Entry period: Friday, September 1, 2023 to Thursday, December 7, 2023
The BEAUTY INNOVATOR AWARD is a hair contest held every two years where top beauty creators selected from each Asian country gather in Tokyo to compete in creativity!
By incorporating two creative techniques, photo creation and model creation, participants will be able to express their beauty creator skills more realistically and comprehensively.
Step 1: First screening
Photo Selection
- Entry period: Friday, September 1, 2023 to Thursday, December 7, 2023
- Awards: 1 Grand Prix winner* from each of the 2 categories, 5 Finalists from each of the 2 categories, 20 Semi-Finalists from each of the 2 categories from Japan
- Photo Grand Prix Announcement: Scheduled for around March 2024*
*Once details such as the release date have been decided, they will be announced on our official website and social media.
Step 2: Final Selection
Model screening
- Model competition date: Scheduled to be held around autumn 2024*
- Awards: One Asian champion from each country's Grand Prix in each of the two categories
- Announcement of the Asian Champion: Announcement at the Shiseido Professional beauty event "BEAUTY CONGRESS 2024" (scheduled to be held on the same day as the model competition)
*The dates for the model competition and the announcement of the Asian Champions will be announced on our official website, social media, etc., as well as individually, once the details have been decided.
Art Creation Category
Artistic and creative hairstyles
- Please choose your own theme and create your work based on that theme.
- Any style is acceptable, including cut styles and updos.
- Hair pieces, extensions, hair accessories, etc. are allowed.*
*However, if the entire head is covered with hats, wire, wool, straw, or any other material other than hair, the head will not be judged.
Real Creation Category
Realistic styles that can be achieved through salon work using cut and color
- Please choose your own theme and create your work based on that theme.
- You will create a cut and hair color style that makes the most of the model's natural hair.
- The use of hair pieces, extensions, hair accessories, etc. is strictly prohibited.
*Updos are not permitted.
Asian Champion (1 person from each of 2 categories from 8 Asian countries)
- Trophy presentation
- Participate in a personalized photoshoot event
The personalized photo shoot is a photo shoot arranged by Shiseido Professional exclusively for the Asian Champion (scheduled to be held in 2025). The winner will be asked to appoint one artist from among the judges as an advisor for the creation and photography of the work.*
*The date, time and instructor will be selected after consultation. Please note that we may be unable to accommodate your request as a result of schedule adjustments.
Grand Prize (1 person from each of the 2 categories from Japan)
- Trophy and 200,000 yen prize
- Participation in the Asia Champion Final Judging and Award Ceremony*
*Scheduled to be held at the Shiseido Professional beauty event "BEAUTY CONGRESS 2024" - An interview article will be published in an industry magazine
*The dates for the model competition and the announcement of the Asian Champions will be announced on our official website, social media, and individually once the details have been decided.
Finalists (5 in each of the 2 categories from Japan)
- Finalist award plaque and prize money of 50,000 yen
Semi-finalists (20 people in each of the two categories from Japan)
- Your work will be published on Shiseido Professional's official website and official social media accounts.
Journal Award (2 categories, 7 winners each from Japan)
- Your work will be published on Shiseido Professional's official website and official social media accounts.
- Entry period: Friday, September 1, 2023 to Thursday, December 7, 2023
- How to enter: Shiseido Professional official website Online entry
- Participation Fee: Free
- Eligibility: Hair stylists affiliated with salons (hairdressing and beauty license holders; experience and age not important)
- The copyright of the submitted work will belong to Shiseido Professional Co., Ltd. Entrants shall not exercise any moral rights in relation to the submitted work.
- The entrant must own the copyright to any works or portraits used in the submitted work, or must have obtained prior permission to use them from the rights holder.
- Entrants are responsible for obtaining consent from subjects of their submitted work to avoid any issues with portrait rights, etc.
- Please note that submitted works (data) will not be returned.
- Entrants' names and submitted works will be shared between Shiseido Professional and Henkel Group Companies (meaning direct or indirect subsidiaries of Henkel AG & Co., KGaA. *hereinafter referred to as "Henkel Group Companies") and may be posted on the official websites and official social media accounts of Henkel Group Companies.
- When publishing the submitted work, Henkel Group companies reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to crop the submitted work, create collages using all or part of the submitted work, add image effects such as computer graphics, videos or otherwise display the entrant's name and to decide, without prior consent of the entrant, which of the following will be displayed in the final work?
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