A Lincolnshire hair stylist is changing lives her her hair loss
techniques - and it has not gone unnoticed. Rebecca Banham has as a finalist in the Remi Cachet Hair Extensionist of the Year awards. As we celebrate International Women's Day, she tells us how her work is more than just making her clients look their best selves.
techniques - and it has not gone unnoticed. Rebecca Banham has as a finalist in the Remi Cachet Hair Extensionist of the Year awards. As we celebrate International Women's Day, she tells us how her work is more than just making her clients look their best selves.
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00:00 On International Women's Day, we put the spotlight on a Spilsby stylist who is empowering clients with new techniques for those suffering hair loss.
00:10 Ruth Herron is just one of the ladies she has helped and now her efforts are being rewarded by being nominated for a nationally acclaimed award.
00:19 It's International Women's Day and we are honouring women in the community who are making a difference.
00:27 Now we're in Spilsby, I'm with Rebecca Bannam and one of her clients has been telling me how you've been changing lives.
00:36 Rebecca, tell me more about it.
00:38 So I'm a hair loss consultant and I offer clip-in toppers and hair integration for ladies that are suffering from thinning hair due to either cancer treatment, age-related thinning such as menopause, thinning with medication.
00:55 So my lovely ladies come in and I make them replicas of the hair that they used to have or we do something new and exciting with colours maybe that they haven't been able to have.
01:05 And I create amazing new hairs that they can clip in every day to make themselves feel fabulous and boost their confidence.
01:12 Now it's more than making a woman feel her best self, isn't it?
01:18 Absolutely, when my clients come to see me they're often really depressed with their hair, they often don't want to go out to social events so they've withdrawn from life.
01:32 But when I fit them with new hair they go out feeling amazing and the stories that I've had from my clients have just been so inspiring.
01:41 I had a lady message me last week to say she finally plucked up the courage to go to a make-up counter and get some new make-up and clothes because she said with her natural hair that was thinning she couldn't bear to be seen at a beauty counter.
01:55 So it really makes a difference to people's lives. It's more than hair dressing, it is a life-changing experience.
02:03 And is that what inspires you?
02:05 Absolutely, and seeing these clients every day have really inspired me. I've booked on some more training so I can offer a further hair loss system using the mesh so I'll be able to attach these hair toppers more permanently.
02:21 But just hearing these stories of survival and how people have fought back against their hair loss and taken control. For example, I had a lady who'd suffered with cancer on her face.
02:35 She'd had to have her ear removed, she'd been left with the devastation of the effects of the radiotherapy.
02:42 And fitting her with this topper has literally reignited her passion for her appearance again. She's been getting her hair tongs out, doing lovely styles.
02:52 People have been asking what she's done to her hair. And I just can't guess it's the topper. And it's just lovely to hear them inspiring stories.
03:01 And I'm honoured and privileged to hear them and help them ladies and be a part of making their lives happy and complete.
03:09 Now, your work has been recognised, hasn't it, nationally? You're up as a finalist in one of the biggest awards in the country. Tell us about that.
03:21 Well, this week I got the shocker that I've been selected by Remi Cochet to be one of the Hair Extension Specialist Finalists of the Year.
03:30 Remi Cochet is the biggest brand of hair extensions in the country at the moment. And this is the highest accolade that hair extensionists can get.
03:38 It's the equivalent to winning an Oscars for an actor or actress. So I can't wait to go to their ball in June and rub shoulders with the best hair extensionists in the country.
03:53 I just can't wait. This is the pinnacle of my hairdressing career so far.