Very few people can say they’ve ever won a national award – but that sort of achievement is all in a day’s work for Junior Colourist, Tamika, who took out the De Lorenzo Apprentice National Rookie for her colour and photograph earlier this year. Tamika’s passion for hair styling can be traced right back to her childhood, where her mum used to do her hair and taught her how to braid. ‘I’ve always just loved playing with hair!’ she says. She’s fun, dynamic and extremely talent

// T A L E T A You know a person is passionate about something when in their spare time they are practicing a skill with the goal of perfecting it. This is exactly the case for Taleta, who got into the hair and makeup industry at the beginning of the year and now finds herself pouring hours into mastering braids and upstyles on her days off. When she’s not elbow deep in style magazines and hair tutorials on YouTube, she’s dreaming of adventure; with a long bucket list of trav