| Abigail Oleck is appearing in Celebrity Scissor Hands for Children In Need, as many Top Celebrities battle it out to be Tan Technicians and Stylists. Under the guidance of renowned British hairdresser Lee Stafford, the celebrities will attempt the impossible – to be transformed from the utterly untrained to fully fledged hair and beauty experts in just three short weeks. Amongst the celebrity trainees are: pop singer and mum-to-be Javine; teen rocker Lil' Chris; Hollyoaks actress Carly Stenson (Steph in Hollyoaks), It girl Tamara Beckwith; British actor and star of Willow Warwick Davis; 3 Non-Blondes' comedian Ninia Benjamin; DJ Brandon Block; actor and Neighbours star Ben Nicholas (Stingray in Neighbours); and BBC Radio One Breakfast Show's Aled Haydn Jones. Helping Lee train the celebrities will be a top team of experts, including BeauBronz founder and tan technician to the celebrities, Abigail Oleck. Abigail, who to date has trained over 1000 tan technicians in the U.K. says “ I will expect nothing but the best from my celebrity trainees, BeauBronz always ensures all tan technicians are excellently trained before spraying clients. The celebs are using our high quality 98% natural tanning solution as only the best solution and spraying swill do for my spray tan clients.” Also joining Lee's staff of experts this year is the glamorous beauty guru, Lindsay Hunter and Afro/European stylist to the stars, Errol Douglas. Lindsay, wife of the late snooker legend Paul Hunter, is a qualified Beauty Therapist and will be teaching our trainees a variety of beauty treatments Returning to the academy is last year's favourite trainee – Eighties pop icon Steve Strange. Steve has been recruited to assume the role of Assistant Manager and will be helping Lee to run the hair and beauty academy as well as getting to grips with more courageous clients' hair. George Lamb (The Restaurant – You're Fried, T4 and E4 Music) will present the hour-long prime-time show from within the walls of the academy. As our celebrity trainees create beautiful barnets or, more realistically, horrific hair dos, George will exclusively report on all the academy action, get the lowdown on who can really hack it as a hairdresser and encourage viewers to fund-raise or donate money to BBC Children in Need. From massages to spray tans; the celebrity trainees will be on hand to pamper the public and leave them feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. Over the three weeks, Lee's celebrity apprentices will be working flat out, six days a week, nine hours a day perfecting their techniques on willing members of the public. And the trainee's had better work hard, because clients will be invited to make a donation to BBC Children in Need and pay whatever they think the haircut or treatment is worth. The series culminates with a glamorous finale where the top trainees will have their scissor skills put to the test in front of an audience of critical hairdressers and celebrities. They will be put under pressure to present a catwalk collection of their best haircuts of the series, as well as perform an intricate haircut live on stage. The show's spectacular finale will also see a 'cut off' where a panel of judges will decide which celebrity will be crowned Celebrity Scissorhands Hairdresser Of The Year 2007. The Celebrity Scissorhands' website is all about keeping up the excitement and fun of the academy. The website will provide entertaining clips of the damage the new crop of celebrity croppers will inflict on their clientele. And this year, these clips will also be available on social networking sites such as YouTube, further spreading the fun of BBC Children in Need. Users can also pledge money to the BBC Children in Need Appeal through the website and download sponsorship forms. Watch all the action from the academy and pledge cash to BBC Children in Need at bbc.co.uk/scissorhands. |