The Dundee Channel interview Kay McIntyre on her 5th nomination as ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year’ to find out what it means to be nominated and what significance this has to Kay,McIntyres and to the City of Dundee. Kay is the current ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year and looks forward to shooting her next collection as part of the judging process and talks candidly about what is involved, what the judges are looking for and how the competition tests the creativity of hairdressers in what is regarded as the pinnacle of the industry the British Hairdressing Awards.

Kay McIntyre is nominated ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year 2011’ by the British Hairdressing Awards. Kay currently holds the title and is looking to retain it having won this accolade twice before,this is Kay’s fifth nomination. I’m delighted and its great to be nominated again and you just hope the collection is what judges and editors are looking for, it would be nice to hold on to the title for another year. I love the challenge set by the British Hairdressing Awards the competition tests your creativity to produce winning collections.

Itison Launch in Dundee with some style! Itison are Dundee’s latest business to seize the opportunity of a city on the up and have launched into Dundee with great imagaination and ambition.A relatively small but very tasteful gathering were at the Playwright to celeberate the launch with Managing Director Oly Norman in triumphant mood and delighted to be in a city that he is “impressed by and discovering more with every visit’ and looking forward to building the business and paid tribute to an “incredible team”.

Moroccanoil the sensational hair product brand invited Kay McIntyre as their local Hair hero in Scotland last night as part of their 2011 UK tour. Hosted by Oliver Fincher grandson of the founder of Aston & Fincher at the stylish Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, Moroccanoil showcased their hair wonder product. The evening kicked off with Oliver introducing the brand with a novel twist showing the hairdressing community he really did know his stuff , the guest artist then demonstrated its performance and range.

A Charity Dance Auction with Locarno style music band ‘The Boston Tea Party’ organised by Starbucks, St Andrews , Jude Magazine and Vintage brand Rara was held on Saturday May 20th at the Bonar Hall in Dundee in aid of Armistead Child Development Centre. Artist and impressario Jack Vittriano kindly danated his own personal studio proof print which was auctioned on the night and helped raise a total of more than £6000.

No other celebrity carries off the hairstyle variety that Lady Gaga does in such spectacular fashion, she truly is a hair chameleon with extravagant hair extensions, hair colour’s and hair-theatrics. The international music icon and superstar performer has released a track called ‘Hair’ from her new highly acclaimed album ‘Born this Way” and McIntyres thought we’d rank her top 10 hairstyles for you chosen by the salons founder Kay McIntyre and current ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year’ Kay is a long time admirer of Lady Gaga and includes a few of her famous hair faux pas too.

Sammantha Galloway, McIntyres Salons, Dundee wins another Scottish final at the Wella Trend Vision Awards last night at the Crown Plaza Hotel,Glasgow .Sammy has a tremendous record in this competition having won through to the London UK finals several times in various categories with different trends before and she brought the champagne back again to Dundee again with another stunning look .

Mr Kengo Kuma the architect and designer of the new V&A Museum scheduled for 2015 claims in his visit to Dundee University that the building can change the image of the City of Dundee and claims it can be delivered on time and on budget. Mr Kuma is a Professor from Japan’s Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo.

Sarah Jessica Parker goes big hair crazy with huge hair and trumps the new bouffant barnet hairstyle of Cheryl Cole. The Sex and the City star was on the red carpet for the Robin Hood foundation annual benefit in New York last night. With extreme volume the current hair trend Parker is hot on the heels of the Girls Aloud star and British X Factor judge Cheryl Cole who championed the big hairdo earlier this week with an all american mega do…but will it last? …is it cool?