Shelley Lane says she was told she would not be a success if she opened a salon in her village.
"I used to say I was going to be a celebrity hair stylist and they were like 'you're in the wrong area, Aberkenfig is not going to get you there'."
Now her painstakingly-designed styles have seen her travel all over the world, far from the salon opened where she grew up. The 41-year-old said when she told people she wanted to enter the British Hairdressing Awards she was met with "babe, you won't get in, you need to move your salon".She has now been a finalist at the awards three times, and is in the running again for the avant garde hairdresser of the year at this year's awards."I'm really proud to be where I am now, I don't think my location has ever held me back.
"I started going on a lot of courses in London and it was almost like a spark went off with avant garde hair and playing around with different looks and techniques."
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