The ambition and drive of Ben Orchard and Becky Branson from Essensuals in Bournemouth has paid off as they celebrate being a winner at the Southern regional final.

Ben and Becky explain the inspiration behind their striking image: "We wanted to create a strong bold look, with eye-catching colour placement. The chic clothes styling encapsulates the trend for femme fatales on the autumn/Winter 08/09 catwalks.”

To the team's delight, their unique vision certainly hit home with the judges, as they confidently voted the salon into the top three, giving them an opportunity to display their skills once again at the L'Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy Grand Final in June.

"This is unbelievable. A dream,” remarked a delighted Ben moments after coming off stage. "This achievement puts us on the map. As a new salon and this experience will be incredibly beneficial, giving us the status we deserve after all hard work that has been invested to get us to the Grand Final.

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