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New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner

Find out who won the 2019 Party Pretty holiday styling contest, plus get inspired by the other finalists' last entries using HairUWear Pro clip-in extensions.

Jamie Newman
Jamie NewmanSenior Digital Content Strategist
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November 6, 2019
New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner
New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner
New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner
New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner
New Year's Eve Glam: Announcing the Party Pretty Winner

For her final entry, Sara Ortega used Kenra Professional 25 Spray on roots and teased entire head. She used HairUWear extensions in “uptown brown, undercover red, and she thinks she’s blonde” to give the hair more volume and dimension. Curled hair within a 1.25 curling iron.

Sara Ortega

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Our top-five finalists were sent a Challenge Box with clip-in extensions from HairUWear Pro. They were tasked with using the extensions in their final New-Year's-Eve-inspired submission. 

Once submitted, voting was opened to the public, with MODERN editors and Party Pretty Artist Connective judgesSydney Lopez (@sydneyannlopezhair), Alison Valsamis (@braidedandblonde), Natalie Thomas (@bridal_bynatalie), Melanie Sorrow (@melaniesorrowhair), and Shelby Weatherholtz (@shelbyweatherholtzhair) weighing in.

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Along with major bragging rights, this group of 5 finalists will receive incredible prizes, including a gift box packed with goodies (it’s seriously PACKED) from some of our favorites—Manic Panic Professional, Evo, Pureology, Goldwell, Moroccanoil, Ouidad and Alterna. These pro beauty brands pulled out all the stops to gift this group with the goodies to help up their styling business and create polished, picture-perfect finishes.

Ultimately, Kayla Nelson was named the 2019 Party Pretty winner! As the grand-prize winner, she will...

  • Be included in features and takeovers on our social media pages.

  • Be recognized in MODERN SALON magazine

  • Receive MAJOR products and tools from professional beauty brands.

Congrats to Kayla!

Want your chance the compete? Stay tuned for our bridal styling contest this spring!

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