America’s Beauty Show Announces 2026 Global Image Awards Finalists
The Global Image Awards are a celebration of vision, artistry, and the future of professional beauty.
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The Global Image Awards are a celebration of vision, artistry, and the future of professional beauty.
If your day-to-day feels like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, you’re not alone. The hair and beauty industry runs on creativity and connection, but behind the scenes, it runs on systems. When you spread those systems across a few different tools (plus a couple of sticky notes and a prayer), even the best-run salons feel like they’re working twice as hard for the same results.
Heat opens circulation and prepares tissue. Red light works at the cellular level to support repair and renewal.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics, Alysa partnered with St. Louis–based color specialist Kelsey Miller to elevate her DIY bleach work into clean, high-contrast halo placements.
Before the pixie cut became a Hollywood symbol of modern femininity, it was already living, breathing, and evolving in Black culture. Texture expert and Moroccanoil Global Color Ambassador Greg Gilmore gives us an overview of the iconic Black women who popularized the pixie over the past century.
Modern professionalism is evolving beyond hard skills. Technical training is essential but about 85 percent of job success comes from soft skills. In a world where AI and automation are increasing, human connection becomes more valuable, not less.
This marks the program’s largest applicant pool and class size in more than six years, reflecting growing national engagement in professional beauty education.
The pro-age beauty line pledges to fund scalp-cooling treatments for four cancer patients aged 50 or older each month through HairToStay. The treatments help patients preserve their hair during chemotherapy treatment. In addition, Prime Prometics will contribute through targeted awareness campaigns, educational initiatives, and product donations for patients.
Jalia Pettis and 3Jay Productions introduce The Style Exhibition, a refined and forward-thinking educational experience designed for beauty professionals ready to move beyond fundamentals and into mastery, taking place in Phoenix, AZ on May 3, 2026.
Ulta Beauty, Inc. introduces the Ulta Beauty Artist Collective, a reimagined collaboration of industry veterans and exceptionally skilled Ulta Beauty salon associates.