About

Kate Reid is a global force in the hair industry as a colorist, educator and influencer. 2 x Winner and 5 x finalist at the Australian Hair Fashion Awards for her "Excellence in Education," Reid is a driving force in education strategy, digital and live content plus industry sustainability. She is the Global Color Design at Kevin Murphy, a regular trend commentator in fashion and beauty in the media and fashion influencer with a global audience via her platform Hair Fashion Styler.

For over 28 years, Kate has worked with the leaders of professional hair care, and has directed hair for major fashion shows, commissioning the right teams to bring them to life.

In 2014 Kate travelled North America and Europe to work on the development and preparation of COLOR.ME North America’s launch which has been a tremendous success. In addition to presenting at shows and workshops to audiences sized over 2500+

Kate works alongside Kevin Murphy to direct color on editorial shoots as well as eight COLOR.ME campaigns shoot in locations including Prague, Italy, USA and Australia.

During her time as Creative Director at Wella & Sebastian Professional in Australia & New Zealand, she was the lead advisor for Trend Vision, mentoring the team for international competitions in Milan, Paris, New York, Barcelona and Madrid.

An editorial regular in premium fashion titles such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, New Beauty, InStyle, OperaMag, Refinery29, Estetica, Beauty launchpad, Shop Til You Drop, Woman’s Health, New Beauty, Salon News Asia,, The Colorist, Salon Magazine and many more, Kate has been recognised with countless awards, including P&G Global Educator of the Year, and was placed on the Global Influence Future Team. Plus in 2019 received over 85,000,000+ views on her editorial magazine contributions.

Kate’s began her training in Adelaide and continued in salons for six years before excelling as a Color Technician for Wella, Education Manager for Sebastian and then Australia and New Zealand Creative Director for P&G professional hair division, in 2014 relocating to North America with Kevin Murphy as the Education Director to execute the launch of COLOR.ME by KEVIN MURPHY.

In 2016 Kate was announced as KEVIN MURPHY colour global Design Director of Colour, while she is a natural leader and teacher, working with international icons have kept Kate at the forefront of hair innovation and creation.

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