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NAHA Entry Deadline February 9th 2012

Think You Have What it Takes to Compete with the Best? Put Your Skills to the Test!

The North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) is the most prestigious photographic hairstyling competition in North America.

Awards are given in the following 13 creative categories:

Avant Garde
Contemporary Classic
Editorial Stylist of the Year
Haircolor
Hairstylist of the Year
Newcomer Stylist of the Year – New for 2012!
Make-up Artist of the Year
Master Stylist of the Year – Invitation Only
Salon Team
Salon Design of the Year
Salon Master of Business (MBA)
Texture

NAHA 2012 Entries are due February 9, 2012. Get Started Today!

More About NAHA

NAHA is a Professional Beauty Association (PBA) event and is held during PBA Beauty Week. PBA advances the beauty industry by providing its members with actionable education, networking opportunities, industry events, business tools, and government advocacy to ensure business and career success.

PBA is the largest organization of beauty industry professionals with members representing salons, spas, distributors, manufacturers and licensed professionals. Visit probeauty.org or call 800.468.2274 (480.281.0424) to learn more.

NAHA Online Entry Deadline Extended

Professional hairstylists can show their skills and add prestige to their portfolio.  How?  By entering the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA), you are joining the ranks of the industry’s brightest and most talented artists. Be part of the most prestigious hairstyling competition in North America!

(Winning image from 2010 NAHA Hairstylist Of The Year – Tony Ricci – NAHA  & PBA – All Rights Reserved)

Due to the unfortunate weather conditions which shut down businesses across the US and Canada, NAHA is happy to extend the online entry deadline until Thursday, February 17!

Please make sure all online submissions are completed by the 17th.

About NAHA

The North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA), the most prestigious photographic beauty competition in North America, celebrates the artistry and skill of the professional salon industry. Each year, individuals are recognized in 13 categories of excellence during a star-studded awards ceremony.

Entering NAHA not only highlights your skills and adds prestige to your portfolio, but also allows you to join the ranks of the industry’s brightest and most talented artists.

AHA is part of Beauty Week, North America’s largest, most inclusive beauty event held in partnership with Cosmoprof North America and the Professional Beauty Association (PBA).

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PBA Announces Shawn Trujillo and Angie Katsanevas of Lunatic Fringe Salons as NAHA Salon
MBA Award Winners

NAHA 2010 | July 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada

The Professional Beauty Association’s North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) is pleased to announce that Shawn Trujillo and Angie Katsanevas, owners of Lunatic Fringe Salons, have been named NAHA winners in the new Salon MBA category.

(Image of Angie Katsanevas and Shawn Truijillo -  Lunatic Fringe Salons – All Rights Reserved)

This marks the inaugural year for the Salon MBA (Masters Business) award, which was designed to recognize savvy salon owners who have cultivated a cutting-edge salon and a highly profitable business.

Shawn and Angie are also the co-owners of Paul Mitchell The School – Salt Lake City.

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Before the third Season of Shear Genius started, insiders were projecting that Minneapolis hairdresser Faatemah Ampey was going to be the Diva of the Hairdresser Darlings and even possibly take away the $100,000 prize.

Alas, it was not meant to be.  At the end of the third episode, Faatemah has sent packing.

(Image Of Faatemah Ampey – Shear Genius 3 – Bravo/TV – All Rights Reserved)

Why?  There wasn’t any one reason, but if you study the three episodes she was on the show, a pattern does emerge.  Don’t get me wrong.  I am a Faatemah fan. I had the immense pleasure of meeting Faatemah at the NAHA awards in July of 2010 where the lovely and charming Faatemah graciously accepted her award for Best Fashion Forward designs.

So why was she cut from the hairdresser reality show on Bravo?

As a licensed hairdresser who also have been focused on consumer hair issues since 1997 I believe I have a unique perspective on both sides of the chair.

When I was attending Paul Mitchell Beauty school, we often had competitions.  The first one was very unnerving.  We had to do an updo on our mannequins.  It was a timed competition with a big giant ticking clock placed in the middle of the room. (more…)

After recently spending one week in Las Vegas roaming the halls at Cosmoprof09 and attending NAHA 2009 it was my humble opinion that every professional hairdresser should participate in both events, at least once in their career lifetimes.

Why?  It will push the boundaries of your hair career to the next level.

Note: To read about the 2009 Avant Garde NAHA winner refer to: Dallasite Darian Bishop

(Image of Fashion Forward winning NAHA 2009 Entry by Faatemah Ampey from St. Paul, MN – Photographer: Buck Holzemer – Courtesy of PBA – All Rights Reserved).

Although I had been writing about and viewing images of NAHA (North American Hairstyling Awards) winners for years, it was literally exhilarating to personally experiment the excitement and energy pulsating through the audience in attendance at the actual awards show.

I honestly don’t believe you can attend a NAHA ceremony and not take away a renewed love of hairdressing.  I don’t even work behind the chair and I left the 2009 awards with a more passionate appreciation of what professional hairdressing offers to the world. (more…)