
America's Beauty Show Opens Entries for the 2027 ABS Global Image Awards
This global competition celebrates the artistry, energy, and creative PULSE of the professional beauty community.
Rikoko, the brain child of colorist Richy Kandasamy and brand visionaire Renee Cascarina, features three professional product lines designed to work in harmony with all beauty rituals and hair textures.






The Rikoko Lock Collection includes Shampoo, Conditioner and Reset and Seal backbar treatments.
New beauty brand Rikoko is the brain child of colorist Richy Kandasamy and brand visionaire Renée Cascarina. Its professional products are formulated by a team of chemists and creatives that are taking a modern approach to brand development. Rikoko's three product lines are designed to work in harmony with all beauty rituals and hair textures.
THE RIKOKO COLLECTIONS
Rikoko Lock is a collection of professional treatment-based products formulated with exotic ingredients that naturally lock in color, reduce fading, accelerate repair and promote healthy, strong hair. Rikoko Lock Shampoo and Conditioner are accompanied by Reset and Seal, a two-phase, ten-minute treatment that relieves itchy scalps post-color service. These two products expand the backbar service, creating instant and sustainable revenue.
Rikoko Prism is a collection of customized, leave-in conditioners, designed to maintain, protect and illuminate natural and color-treated hair. Lightweight formulas contain matured coconut oil and are infused wtih a subtle hint of color to tone, maintain and illuminate. Six different leave-in conditioners address different needs:
Opal: radiates shine
Gold: illuminates highlights
Bronze: enriches brunette and dark tones
Rouge: ignites warm and red tones
Violet: tones blonde and grey hair
Rikoko Noir is a designer collection of multi-functional products created for global hair textures to naturally treat, style and heal with cumulative use. Hero product Kokobalm cures split ends, eliminates frizz and enhances shine with weightless body. It is infused with coconut oil, a blend of other natural oils and strengthening lemongrass for protection, hydration and nourishment suitable for all hair textures. Plus, Kokobalm is paraben-, silicone- and colorant-free.
For more information, visit rikoko.com.

This global competition celebrates the artistry, energy, and creative PULSE of the professional beauty community.

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One-Day Personal and Professional Development Education Event for Beauty Professionals Set for October 25, 2026, at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue.

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