
Entries Are Open for Wella Professionals’ Trend Vision Awards 2026
Hairstylists and barbers can showcase their creative and technical vision in two global categories with cash prizes and a chance to represent in Portugal.
Rally your staff and clients around a good cause at your salon or in your community. Wella will award 20 of the most popular entries with grants up to $10,000.

Wella Professional's launched Hairdressers at Heart to support hairdressers at every stage of their career. With their charity grants, they will help salons and beauty pros make an impact on their community, whether big or small.
Do you have an idea for how you would like to help the world at large or right at home? If so, consider entering your idea into the Wella Supports Your Cause Charity Challenge. Wella will award 20 of the most popular entries with grants up to $10,000.
Submit your entry by April 1, 2013 then get the word out and your votes in.
HOW TO WIN
The top twenty (20) entrants with the highest, combined score from the judging panel and the most votes received from the public during the voting period will be deemed the potential Grand, First, Second and Third Prize Winners. Online Voting/Judging: All approved, eligible contest entries will be posted on the contest website for consumer voting during the voting period. Voting: There is a limit of one (1) vote per entry, per person, per day during the voting period. The online vote will account for forty percent (40%) of each entrant's final score. Judging Criteria: For Video Entries: Sincerity (45%); Potential Impact to Community (35%); and Video Quality (20%). For Photo/Essay Entries: Sincerity (45%); Potential Impact to Community (35%); and How Inspirational the Image/Essay Is (20%). The judging will account for sixty percent (60%) of each entrant's final score.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada, who, as of the last day of the month prior to entry, are the age of majority or older. Void where prohibited. The Wella "Supports Your Cause" Salon Competition begins 1/3/13 and ends 4/1/13. Sponsored by The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC. See Official Rules for details.
PRIZES
Grand Prize (1): A USD $10,000 check* to the winner to be used towards the charity depicted in the winner's entry. First Prize (2): A USD $5,000 check* to be used towards the charity depicted in the winner's entry. Second Prize (3): A USD $2,500 check* to the winner to be used towards the charity depicted in the winner's entry. Third Prize (4): A USD $1,000 check* to the winner to be used towards the charity depicted in the winner's entry. *It is the winner's discretion and responsibility to donate all or a portion of the prize awarded to the respective charity; and assume any applicable federal, state, local and provincial tax liabilities or tax benefits of accepting the prize or donating to the charity.
https://www.hairdressersatheart.com/support-about.php

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