Ripley Rocks The KH Hair Awards 2026

It List Rising Star Amelia Krasinski gets special recognition

by AMANDA | NEWS

Ripley in Derbyshire is KH Hair’s Salon of the Year and winner of the group’s Salon Customer Service title at the 2026 KH Hair Awards.

Held at Binks Yard in Nottingham, group managing director, Darren Messias, handed out 22 awardsand recognised 12 individuals for their long service to the company. The more than 100-year old salon group has 20 salons based across the East Midlands.

The KH Hair Arnold salon team also excelled, picking up the ‘Salon Clients’ and ‘Salon Highest Turnover’ awards. They also scooped ‘Image of the Year’ award for the fifth year in a row. 2025 It List Rising Star Amelia Krasinski, who also won the Transformation prize at the 2025 Wella TrendVision Award Final, also took home a ‘Special Recognition’ award. 

“Amelia’s journey over the past year has been incredible,” said Darren. “From working at HairConand London Fashion Week, to being the first KH Hair stylist to win Creative HEAD’s It List Rising Star award and the Wella TrendVision Transformation Award – and all this in just one year! All of us at KH Hair are so delighted and proud of everything she has achieved, and we are sure that this is just the beginning for her.”

And the winners are…

Nottinghamshire

 
Derbyshire

Leicestershire