The Rusk AntiCurl Gain Control Makeover Competition
Transform one of your clients with the Rusk AntiCurl + Kerashine Conditioning smoothing service, and you can get a chance to win cash and other prizes valued at $10,000!
Transform one of your clients with the Rusk AntiCurl + Kerashine Conditioning smoothing service, which is a demi-permanent curl adjuster that helps eliminate frizz and helps leave hair shiny and manageable. Do this and you can get a chance to win cash and other prizes valued at $10,000!
The Rusk AntiCurl Gain Control Makeover Competition features:
First Place: $5,000.00, 1 airline ticket to Orlando, FL. for Premiere, and $500 in RUSK hair care products. Second Place: $2,500 and $250 in RUSK hair care products. Third Place: $1,000.00 and $100 in RUSK hair care products.
The RUSK AntiCurl Gain Control Makeover Competition is looking for everyday women and men who seek to tame their unruly hair and transform their looks. A licensed hair stylist must perform one of the three RUSK AntiCurl systems, provide several before and after images, and a short write up regarding why the person needed the smoothing service and how it transformed them.
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