August Apprentice of the Month - Jordie Kennewell - Enve Hair and Make Up

Jordie Kennewell - Enve Hair and Make Up - Glenelg SA

By Rob Kotevski August 4 2009

There comes a day in the week for any creative type where they need to cut loose and let off some steam. For hairdressers, this may involve experimenting with vivid colour and cutting styles so avant-garde they are borderline fancy dress.

For Jordie Kennewell, that day is Tuesday. Clients, sometimes friends, come into her salon and this is when Jordie is free to unleash her wildly creative side. Apart from applying bright technicolour, Jordie gets to perfect her wicked spike technique and mold hair into mohawks that make a statement.

“The trainers just go, ‘Oh my God’, ” Jordie tells myhairdressersearch.

While there will always be room for hair stylists to experiment with wild styles and bright colours, Jordie’s talent and professionalism has seen her work with some of the biggest names in the business.

Currently apprenticed at Enve Hair and Make-Up in Glenelg, South Australia, Jordie worked with Caterina Di Biase and Brad Ngata at this year’s L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. She counts the duo as a major inspiration for her work and admires their ability to delegate responsibility.

“It’s nervewracking trusting apprentices to come in and do your work,” she says.

Every young employee needs a mentor to help guide them throughout their careers, regardless of what industry they are in. For Jordie, this mentor figure is her employer, Mark Faulkner.

“He’s definitely the reason I’m doing so well,” the apprentice proudly says.

As well as working with industry leaders, there is one other little career highlight Jordie is happy to speak about. The South Australian is named as a finalist as Apprentice of the Year at the Wella Trend Vision Awards, which will be announced in Sydney next month.

“That was just huge,” Jordie remembers.

“I was standing in my friend’s driveway when I got the call from my boss. I thought they were joking!”

Quite an incredible feat for a young apprentice that has only been in the industry for one year and four months.

“It’s an awesome feeling that the work I’m doing is what people are looking for.

“I’m making people happy and learning new things. There’s never been anything else I’ve wanted to do.”

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