NAHA FINALIST JAMIE WILEY WOWS – 2024
Photos: Richard Monsieurs … Collage: helenoppenheim.com
Two innovative hairstyles by Jamie Wiley, NAHA Finalist for 2024 in the Styling and Finishing Category. The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) who organize the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) tell us the Final Winners for the 35th Annual Event will be announced June 2nd, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations to all those Nominated who pushed the boundaries of skill and creativity. For more information and tickets, CLICK HERE (PBA) and HERE (NAHA)
Hair: Jamie Wiley Editorial, Iowa City, IA … Makeup: Angelica Perri … Wardrobe Stylist: Jamie Wiley … Photos: Richard Monsieurs
CommentNAHA 2024 Entry Now Open to 9.21.2023
NAHA 2024 Entry Now Open to 9.21.2023
NAHA 2024, The North American Hairstyling Awards, have announced Entry is open for the 35th Annual Professional Beauty Association event, to take place on the East Coast for the first time, in Orlando, in conjunction with Premiere Orlando, on June 2, 2024. For information, how to enter and rules for the Professional Beauty Event of the Year, NAHA 2024 CLICK HERE. Time to be inspired. There are 14 categories and plenty of opportunities to shine.
The images here show two photos by the 2023 NAHA. Avant Garde Winner, Casey Carey of My Darling Ivy Salon, NYC., who had won Hairstylist of the Year in 2022.
Hair: Cassie Carey, My Darling Ivy Salon, NYC … Makeup: Deney Adam … Wardrobe Stylist: Altorrin Mcintyize … Models, Left: Amadiah Yehudah, and Right: Janine Tondu … Location: Blonde and Co NYC … Photos: Richard Monsieurs (Courtesy Pro Beauty Association)
CommentJulie Vriesinga Hair Colors Inspo NAHA – 2023
Photos: Paula Tizzard (Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
Julie Vriesinga of Salon Entre Nous is nominated again for the PBA NAHA 2023 Awards in the Hairstylist of The Year Category. She worked with colors and products by L’Oreal Majirel and Goldwell Elumen.
Left. Her structured bob with shattered ends shows off color done in layers, as though it was a canvas. The base color was first applied, then the award-winning artist did a series of hand-painted diagonal crossed lines in different tones. Lastly, she finished by tipping out certain sections with a copper glow. The look was finished by styling the hair with a round brush blow dry, then a 1″ flatiron created folds around the parietal ridge and through the fringe to create erratic zigzag patterns. It was set with a ribbon tied temple to temple around the head to tighten the shape through the center
Right: The short look has heavy blunt layers, a micro-chopped fringe, and a rainbow of pink colors applied from the palest blush to a dusty rose to bubble gum, and deeper tones, all creating an incredible multi-dimensional look, somehow still subtle. Very thin and detailed sections were placed in foil throughout the head, a deeper shadow root created depth from the inside. The cut contrasts the soft color placement. To contradict the cut, a very soft multidirectional curling iron set was then shaped using a brush and hands.
Hair: Julie Vriesinga, Salon Entrenous, London, Canada
Products: L’Oreal Majirel and Goldwell Elumen
Makeup: Florencia Taylor
Wardrobe: Florencia Taylor
Models: Left: MK Kearns, Right: Sophie Monet
Photos: Paula Tizzard
(Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
(Left: Products: L’Oreal Dia Light, Techni Art Pli Setting Spray, Constructor, Anti-Frizz HairSpray, Savage Panache, Ring Light
Right Products: L’Oreal Techni Art Transformer Texture Gel to Foam, Super Dust, Web, Anti-Frizz, Ring Light)
Avant Garde Hair by NAHA Finalist – 2023
Photos: Damien Carney
The inspiration for this “Euphoria Hair Collection” by Anakin Chan of Bubbles Salon, was a futuristic garden. “I was trying to think outside the box to make the hair look like plastic with some transparency so you can see the hair through the light,” the artist said. “The lighting for the photo shoot was also critical because I wanted to see the shapes.”
Nominated as an Avant Garde Finalist for the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) 34th annual North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHS) for 2023, he first cut a piece of extension, laid it flat and saturated it with Mod Podge (an all-in-one glue, sealer and finish) then let dry overnight. When 100% dried, he cut different sized circles in different shapes, folding them like an origami, then glue gunned them together on a base to fit with the model’s face. Congratulations to Anakin and to all the Finalists.
Hair Stylist: Anakin Chan, Bubbles Salon, Maryland … Hair Product: CIBU … Makeup; joanne Gair … Fashion Director: Nikko Kefalas … Model: Elena Sartison … Photos: Damien Carney (Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
Stay tuned for more inspirations from the most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America which honors the salon industry’s top artists who have a creative field day participating in various categories. Tickets for the event, which takes place at Anaheim Convention Center on April 2nd, are available if you CLICK HERE
CommentDeco-Inspired Hair/Cool Men NAHA – 2022
Photos: Vanessa Secondino
If you are a cool man you will love these art deco-inspired hair designs by Navin Ramgoolam of Salon Deaville in Montreal which won the Barber Of The Year Award at NAHA 2022. The Barber category included fades, tapers, and other looks created with a mastery in techniques.” Congratulations to the team who put these looks together and to all the Winners and those nominated. Good to know creativity is still alive and well in the hair world. For more NAHA 2022, CLICK HERE
Hair: Navin Ramgoolam, Salon Deauville, Montreal … Makeup: Kris Christodoulou … Fashion Stylist: Kim Rivka … Photos: Vanessa Secondino
CommentAvant Garde Hair Winner @ NAHA – 2022
Photo: Damien Carney. Collage: helenoppenheim.com
Migena Furxhi was the Winner of the Avant Garde category at NAHA 2022. She wanted to “portray strength and beauty, a strong silhouette with bold definitions of design and color when everything around us seemed so bleak and falling apart.” This was a team effort, and the hairdresser credits her photographer, Damien Carney, “as the photoshoot coach” and Nicholas French who has won this award many times, for “his mentoring and unwavering support.” The Professional Beauty Association who give us NAHA year after year say “this category recognizes hairstylists that create artistic, innovative, unique and experimental concepts that push our consciousness about what hair can do.” To see more photos from NAHA 2022, CLICK HERE
Hair: Migena Furxhi, Grand Rapids, MI … Makeup: Joanne Gair … Fashion Stylist: Nikko Kefalas
Photos: Damien Carney
ULTA BEAUTY WINNER @ NAHA – 2022
Photos: Richard Monsieurs
The North American Hairstyling Awards are the most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America and honors the salon industry’s top artists. Top talents from hairdressers to makeup artists, fashion stylists and photographers across America and Canada go all out for this competition when they can let their creativity have a field day. I was a judge for the winners from 2015 to 2019 so I know how much goes into the hair and the images and how thrilled the winners and those nominated are. These two photos were part of the Ulta Beauty Design Team’s Winning Collection. No less than 16 names are credited as being part of the Ulta team – all the names are listed and archived in an album on my website, which features 23 images. To see my NAHA 2022 selection CLICK HERE
Hair: Ulta Beauty Design Team, Bolingbrook, IL … Makeup: Deney Adam …
Photos: Richard Monsieurs
Avant Garde Hair Up To There For NAHA – 2021
Photo: Damien Carney for NAHA/Pro Beauty
If only a celeb at the Oscars, or any award ceremony, had the guts to wear their hair and makeup like this, which has happened, with too much criticism for anyone to try to be avant garde again! This hair up to there is by Damien Carney, makeup by Joanne Gair, and it is nominated in the Avant Garde Category of the 2021 NAHA Awards (North American Hairstyling Awards) to be announced on August 29th at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – tickets probeauty.org/naha
Hair: Damien Carney, Damien Carney Pro, Makeup: Joanne Gair, Model; Elena Sartison, Fashion Stylist: Rod Novoa, Photo: Damien Carney for NAHA/Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
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