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Beauty Pros Prepare for PBA Beauty Week: July 12-15
The beauty industry takes over Las Vegas during PBA Beauty Week: July 12-15. Here are some highlights of a week you won't want to miss.
July 9, 2014
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It is North America’s largest beauty event and it’s all in one place. From July 12-15, 2014, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV will be the site of another PBA (Professional Beauty Association) Beauty Week, hosted by Cosmoprof North America. Opportunities for professional beauty networking, education, competition, celebration, recognition and introduction abound during a week that features the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA), PBA Business Forum, PBA Regional Forum for the Professional, PBA Beacon and City of Hope.
COME SAY ‘HELLO’! TO MODERN SALON
Visit us at our booth D10044. We’ll have current issues for you to peruse and take home. Stop in and tell us what you are seeing at the show, what shouldn’t be missed and what you’d like to see more of in MODERN!
COSMOPROF NORTH AMERICA
A business-to-business beauty trade show with interactive stages, new product launches and industry icons. Get busy at the booths and interact with your industry. Show floor hours and registration information can be found on the Cosmoprof North American website.
CITY OF HOPE SPIRIT OF LIFE AWARD
On Saturday, July 12, City of Hope’s National Professional Salon Industry is “Celebrating Cures” as they present the 2014 Spirit of Life Award to Harlan Kirschner, CEO of the Kirschner Group. Performer Michael Bolton will entertain and attendees will enter for a chance to win a 2014 Mini Cooper, graciously donated by Jinny Beauty Corp.
PBA BUSINESS FORUM
The PBA Business Forum featured speaker will be "Shark Tank" shark, Mark Cuban. The program is on Sunday morning with a buffet breakfast. Cuban’s theme will be “The American Dream is Alive and Well” and he will share his experience and insights into what it takes to build your own American Dream in today’s economic climate.
NORTH AMERICAN HAIRSTYLING AWARDS (NAHA) 2014
Celebrate 25 years of this prestigious beauty competition on Sunday, July 13. NAHA brings the best and the brightest together to celebrate hairdressing at its finest. Can’t be there? A live stream hosted by Modern Salon and sponsored by L’Oreal Professionnel will make you part of the action. Celeb hosts and husband-wife duo Bill and Giuliana Rancic will act as emcees.
Register for NAHA LIVE at modernsalon.com/naha!
PBA BEACON
Beacon provides the nation's most promising cosmetology students with education and opportunities to network with the industry's highest profile salon owners and stylists during PBA Beauty Week. Beacon students attend specialized classes with the biggest names in the industry, get up close and personal with NAHA finalists and get a firm understanding of the business of beauty.
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