Lee Stafford

From cutting hair in his mother’s dining room to becoming one of the world’s best known hairdressers, Lee Stafford has built a hair empire that has gone from strength to strength, and seen…

From cutting hair in his mother’s dining room to becoming one of the world’s best known hairdressers, Lee Stafford has built a hair empire that has gone from strength to strength, and seen him win many awards along the way.

Twelve years ago, Lee created his self-titled haircare line, with the aim of providing haircare to a young, fashion conscious audience. When he’s not working on his next range or cutting hair for private clients at his amazing Soho apartment, Lee can be found teaching up-and-coming hairdressers at his state of the art training centre, the Lee Stafford Academy in Chelmsford, Essex.

Designed around the brand’s signature hot pink colours, the academy has been a roaring success and has led to a handful of other centres opening nationwide, with the most recent opened in Nottingham in April 2014.

His fun and charming personality has quickly made him a household name and Lee appears regularly on British TV and radio – you may have seen or heard him on shows, such as This Morning, Big Brother, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 5. Lee also had two series of successful fly-on-the-wall documentary ‘The Hairdresser’, which followed his hectic lifestyle, hosted three ‘Celebrity Scissorhands’ series for BBC TV Children in Need and appeared on Channel 4 hit The Secret Millionaire, which saw him donate over £50,000.

When Lee isn’t on your screens, he's most likely lending a hand behind the scenes. While he was the official BRITS Spa hair partner backstage at the BRIT Awards in 2012, Lee attended to the locks of A-list stars from Jessie J and Pixie Lott to Tinie Tempah and the Rizzle Kicks boys.

As if this wasn’t enough, Lee continues to expand his iconic pink haircare, electricals and brushes range, which has recently seen the inclusion of argan-oil based tools and products. We’re sure you’ve come across the Lee Stafford collection while perusing the aisles at Boots, but the range can also be found worldwide at destinations such as Australia, Russia, South Africa and the USA.

It’s a wonder how he has a second to spare for himself.