The World Freestyle Hairdressing Championship is soon to take place in Los Angeles and Scottish hairdresser Crawford Mackenzie (Ferguson), Glasgow's finest, has come to compete in a land where fashion is queen and the perfect "do" will make you king. Receiving what he believes is an invitation to compete for the prestigious Platinum Scissors Award, he proudly heads west, scissors and comb in hand.

After arriving in California, he finds that he was invited merely as a guest to observe the competition. Trying to make up for the misunderstanding, Crawford is offered a front-row seat, but the hairdresser will not be subdued; in finest Scottish tradition, it's either a place in the competition or go down cutting, moussing and blow drying.