B I O G R A P H Y
Hello & welcome to my website for my exclusive luxury hair and makeup expert services for London and nationwide , I pride myself on a very high standard of work in my hairdressing & makeup services including listening, engaging & genuinely relating to my clients, I truly adore making brides and VIP clients hair and makeup a serious rival to any royal wedding, Im a true perfectionist in my art and my testimonials reflect this, Thankyou for your attention & feel free to contact me for regarding any enquiries I will be glad to respond.
From the beginning......
Zed found she had a natural flair for hair-up creations
Zed Nevada began meticulously learning and homing her hairstyling skills at the age of 6 in 1984 when shedeclared her new career as a Hair Stylist to her mother. For 11 years she practised and tweaked her styling skills alone on people she knew,until her fingers were strong, her visual balance perfect and her hair tension even.
At 17 she started Official Training in Hair styling at Vidal Sassoon’s Academy off Bond Street the original Vidal Sassoon’s in Classical, Creative & Avant Garde Cutting at Wella as a Colour Technician.
Zed also took her Level 2 City and Guilds Certification (Even at normal college only in her first 6 months into the course Zed Won the Charles Worthington Creative Hair Cutting award at a college competition judged by Charles himself, the UK top stylist at that time in the 1990’s
& she went on to do two Full term apprenticeships In Specialist Salons
One Apprenticeship in a creative, street and eccentric avant-garde shop, where standards were Excellent and individual and yet still a friendly,
calming and welcoming shop an excellent start with a manager who had arrived from Australia with nothing but his scissors, his great hairdressing talents and a passionate vision for a new type of hairdressing service
service that would take the town by storm.The next apprenticeship and most dominating influence was with the Ex- director of Vidal Sassoon’s previous side working partner
in a Beautiful High Grade Classical specialist Salon located in a grand 15th century core , re-built 17th century building previously a townhouse of the mayor 300 years prior, where excellence was paramount as was technicality.
Zed was groomed here in wig dressing for Italian opera singers, Wigs and hair pieces for theatre and Dance productions, Adding Human Hair extension pieces for Brides and Bridal groups and Vintage styling, Including Pin-curls, Marcel-waves, and styling of the 1920’s, 30’s, 50’s and 60’s. She found a new natural talent that Paul-Ridley-Scott-Thomas one of the Owners with his Business partner Ruth nurtured, Formal Hair up creations.
Zed was groomed here in wig dressing for Italian opera singers, Wigs and hair pieces for theatre and Dance productions, Adding Human Hair extension pieces for Brides and Bridal groups and Vintage styling, Including Pin-curls, Marcel-waves, and styling of the 1920’s, 30’s, 50’s and 60’s. She found a new natural talent that Paul-Ridley-Scott-Thomas one of the Owners with his Business partner Ruth nurtured, Formal Hair up creations.
When Zed came to Soho Heath Lavingdale (Heath now owns FEEL Soho) groomed her Men clients finishing off to the standard he was famous for in the select Cosmopolitan Salons of Melbourne. Heath inspired Zed with his empathy with the clients,
tuning more into the client desires and needs with attention to fine detail to transform a great style into an amazing one.
It was at this Salon that a blend of very diverse creative methods integrated with the classical knowledge that Zed already had creating a very flexible response for a huge variety of different clients with different hair and different images. It was also a space where Zed was given free range of her Avant garde Cutting and colouring as Clients came to soho often at this time looking for something out of the ordinary.
Zed quickly developed a vast and very varied clientele in Soho, including some of the Fashion pack from St Martins, a group of young jet-setter girls from a Fashion and music Schools in Manhattan New York, Directors and film editors desiring the look on the street , A group of Chinese and Japanese people as the word spread that Zed understood how to cut the hair texture and create fashionable styles with oriental hair simultaneously, and some celebrity’s including musical artists from Pop groups and rockstars, the ‘Brian’ character from ‘spaced’, and Mackenzie Crook of the ‘Pirates of the Carribean’ Films and various actresses.
It was at this Salon that a blend of very diverse creative methods integrated with the classical knowledge that Zed already had creating a very flexible response for a huge variety of different clients with different hair and different images. It was also a space where Zed was given free range of her Avant garde Cutting and colouring as Clients came to soho often at this time looking for something out of the ordinary.
Zed quickly developed a vast and very varied clientele in Soho, including some of the Fashion pack from St Martins, a group of young jet-setter girls from a Fashion and music Schools in Manhattan New York, Directors and film editors desiring the look on the street , A group of Chinese and Japanese people as the word spread that Zed understood how to cut the hair texture and create fashionable styles with oriental hair simultaneously, and some celebrity’s including musical artists from Pop groups and rockstars, the ‘Brian’ character from ‘spaced’, and Mackenzie Crook of the ‘Pirates of the Carribean’ Films and various actresses.
After working with Heath, Zed then moved onto work for Franco Della-Grazie.
She was given free choice of the large Flagship salon in Clerkenwell or the then Classical Boudoir style shop in Soho, Zed choose Both and Franco agreed to the set-up for Zed Nevada exclusively feeling her creativity and new ideas were in line with his vision for the future, all other New Stylists were stationed at Clerkenwell Only.
Franco Della-Grazie then groomed Zed in Session styling, catwalk, Extensive Razoring, High Grade Bridal, Evening Styling on location and Creative Direction For Fashion, trade, session plus all angle’s of Hairdstyling for photoshoots and show work.
It was with Franco Della Grazie that a Passion for Hair extensions began to expand with her knowledge of different applications and adapting and tailoring extensions to the personality and needs of the individual, She became immaculate and renowned in her application of hand created Bespoke hair Extensions Using Balmain of Paris Designer hair , Small Village sourced Indian hair, and Brazillian hair bought direct and hand sourced Russian Virgin Cuticle correct hair. Hiar Extensions were often used for hair shows also to create the longest and fullest most impressive of Hairstyles on the runways, Standards were exceptional due the competive aspect of Shows competing with the Handful of worldwides most respected Hair Stylists.
Later in her career Zed went on to freelance in a salon side by side her original Vidal Sassoon’s Bond Street Academy tutor Cher whom frequently requested Zed’s opinion on her clients Colours and Styles having been inspired by Zeds experience and depth of knowledge combined with approach. At this point Zed realised she had come full circle and felt ready to move towards total independence as an Exclusive Stylist in her own right.
Zed added onto her Hair specialist skills with makeup courses in media, fashion and bridal makeup creating an extra dimension to her work.
Zed has had her work as a Two page Centre Spread in the biggest hair Trade magazine in the world ‘Creative head’, done Hair and Creative Direction for the second largest trade magazine ‘Hairdressers Journal’, had photos in Glamour magazine, for famous musicians, &done hair and make-up for Fashion editorial campaigns and look books for designers and continues to offer her 24 years of experience, personal individuality, attention to detail and specialised knowledge.
Franco Della-Grazie then groomed Zed in Session styling, catwalk, Extensive Razoring, High Grade Bridal, Evening Styling on location and Creative Direction For Fashion, trade, session plus all angle’s of Hairdstyling for photoshoots and show work.
It was with Franco Della Grazie that a Passion for Hair extensions began to expand with her knowledge of different applications and adapting and tailoring extensions to the personality and needs of the individual, She became immaculate and renowned in her application of hand created Bespoke hair Extensions Using Balmain of Paris Designer hair , Small Village sourced Indian hair, and Brazillian hair bought direct and hand sourced Russian Virgin Cuticle correct hair. Hiar Extensions were often used for hair shows also to create the longest and fullest most impressive of Hairstyles on the runways, Standards were exceptional due the competive aspect of Shows competing with the Handful of worldwides most respected Hair Stylists.
Later in her career Zed went on to freelance in a salon side by side her original Vidal Sassoon’s Bond Street Academy tutor Cher whom frequently requested Zed’s opinion on her clients Colours and Styles having been inspired by Zeds experience and depth of knowledge combined with approach. At this point Zed realised she had come full circle and felt ready to move towards total independence as an Exclusive Stylist in her own right.
Zed added onto her Hair specialist skills with makeup courses in media, fashion and bridal makeup creating an extra dimension to her work.
Zed has had her work as a Two page Centre Spread in the biggest hair Trade magazine in the world ‘Creative head’, done Hair and Creative Direction for the second largest trade magazine ‘Hairdressers Journal’, had photos in Glamour magazine, for famous musicians, &done hair and make-up for Fashion editorial campaigns and look books for designers and continues to offer her 24 years of experience, personal individuality, attention to detail and specialised knowledge.
