And the awards went to...
Jamaican women are most passionate about looking good. Truth be told, we dress to step into our boudoirs! Our hair, nails, eyebrows and faces must be flawless. When we’re stressed there’s nothing better than a full-body massage with a few heated stones thrown in for added relief. We’re a demanding set of individuals who make the trek our mothers, grandmothers and great-grans all made Saturday after Saturday in their quest for beauty. It is with this in mind and because we know the value of these oftentimes unsung heroes that we present for the second time, in association with Absolut Vodka, The Jamaica Observer Under the Dryer Awards 2012 — a celebration of creativity, skill and longevity.
We use this opportunity to thank the Spanish Court hotel whose own fabulous spa — The Spa at The Spanish Court Hotel copped the Wow Factor award in 2011.
BEST PLACE FOR HOLLYWOOD AND PAGE 2 GLAM
House of Neahlis, operated by Lisa McIntosh-Aris (absent from the presentation), also won the Best Place for Hollywood and Page 2 Glam award.
MOST STYLISH
Lady Allen was absent from the night’s presentation but managed to cop the award for Most Stylish of 2012.
BEST PLACE FOR A SHORT BOB AND PIXIE
House of Neahlis operated by Lisa McIntosh-Aris (absent from the presentation) also won the Best Place for a Short Bob and Funky Pixie award.
BEST SALON FOR NATURAL HAIR
Absent from the night’s celebration was Jus’ Natural Hair Studio operated by Trudy Greenland and Princess Dunn who won the award for: Best Salon for Natural Hair.
— NMW Senior Associate Editor Lifestyle & Social Content and Under The Dryer Awards ANDTHEAWARDSWENTTO... Conceptualiser
Under The Dryer Awardees (from left): Roxanne Shields, owner of Roxanne's Hair Salon; CEO Apex
Acne Club Dr Patricia Yap; Sheila Haughton-Reid, spa manager at Rockhouse Hotel (front left); Jennifer
Cape, owner of Bella Oasis Day spa; Charmaine Joy Dennisor, spa manager at Rockhouse Hotel,
Linda Lawrence director of sales and marketing at Roundhill Hotel and Villas, Jamaica Observer
Managing Director Danville Walker; Ari Labs Skin and Body Care Solutions CEO Felice Campbell;
Jamaica Observer Senior Associate Editor Lifestyle and Social Content Novia McDonald-Whyte;
Adam and Eve Day Spa Proprietor Garth Walker; The Face Place director Marie Smith; Beauty Salon
owner Marsha Robinson; Norma Webster Salon and Spa owner Norma Webster; Half Moon Hotel
Marketing and Communications manager Diandra Shand; Racquel Jenkins Moss-Solomon,
Racquel J Make-up and Lisa Hutchinson, owner of Lisa's Full Service Salon
DREAM MAKE-OVER STYLIST: Lisa's Full
Service Salon
proprietor Lisa
Hutchinson
accepts the
award for
Dream Make-
Over Stylist
from Managing
Director of the
Jamaica
Observer
Danville
Walker.
DREAM MAKE-OVER STYLIST: Jamaica
Observer
Managing
Director
Danville Walker
presents
Racquel Jenkins
Moss-Solomon
with the Dream
Make-Over
Stylist Award.
DREAM MAKE-OVER STYLIST: Marie Hall-
Smith of The
Face Place
also copped
the award for
Dream Make-
Over Stylist
presented
by Jamaica
Observer
Managing
Director,
Danville Walker.
ONE TO
WATCH
FOR 2013: Bella Oasis Day Spa
copped the One To
Watch Award, which
was accepted by spa
director Jennifer Cape
and presented by
Jamaica Observer
Managing Director
Danville Walker.
BEST PLACE TO
MAINTAIN LENGTH: Jamaica Observer
special guest and
British Prime
Minister David
Cameron's advisor
on Youth and Crime
Shaun Bailey
presents Norma
Webster from
Norma Webster
Salon, Spa and
Cosmetics
with the Best
Place to Maintain
Length Award.
BEST
PLACE
TO ADD
COLOUR: Roxanne Shields
(right) from Roxanne's
Beauty Salon receives
the award for Best
Place to Add Colour
from Jamaica
Observer Advertising
Manager Natalie
Chin-Watkins.
BEST
PLACE TO
ADD HAIR:
Jamaica Observer
Director of Human
Resources Dianna
Fraser-Campbell (left)
presents Marsha
Robinson's Beauty Salon
proprietor Marsha
Robinson with the Best
Place to Add Hair award.
CUSTOMER WOW FACTOR:
Round Hill Hotel and Villas Director of Sales and Marketing
Linda Lawrence accepts the award for Customer WOW Factor
on behalf of The Spa at Round Hill from Jamaica Observer
Managing Director Danville Walker
BEST AMBIENCE: Jamaica
Observer
Financial
Controller
Claudette
McLeish, (right)
presents the
award for Best
Ambience to Half
Moon Hotel
Marketing and
Communications
Manager
Diandra Shand,
representing
Fern Tree: A Rock Resorts Spa at Half Moon Hotel.
BEST AMBIENCE: The Rock House Hotel trio (from left): General Manager Charlotte Wallace, Spa Manager
Sheila Haughton-Reid and Spa Manager Charmaine Joy Dennisor also walked away with
the award for Best Ambience. Presenting the award is Jamaica Observer Financial
Controller Claudette McLeish.
BEST PLACE FOR A
SHORT BOB AND PIXIE: Jamaica Observer Advertising Manager Natalie Chin-
Watkins (left) presents Lisa's Full Service Salon proprietor
Lisa Hutchinson with the award for Best Place for a Short
Bob & Funky Pixie.
TOP CUSTOMER EDUCATORS: (From left:) J Wray and Nephew duo Debbie-Anne Spence-Minott and Chesna Haber
present Dr Patricia Yap and Felice Campbell of Apex Health Care Associates Limited with
the award for Top Consumer Educators.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Debbie-Anne Spence-
Minott (left), Chesna
Haber (second left)
and Danville Walker
present Marie
Hall-Smith of The Face
Place with the Lifetime
Achievement Award, a
timely recognition for
the salon's 40th year
in business.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Also celebrating 40
sterling years in the
haircare industry was
Norma Webster's
Salon, Spa and
Cosmetics. Presenting
the salon's proprietor
Norma Webster
(second right) with the
award are J Wray and
Nephew execs Debbie
-Anne Spence-Minott
(left) and Chesna
Haber (second left).
Jamaica Observer
Managing Director
Danville Walker
also shares in the
photo-op.
BEST PLACE FOR HOLLYWOOD AND PAGE 2 GLAM: Jamaica Observer Lifestyle reporters (from left): Alyssa
Rogers-Taffe, Kiwayne Jacobs and Omar Tomlinson present
Racquel J Makeup Studio owner Racquel Jenkins Moss-
Solomon (second right) with the Best Place for Hollywood
and Page 2 Glam.
J WRAY & NEPHEW
BARTENDER OF THE YEAR:
JOL Senior Associate Editor Novia McDonald-Whyte
presents Richard McKenzie with the J Wray & Nephew
Bartender of the Year Award.
FAB GO-TO SPOT OF THE YEAR: Round Hill Hotel and Villas Director of Sales and Marketing
Linda Lawrence (left) cops yet another award on behalf of
the Spa at Round Hill for the Fab Go-To Spot of the Year.
Jamaica Observer Senior Associate Editor, Lifestyle and
Social Content Novia McDonald-Whyte presents the award.
BEST
PLACE
TO SOAK
HANDS
AND
FEET:
Garth Walker, owner of
Adam and Eve Day Spa,
cops the award for Best
Place to Soak Hands
and Feet. Presenting the
award is Jamaica
Observer special guest
Theresa Roberts.
FAB GO-TO SPOT OF THE YEAR: The Rockhouse Spa at Rockhouse Hotel also copped the
award for Fab Go-to Spot of the year. Collecting the award
are General Manager Charlotte Wallace, spa manager
Charmaine Joy Dennisor and spa manager Sheila
Haughton-Reid. Senior Associate Editor Novia McDonald-
Whyte (right) presents the award to the recipients.
SALON OF THE YEAR: Debbie-Anne Spence-Minott and Chesna Haber from J
Wray and Nephew present Norma Webster of Norma
Webster Spa and Cosmetics with the Salon of the Year
Award.
FRIENDSHIP TIES: Face Place proprietor Marie
Smith (left) poses with gal pals
Roxanne Shields (centre),
owner of Roxanne's Salon and
Ava-Marie Wright.
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