Dylan`s team

Jenni McCormack

With 19 years hairdressing experience under her belt, Jenny has been with Dylan Bradshaw for eight years. Jenny started her career in Reds, St. Stephens Green before she joined the Dylan Bradshaw team 2001. Jenny is a colour specialist, with a Colour Specialist Degree in since 1998.

Achievements include:

• Third place in the L’Oreal Ladies Award
• L’Oreal Mens Image Award in 2006
• The Ladies full fashion I.H.F Award.

Jenny is a senior member of the Dylan Bradshaw team and is involved in editorial and advertising campaigns along with fashion photo shoots.

Grainne Murphy

Grainne has been hairdressing for seven years. She is a senior stylist and colourist at the salon. Grainne loves to transform people’s looks and ‘The Bob’ is her speciality. She has worked with high profile media including Irish Tatler and Off the Rails. Grainne has also worked with Andrea Corr and Larry Mullen for the Aids Awareness advert.

Grainne has recently won:

• I.H.F Senior Ladies Total Look category.                                                                                       

She believes that they key to a great hairstyle is to individualise the current seasons looks to incorporate the client’s lifestyle.

Katie Culleton

Katie has been hairdressing for seven and a half years and is one of the most sought after stylists. She is a member of the artistic team and is actively involved in creating collections in the salon. Katie has won among other awards, the prestigious Inter Coiffure Ireland Award 2009 and the L'Oreal Colour Trophy 2009. She was worked on numerous fashion editorial and advertising shoots. She has also worked on shows such as Topshop, Brown Thomas and House of Fraser. Katie enjoys all aspects of hairdressing from colour to styling, rituals and up-styling. She focus’ very much on up and coming looks & trends and trying to keep them versatile for clients.

Katie has been an in-salon educator for the past two years which is something she takes a lot of pride in and really enjoys. She keeps up to date with new techniques and trends and consistently inspires her students to try new things.

Katie's innovative vision means that all her clients leave with a fresh look, so whether you are looking for a total transformation, the latest look or something very subtle everything is achievable in Katie's capable hands.

Julie Elliott

Julie has been hairdressing for 20 years; nine of which have been at Dylan Bradshaw. She is an in-salon educator and has been involved in all our in-salon hair shows. Julie specialises in cutting and has trained with high profile Vidal Sassoon and Sebastian in advanced creative cutting courses.

Susan-Jane Corbett

Susan-Jane is a senior stylist with nine years experience. She is an in-salon educator. Susan-Jane has a wealth of experience, a master educatory course and completed the Vidal Sassoon creative cutting course in 2005.
Susan-Jane has worked on a number if high profile magazine and newspaper editorial shoots. She was also runner up in the L’Oreal Photographic Award.

Eric Mullen

Eric initially had trained as a barber, he found this a great advantage when he decided to try his hand at ladies hairdressing . So in 1979 he went to London and began training with Vidal Sassoon. On his return to Ireland he began working with David Marshalls from there he went to Reds where he met Dylan and it was the start of their working relationship. So when Dylan opened his own salon in 2000 Eric became part of the team. Eric is now a very valued member of the team and is a great asset at passing on his knowledge and skills to the team.

Nicole Murphy

Nicole is a stylist and has been working as part of the team since 2005.  She has completed numerous courses at the L'oreal academy,such as colour change and advanced cutting etc.

She has also worked on many photoshoots with famous photographer Barry Mc Call, as well as shoots for leading irish magazines such as Stellar,and many fashion shows.  Nicole specialises in 12 week blowdry, cut and colour and really enjoys up-styling.

Emma Kennedy

Emma is a stylist and has been with Dylan since 2006. She is the Kerastase Specialist for the salon. She was part of the team for the Loreal Colour Trophy Show in 2008. Emma came 3rd in the Trainee Catwalk Competition 2007. She has completed various L'Oreal training courses including Colour Keys, Luo training, and Shu Uemura courses. Emma specialises in the 12 week blowdry and Nanomax treatments. She is looking forward to building on her existing loyal clientele.

Neil Tarpey

Neil is a 3rd year trainee. He came 3rd in our Trainee catwalk competition 2008. He is currently training in cutting & colouring and has completed a number of courses with L’Oreal including a Junior degree and Colour Keys. Neil has worked on numerous photoshoots with publications such as Tatler and has worked with top Irish celebrities such as Lorraine Keane, Jedward and Glenda Gilson. He is looking forward to qualifying and pursuing his career as a hairdresser.

Lisa Herd

Lisa is a stylist and has been with Dylan since 2006. She has completed a number of courses with L’Oreal including a Junior degree and Colour Keys. She has competed in the IHF competitions and was also the winner of our trainee catwalk competition in 2008. She competed in the L'Oreal Next Generation Award 2010. Lisa has worked on numerous photoshoots and fashion shows such as Tatler, Off the Rails, Brown Thomas Fashion Shows. She regularly works at RTE and with top photographers such as Barry McCall and enjoys session work.

Chloe Behan

Chloe is in her 4th year of training in the salon. She has completed a number of courses with L’Oreal including Colour change and Colour Keys. Chloe is also trained to perform all our Shu Uemura ceremonies. She has come 2nd two years running in our trainee catwalk competition. She specialises in the 12 Week Blowdry and already has a large clientele. Blowdrying and upstyling is also Chloe's forte. She is concentrating on perfecting all her techniques for her qualification in the coming year, building her existing clientele and enjoys nothing more than developing a great relationship with her clients .

Kellie Smith

Kelly is in her 4th year of training. During this time she has completed 3 colour courses and is also trained to proform all our Shu Uemura ceremonies. Kelly came 1st in our trainee catwalk competition 2009. She competed in the L'Oreal Next Generation Award 2010 and has competed in the IHF competitions on numerous occasions. Kelly loves session work and has worked on a number of photos shoots for magazines, newspapers and TV shows such as The Gloss, Woman's Ways, Xpose, TV3's Ireland AM and The Late Late Show. She has also worked on numerous fashion shows.

Rebecca Fryday

Rebecca is in her third year of training in the salon. Rebecca came 2nd place in the IHF Championships Trainee Blowdry in February 2010. She has worked on photoshoots for publications such as Tatler and Xpose. Rebecca really enjoys her in-salon work and has built up a steady clientele for blowdries and also enjoys session work. Rebecca came third in our trainee catwalk competion in 2009. She is looking forward to developing even further in her final year of training.

Ger Shorthall

Ger is our receptionist she has been with Dylan since he opened the salon in 2000.

Kim Howe

Kim is our receptionist and is with the salon since 2003.

Becky Mc Evoy

Becky is in her first year of training and started in the salon in October 2009. She attends weekly blowdry and colour classes. Becky has a passion for hairdressing and hopes to do well in the future.

John McKee

John is in his 1st year of training in the salon and is looking forward to developing his career working with Dylan Bradshaw.

Karen Dooley

Karen is our in house make-up artist and has been with Dylan since the new salon opened in November 2009. Karen has been qualified for two years and has gained a wealth of experience working on publications such as VIP, Hotpress and The Irish Independent. She has worked with top photographers such as Barry McCall and Lili Forberg. She has worked on shows such as The Late Late Show, Xpose and numerous fashion shows and shoots. She also has a lot of experience in Bridal make-up and  enjoys making her brides feel beautiful and relaxed on their big day.

Laura Finnerty

Laura has completed her 1st year of training at the salon and joined the team in July 09. She is a Shu Uemura Ambassador for the salon. A former masseuse Laura trains the team in Shiatsu head massage. Laura attends weekly cutting and colouring classes and is looking forward to qualifying.

Lauren Boggan

Lauren is our in house nail technician and has been with Dylan since the new salon opened in November 2009. She has been qualified for five years and has tended to the talons of many Irish celebrities. She specializes in the 3 week manicure and Leighton Denny's customised manicure treatments.

Lorraine Keely

Lorraine is the newest member of our reception team and has been with us since January 2010

Stephanie Griffiths

Stephanie has been hairdressing for five years and has been with Dylan since November 2009. In this short time she has steadily built up a clientele for colour and she also specialises in the 'Hollywood Hair' blowdry. She enjoys learning new techniques and attends weekly training in the salon.

Steph has worked at events such as The Meteors, Childline Concerts and The Apprentice. She has worked on many fashion shows and photoshoots with top photographers such as Barry Mc Call.

David Connelly

David has been hairdressing for six years and joined the Dylan Bradshaw team in April 2010 as a colourist. In that short time he has built up a regular clientele for colour and blowdries. He also specialises in the 12 week blow dry.

Before joining the team he was based in Galway. He began his training in Toni & Guy and went on to specialise in colour. David was an in-salon educator in his last salon. While based in Galway he also worked with TG4 doing hair and make-up for shows such as Paisean Faisean. David has completed a number of courses including L'Oreal Advanced Fashion Colour as well as Shu Uemura & Kerastase training courses. David also took part in the L'Oreal Next Generation Award. He regularly works on photoshoots and magazine covers for publications such as VIP magazine, Irish Tatler, KISS magazine, Galway Now & Limerick Now.

As a previously trained as a make-up artist David is here to advise on a make-up palette to suit your new colour. David enjoys translating the latest trends and styles from catwalk and celebrities to his clients.

Stephen Kelly

Stephen is one the foremost celebrity hairdressers in the country and is renowned for his up-styling and bridal work. With 21 years experience under his belt, he is one of the best known and most respected hairdressers in the industry.

Stephen has worked on TV shows such as, RTE’s ‘Off the Rails’ for the last 9 years, TV3’s ‘The Style Squad’, ‘Ireland AM’ and ‘Xpose’.He has done numerous celebrity weddings including Shane Filan from Westlife, Ozzie Osborne’s son Louis and Tommy Tiernan.Stephen regularly works as a session stylist for magazines such as Image, Confetti, Irish Tatler, Social & Personal and Prudence.He has also done platform and editorial work in the UK, Paris and Amsterdam.Stephen has styled hair for a number of high profile fashion shows including NCAD Graduate Fashion Show, Lipsy, Divine Boutique, The Design Centre and Amanda Wakeley and is regularly called on by his clients to style their hair for press calls and events.

He is currently an educator for L’Oreal and is frequently called upon to give seminars and private tuition at salons and academies around Ireland and the UK.

Kate Synott

Kate Synott has followed a career path which has led her to become one of Irelands most loved makeup artists in a rapidly developing profession. With extensive experience in Magazine shoots, TV and Fashion  together with opportunities to work with celebrities such as Yasmin le Bon, Kym Marsh, Nadine Coyle and Sienna Miller,  Kate’s careers has gone from strength to strength despite being only 23. The fashion industry has demanded her behind the scenes of John Rocha, Peter O’Brien and Harvey Nichols to name but a few and her reputation within the industry has seen her work with Irelands major fashion publications including Image, Tatler and Confetti  and the world renowned TV channel MTV.

Originally from Malahide, Kate realised from her early teens that a career in fashion and beauty would be the ideal place for her to flourish and express her endless talent. Having trained at Dun Laoghaire College Dublin in makeup artistry, it was not long before Paula Callan O’Keeffe who was at the time a senior artist for M.A.C realised that there was a gem in the making.

Beginning with a part time position with M.A.C for two years, Kate was quickly snapped up and offered a full time position with Brown Sugars make up team under the guidance of Paula Callan O’Keeffe. With a total of five years experience at Brown Sugar, it wasn’t long before she embarked on a career with M.A.C Australia from 2008-2009 which led her to work at the synonymous Australian Fashion week. Having since returned to Ireland where Kate spent a further year with Brown Sugar, she has recently joined the unbeatable team at the legendary hair salon Dylan Bradshaw where Kate will ignite the makeup bar with her vision and originality. Working with Julie Hewitt, and Dylan Bradshaw’s own DB Face makeup range, Kate is set to challenge the makeup profession with her renowned high levels of unstoppable creativity and expertise while working at the legendary Dylan Bradshaw salon on South William Street.

Karina Carlyle

Karina is in her first year of training here at the salon and has been with team since June 2010.