The Host (L-R) - Sam Ali, Sumit Arora, Ramneek, Radhika
The Host (L-R) - Sam Ali, Sumit Arora, Ramneek, Radhika

India Hair and Beauty Award 2015 are initiated in its pursuit of raising the standards of creativity and innovation with each passing year.

The glitzy event endeavours to show appreciation for those in the beauty industry that leave us looking and feeling fantastic; from salons to the talented individuals who work within them. It’s time to acknowledge those that they really do help to make the world a more beautiful place to live in! Whether it’s a hair stylist that has transformed your barnet from dull to dazzling, a beautician that has made you look and feel like a movie star, a salon that consistently provides an excellent environment, a talented newcomer to the industry or indeed somebody that has dedicated their entire life to it – these Awards provide a platform to thank those in the beauty and salon industry, letting them know that their good work doesn’t go un-noticed. The event promises to be as glam as the individuals and salons it’s acknowledging!

Viara, Nalin Gupta & Thenny Mejia
Viara, Nalin Gupta & Thenny Mejia

Bringing those who relentlessly work on your body behind the scenes to the limelight, Auras Enterprises announces the first of its kind awards of India – India Hair and Beauty Awards 2015. With a high powered jury comprising of prominent names like Fashion Designer Raakesh Agarvwal, Hair Stylist Sylvie; Fashion Columnist Salloli Kumar, Choreographer & Stylist Ajay Bisht, Former Miss India Vanya Mishra, Beauty Expert Shobha Segal & Pooja Garg nail and skin expert will be crowning the best of the salon and beauty industry. The winners spread across 30 categories will be honoured on 9th of May at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium at a red carpet gala award nite.

The brain behind the concept Sam Ali shares his thought on the reasoning behind these Awards: “India has never had an award to felicitate or talk about the work that goes backstage. It is very important that we start recognising this talented group of people and give them the due credit. A lot of study and hardwork goes into it to make someone beautiful from the head to toe.”

Ali adds further, “KPMG Wellness Sector report released in April this year projected that the size of India’s beauty and wellness market would nearly double to Rs.80,370 Crore by 2017/18 from Rs.41,224 Crore in 2012/13. It says that the business is so good that it has caught the attention of private equity firms but it is quite unfortunate that there are no awards for this industry that appreciates and recognizes its creativity.”

Models Siddharth Sharma,  Puneet Dehran & Anirudh Birla of AM-PM
Models Siddharth Sharma, Puneet Dehran & Anirudh Birla of AM-PM

The thirty categories on which the awards will be announced are Most Popular Hair Color Brand Of the Year, Most Promising Hair Color Brand, Most Popular Hair Care Brand, Most Popular Keratin.

Treatment of the Year, Most Popular Nail Brand Of the Year, Most Popular Hair Tools and Accessories of the Year, Most Innovative Launch – Skin, Most Innovative Launch – Hair, Most Popular Makeup Brand of the Year, Most Popular Skin Care Brand of the Year, Most Popluar Salon Furniture Brand, Most Innovative Training Academy of the Year, Most Innovative Training School – Hair, Most Innovative Training School – Skin, Most Innovative Training School – Make Up, Most innovative Training School – Nails, Most Popular Franchise Salon Chain, Most Innovative Salon Design of the Year, Hair Stylist of the Year- Bridal, Hair Stylist of the Year – Fashion, Most Innovative Colorist of the Year- Male, Most Innovative Colorist of the Year- Female, Best Hair Stylist of the Year – Film, Best Make Up Artist of the Year – Film, Best Innovative Look Of the Year, Bridal Look of the Year, Makeup Artist of the Year- Fashion, Makeup Artist of the Year Bridal and Makeup Artist of the Year – Prosthetic.

Vesna Jacob & Thenny Mejia
Vesna Jacob & Thenny Mejia

The Winners in all these 30 categories will be honoured at a glittering Red Carpet Event to be attended by the who’s who of the Industry on Saturday, 9th May, 2015 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium auditorium.

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