Goldwell hosted a hair demonstration in Makhado (Louis Trichardt) on 8 September and it came with a pleasant surprise - the presenting of an accolade for hair stylist Connie de Sousa of C Jay’s for third place in South Africa.

Henrico Terblanche, Goldwell's representative, handed a glass trophy to Connie for third place in the Goldwell Colorzoom Challenge 14 in the global creative colourist category for hair stylists with more than five years experience. Connie had interpreted the theme Reallusion (a fusion of reality and illusion, where what you see at first glance is not all there is) by using a bright and shiny turquoise and some yellow in triangular patterns on model Bets Jensen’s hair.

On 13 October, the worldwide winner for the Goldwell Colorzoom Challenge 14 in the global creative colourist category was announced in Berlin. Mr Hardy Tsai of Taiwan took gold and the silver winner was Ms Heidi-Helena van den Berg of Pretoria, South Africa’s number one. Ten years ago, the international Goldwell Color Zoom event was also hosted in Berlin and Connie de Sousa was invited as a national winner. Since then, Connie has ended in the top five in the country to go to Spain in 2008, again in the top five to Las Vegas in 2009, second in South Africa last year, when the event was in Los Angeles and third this year. Taki Mabobo of C Jay’s ended in the top five in the new talent colourist category this year and in 2011.

The occasion for the presenting of Connie’s trophy was a demonstration on cut, colour and up-styles presented at CJay’s to about 40 hairdressers from town, Tzaneen and Polokwane. Connie was responsible for the demo, while Goldwell educator Lisa Froneman gave a lecture and Christine Chuma of CJay’s gave a demonstration in Keratin treatment, which is used to reduce natural curls and frizz by half.