Wella Company named the winners of its 2021 Beauty Envision Awards in a live announcement Sunday, August 15, at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, where 33 top hairstylists and nail artist professionals from the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada came together to attend the event presented by TrendVision. This always highly anticipated competition gives beauty professionals an opportunity to elevate their skills and showcase their creativity, envisioning the next era of beauty.

Despite the obstacles of the past year, salon professionals have emerged as stronger, more adaptive artists, according to Wella Company CEO Annie Young-Scrivner. "Tonight is special,” Young-Scrivner said from the stage. “This year’s competition received the second highest number of entries from the past 10 years. These artists are proof that this industry is unstoppable, and we’re so happy to be back educating and inspiring beauty professionals live in Las Vegas.”

Finalists were narrowed down from more than 3,600 entries to take to the stage in an event that mixed live competition with online submissions across 13 diverse categories. Artists showcased looks around the “Chrysalis” theme, symbolizing the protective covering something or someone creates to shield themselves until they emerge into a new state of growth.

The night included creative presentations from the Wella Professionals Ambassador team and the #TogetherWeRise team. Briana Cisneros, Zach Mesquit and Dereq Clark from the Ambassador team presented "Creative Rebellion," looking at the world through the lens of change to reveal a renaissance of color, a rebellion of creativity. The goal was to create and inspire a deliberate act of defiance, sparking a new beginning. Omar Antonio, Johannie Jacquitte and Anthony Cress made up the #TogetherWeRise team, presenting what Omar described as “a journey through the passion and anger of protesting (Fire), the eerie silence and fear of a shelter in place (Smoke/Ash), and the promise of hope for tomorrow (Rebirth).”

This year’s judging panel of top industry professionals included:

• Patricia Nikole, Painted Hair founder and Wella Professionals Brand Ambassador @paintedhair

• Keya Neal, Industry Activist, Founder of Texture vs. Race and Kolour Kulture @keyaartistically

• Gerard Scarpaci, Craft Hairdresser and Hairbrained Co-founder @gerardscarpaci

• Jenny Bui, “Queen of Bling,” OPI Artistic Ambassador @nailson7th

• Sonya Dove, Wella Professionals Global Creative Artist @sonyadove

For 11 of the 13 categories, winners received: 

• $5,000 Visa gift card

• Free products from ProfessionalStore.com

The Salon Team category winner received:

• $1,000 Visa gift card

• Attendance to BEA 2021, including flights and hotel

The Elite Artist winner received:

• $1,000 Visa gift card

• Attendance to BEA 2021, including flights and hotel

Additionally, US and CA TrendVision Color and Creative artists will be invited to attend the International TrendVision Awards Creative Retreat.

For more information, and to view the 2021 Beauty Envision Awards replay, go to beautyenvisionawards.com.

Honored with this award this year were:

• US and PR TrendVision Color Artist, sponsored by Wella Professionals—Emma Hancock, @masterpiecehair

• CA TrendVision Color Artist, sponsored by Wella Professionals—Regan Wasson, @reganthehairkitten

• US and PR TrendVision Creative Artist, sponsored by Wella Professionals—Akela Douglass, @akelashairstudio

• CA TrendVision Creative Artist, sponsored by Wella Professionals—Olivia Chafe, @oliviachafeukiyosalon

• Editorial Artist, sponsored by Sebastian Professional—Aisha Al-Hasan, @aishalhasan_hair

• Barber Artist, sponsored by SebMan—Shelwin Jafet, @shelwinjafet

• Total Transformation, sponsored by Kadus Professional—John Nguyen, @john.n1115

• Bridal Hair Artist, sponsored by NIOXIN—Sara Lopez, @svglamour

• Nail Artist, sponsored by OPI—Amy Hwang, @aymehnails

• Natural Texture Artist, sponsored by Clairol Professional—Jacqualine Fermin, @jackie.maneeventhair

• Future Star Artist, sponsored by WellaEducation—Elnaz Arman, @8llena

• Salon Team, sponsored by WellaEducation—Jose Luis Salon, @joseluissalonboutique

• Elite Artist, sponsored by WellaEducation—Lisa Smith, @lisaminthair