Lino Carbosiero

Lino Carbosiero is a British hair stylist. Over the years. his client list has featured some of the world's most famous names, including Madonna, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rachel Weisz, Sharon Stone and Dustin Hoffman . He is currently working at the renowned Daniel Galvin hair salon in London.

Early career

Lino started his career at Neville Daniel in the early 1980’s, serving his apprenticeship under Neville Tucker and Daniel Hersheson in New Cavendish Street. It wasn’t long before he opened his own salon called GeraldLino with business partner, Gerald Monaghan, in nearby Blandford Street.

In the years of salon ownership, he forged a liaison with the 80’s pop management team of Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Through the record company he began to become notable in the music, television and fashion industries, working with artists such as Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.

As his reputation grew, Lino was sought to work backstage on a variety of films, tv shows, concerts, West End Shows and photo shoots, and was the head stylist for all of the contestants who appeared on the first three series of X Factor. His personal highlight was working backstage for the Rolling Stones on their Steel Wheels (1989) and Urban Jungle (1991) tours.

Current career

His current clients include Minnie Driver, Brenda Blethyn, Tamzin Outhwaite, Anna Friel and all of the Osbourne family. A famous look he created for Sharon Osbourne won Most Wanted Cut & Blow Dry. He also won an award for ‘Head of the Year’ after cutting Philip Schofield's hair in 2003.

Lino also had his own weekly column in The Sun, a monthly column in the EasyJet Magazine, and gave hairdressing tips and advice to Candis Magazine. He also works with Hilary Alexander on the monthly make over page for the Daily Telegraph

Lino was the global spokesperson for Avon International’s hair care range and has also been Style Director for Brylcreem and Laross Hair Extensions.2008 Lino apppeared in Britains missing model on BBC3.

His professional associations have also seen him invited to many charity events including three Celebrity Soccer Six tournaments, in which he played for the Ant & Dec team, and the 2006 Celebrity Soccer Six World Cup in which he represented Italy alongside Joe Calzaghe, Aldo Zilli and Kasabian.

External links

* [http://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/head_turner/salons/2006/03/28/Linocarbosiero/]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/09/13/efhil13.xml]
* [http://www.property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article401373.ece]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/cuttingitpack.pdf]
* [http://www.danielgalvin.com/bookings.html]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/style/article389229.ece]