NEW: Ballsaal, HMS, Hamburg

Immediately after completing his apprenticeship in hairdressing, HELGE Branscheidt begun work at Peter Polzer as a hair and make-up assistant to top make-up artist ARMIN MORBACH. During both his time as an assistant and later on as an independent artist, Helge worked for the likes of SCHWARZKOPF, MAC JEANS, RESET and VILLEROY & BOCH and together with photographers such as Joachim BALDAUF c/o SHOTVIEW, Iris Brosch and Alexander Gnädinger.

Helge also worked as a H+M artist at the Michael Michalsky fashionshow in Berlin and assisted the celebrity styling at the past two Bambi German film award ceremonies as well as at the 2004 VERSACE-Show. His clients include magazines TUSH, SQUINT, GALA, FHM, CELEBRITY, INSTYLE, COPY with models such as Luca, Eva Padberg, Julia Stegner, Charlott Cordes, Michelle Alvers and Mini Anden.

GEORGIOS Tsiogkas from Greece visited a private hair and make-up stylist school in Thessaloniki and completed his hairdressing apprenticeship at Tony & Guy in New York. Since having finished his apprenticeship at Brigitte Gaultier in Paris, Georgios has been busy working as a freelance hair and make-up artist. He won the first prize at the L´OREAL Professional *Colour Trophy* in 1996.

Ballsaal have also added London residing top hair-stylist TRACIE Cant to their books. Tracie has already worked with photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Bryan Adams, Simon Emmett and Lee Jenkins for magazines such as TUSH, Italian, Spanish and English VOGUE, ZOO and British ELLE. She has realized advertising campaigns for RIMMEL LONDON, THOMAS BURBERRY and HUGO BOSS. In addition to this, Tracie also styles celebrities' barnets such as those belonging to Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Jane Birkin and Helena Christensen. We have attached some first impressions of her work but you can see more at www.ballsaal.com.

Colorist GARY Richardson has worked on the realization of campaigns with photographers such as Steven Klein, David Sims and Joachim Baldauf for such great fashion names as MISSONI, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, PRADA etc. Moreover, Gary also beautifies stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue and Kate Moss.

At the beginning of February, ARMIN Morbach dolled up Naomi Campbell yet again for the high carat MONTBLANC jewellery gala in Chamonix, France.