About Eoin
Eoin McCarthy is a 26 year old Hair Stylist from Cork, Ireland. Eoin is a relative newcomer to the industry after a career as a professional cyclist in Europe. When retiring from pro cycling Eoin took interest in the world of hair inspired by his mother Mairead who is a very successful hairdresser. Although influenced by hairdressing, Eoin focused fully on men’s hair. In his first year cutting he was awarded the title of 2016 Irish Barbering Apprentice of the Year. After 1 year of working in Ireland, Eoin set his sights on Australia & found himself a job at Area Studio in Melbourne through one of his inspirations Josh Lamonaca of Menspire.
Eoin then had an opportunity to expand his skill set & find his unique style of men’s haircutting in a multi-talented international team of stylists at Area Studio. Within his time in Australia he has picked up many more awards. Eoin was awarded Victorian Barber of the Year for 2017 after placing 1st in the Victorian/SA Live Barber Battle. He placed two times second place at the 2017 HBIA Australian Hairdressing Championships in the Men’s Trend & Men’s Sport live cutting competitions & contributed to Area Studio winning the HBIA Independent Salon of the Year for both 2017 & 2018 & was most recently Runner-Up in the 2019 HBIA Men’s Trend Competition.
Almost 5 years into his career Eoin is now an International Educator & Brand Ambassador for Andis Clippers as well as Osaka Scissors Brand Ambassador for Australia. Eoin actively educates & demonstrates at many hair exhibitions in Australia & Worldwide such as the Asian Hair Expo (China) 2018 as well as having been a part of Hair Expo Australia’s Education Programme presenting his “Perspective” seminar. Eoin has cut many celebrity clients such as music artists such as Raekwon from Wu-Tang Clan & Denzel Curry as well as many Australian sporting stars. Most notably cutting hair at Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour, The Weeknd’s Starboy World Tour & Post Malone’s World Tour. In 2020, Eoin has had his introduction into the editorial side of the industry by creating his first collection “Unity in Diversity” which featured on internationally renowned magazine Estetica & has many more upcoming international features yet to publish & for going forward he will be a contributor to the Australian Cutthroat Journal Barber Magazine.