Sophie Collins worked hard and tackled stereotypes to launch a successful career as a barber, but it was far from an easy journey.
As a teenager I would spend hours in the mirror trying out new styles and different looks.
After getting all my qualifications, I started to apply for barbering jobs in my local area. But it seemed my friend was right. I started to look into it and it seemed relatively straight forward, so I took the plunge and Soph's Barbershop was born in September 2014.Men would walk in, see I was a woman, and then simply walk back out. One even asked me what time my dad was coming back from lunch.He said:"Well what are you doing here then, you're a woman and this is a barbershop?"I can't lie, this was pretty embarrassing and knocked my confidence.
It was a tough journey, but things have certainly changed over the last few years, helped by rising standards, as well as changing male attitudes towards female barbers but also towards women in general.
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