and the divisions we keep feeding. Let’s lead with compassion, protect one another’s dignity and give the next generation a reason to believe in humanity.

Love can heal what hatred breaks. It can cut through cynicism, bring people together and give courage to those who feel forgotten. It asks us to give deeply, while remembering that care must include ourselves too.

We do not need more hate. We need more humanity.
We need to stand together.
We need to choose love and use it fiercely.
Being told you are appreciated is one of the simplest yet most incredible things you can ever hear. I APPRECIATE YOU ♥️

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This didn’t start pretty.
I started playing with this wig and ended up with something completely different than I set out to. A few haircuts…5 layers of colour…almost threw away the wig…
All before that last frame.
Thanks to the whole team
@emyroccabella_hair
Photo : @davidmannah
Makeup : @__phoebetaylor__
Clothes : @borna_prikaski
Assistants : @meg_piper_ @prettygorgeoushair

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#sessionhairstylist #sessionhair #editorialhair #editorialhairstylist #haircut
@creativeheadmag @thejournalmag
@globalhaircollective.official

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THANK YOU @fodraszinfo Hungarian 🇭🇺 magazine for this feature, Obsession a stunning collection.

I’m proud to bring this collection to life in a live show where every cut, texture, silhouette and movement has a purpose. Obsession explores the fragile line between beauty, identity and transformation, drawing on haute couture and modernist surrealism to create a world where precision meets vulnerability.

The bold palette and sculptural hair carry a quiet tension, controlled, yet alive with rebellion. This is the choreography of texture, structure and emotion an invitation to look beyond the image and feel the story within it.

For me, making a statement in hairdressing means having the courage to imagine boldly, the skill to realise that vision and the confidence to challenge what beauty can be. Obsession is more than a collection brought to the stage. It is a celebration of creativity, individuality and the power of hair to move us.

Never stop creating. Never stop pushing boundaries. Never lose your obsession.

Hair @erroldouglashair for @erroldouglasldn assisted @georgie_allthingshair
Photography @davidmannah
Fashion Stylist @monicacamorales
Make- up @pabsartist
Product sponsorship @innersensepro
Production @gorgeouspr.hair
Location @lunar.syd

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Über 6.700 Einreichungen und ich bin mit vier Arbeiten wieder im Finale! Wenn das nicht schon ein Gewinn ist, dann weiß ich es auch nicht. 🚀

Von der Welle bis zur europäischen Afrolocke. Texture Cut, Texture Styling und Hair Shot. Ich bin mega stolz auf mich, dass ich meinen Weg durchgezogen habe. Und genauso stolz auf euch!

Ey, ihr habt einfach richtig coole Sachen gepostet! Mit Curving Cut geschnitten, meine Styling-Tipps umgesetzt und euch vor die Kamera getraut. Zu sehen, wie erfolgreich ihr damit in euren Salons seid, macht mich mega happy.

Sich mehr Mühe zu geben und dranzubleiben, lohnt sich. Mit Sichtbarkeit, tollen Kunden und Wertschätzung.

Für alle, die mich noch nicht kennen: Ich bin Elke Göttgens, Founder der Curving Cut Lockenscheren und Gründerin der Curly Education Academy. Mein Wunsch: mehr Lockenprofis in jeder Region. Und durch eure Posts erfahren die Menschen, wo sie euch finden!

Dieses Jahr bin ich auch Sponsor des DHA und bringe natürlich coole Preise mit. Ich freue mich mega auf die Verlosung und vor allem auf die Feier mit euch! Ob am Ende ein Award dazukommt oder nicht: Im Finale zu sein, ist schon ein Grund zum Feiern!

Danke, liebe Tamar Shanker, @tamar_shanker_
für deinen Einsatz und die Organisation.
Danke an Aveda DACH für die tolle Unterstützung mit euren Produkten. @julia_aveda
Und danke an mein Team und meine Modelle. Ohne euch geht’s nicht!

Seid ihr am 8.11.2026 in Neuss oder online dabei? Schreibt’s in die Kommentare! 🚀

#DigitalHairAward #DHA2026 #CurvingCut #CurlyEducationAcademy #ElkeGöttgens AvedaDACH Lockenkunst Naturlocken

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One of life’s greatest lessons is learning to meet people with patience without allowing their negativity to take hold of your peace. Sometimes people speak or act from a place of hidden stress, pain, past experiences or habits we may never fully understand. We can choose compassion, while still setting boundaries and stepping back from conversations or environments that drain us. Other people’s pessimism does not have to become our burden, and their behaviour does not have to dictate how we feel or who we are.

Life has a way of teaching us what truly matters. A difficult yesterday does not have to steal the beauty from today, and other people’s opinions don’t have to define the path we choose. Give life time to unfold healing takes patience, and even when everything feels uncertain, things can become clearer.

Live in a way that gives you strength and confidence. Don’t measure your journey against someone else’s focus on becoming a little wiser, kinder and stronger than you were yesterday. Your happiness deserves your care, and the moments you have right now deserve to be lived fully. Keep moving forward, trust your own path, and enjoy the life you’re creating.

Take note 📝 comparison can quietly steal your confidence, fuel anxiety and take the joy out of your own life. You’re measuring your private struggles against someone else’s public highlights and that’s never a fair comparison.

I know it’s easier said than done, but learn to accept and value yourself as you are. We all have our own strengths, our own journey and our own way of shining. You are remarkable in your own way never let comparison make you forget it.
You’re incredible, you’re amazing never forget that. ☮️☯️✝️💜🛜🫶 Smile more be happy positivity always.

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Still sharing the iconic images that continue to inspire me and this one is a favourite. Captured during an incredible shoot with the brilliant super talented photographer @davidmannah and an exceptional team @thejournalmag @mdivision.co , every detail came together the model, the hair, the styling, the energy. It’s bold, powerful and unforgettable. That’s the magic of a great creative collaboration you make an image that keeps speaking long after the shoot is over. I made this beautiful headpiece out of wax enjoy this one!

Life is about collaboration opening your heart and mind to new people, fresh ideas and experiences that make you grow. Enjoy the different chapters, embrace the unexpected, and never stop learning from the people you meet along the way. Together, we create more, inspire more and become more. Amen. 🙏🏻

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WHICH LOOK WOULD YOU ACTUALLY PUT BEHIND YOUR CHAIR? ✂️
🇳🇱 Van uitgesproken shapes en volume tot langere lengtes, textuur en nieuwe interpretaties van klassiek mannenhaar.

TRENDS FALL ’26 brengt Nederlands en internationaal werk samen; van Coiffure Award 2026-genomineerden tot namen als Fran Aranda en Dexter ‘Dapper’ Johnson.

Welke look zou jij zelf willen creëren?

📖 Ontdek de volledige trendselectie in de herfsteditie van BarberSociety Magazine.
📬 Gedrukte NL editie — abonneer nu #linkinbio

🇬🇧 From statement shapes and volume to longer lengths, texture and fresh takes on classic men’s hair.

TRENDS FALL ’26 brings together Dutch and international work — from Dutch Coiffure Award 2026 nominees to names including Fran Aranda and Dexter ‘Dapper’ Johnson.

Which look would you actually want to create behind the chair?

📖 Discover the full trend edit in BarberSociety Magazine Fall ’26.
📲 English digital issue — order & read now #linkinbio

Credits:
1. Hair: Fran Aranda | Photography: Esteban Roca
2. Hair: Dexter ‘Dapper’ Johnson — Collection: AURA | Photography: David Mannah
3. Hair: Sanjay Ramcharan —NL Coiffure Award 2026 Nominee | Photography: Richard Monsieurs
4. Hair: Berthine van Huffelen —NL Coiffure Award 2026 Nominee | Photography: Petra Holland
5. Hair: Reggy van Gils — NL Coiffure Award 2026 Nominee | Photography: Sanne Grasdijk

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