Professional Beauty India will be in Mumbai, the City of Dreams for a two-day grand fiesta on September 30 and October 1. Brands, artists, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts from across the nation will all be gathering under the same roof. With the best of beauty, hair, wellness, and tools, PBI Mumbai is full of opportunities for one and for all. Vidhi Arya from Professional Beauty India shines a light on everything you must look forward to at the show.
Professional Beauty India is part of the Professional Beauty Group, one of the world’s leading exhibition organisers for the beauty and hair industry. The biggest beauty expo in Southeast Asia, the show offers the ultimate experience for experts and enthusiasts alike. Each year, our shows from across the world bring together over 1 lakh buyers and sellers from the beauty, cosmetics, hair and wellness industry.
Like every edition, this edition, too, offers bountiful opportunities for learning, networking, sourcing, and growing in your career paths. Here are a few things you need to check out at PBI, Mumbai.
Modern Barber Competition
Modern Barber Competition 2024, powered by Hairotic Men, with Tools Partner Gamma+ Professionals and Furniture Partner Ikonic Furniture. This prestigious competition marks the beginning of an exciting chapter for barbers across India.
The idea for this competition was conceived by Team PBI along with the team of Hairotic Men back in June. This inaugural edition of the Modern Barber India Competition has received an overwhelming response with close to 100+ entries from all over India! Witness the true passion and talent that our barbering community displays.
SNAP! India Awards
The First Ever SNAP! India Awards 2024 will make the debut at PBI Mumbai. It’s a prestigious event that celebrates talent, creativity, and the power of transformation in the world of hair and make-up.
This competition saw over 500 entries from passionate professionals across India. From stunning styles and cuts to vibrant colours and flawless make-up looks, the awards honour talent from all across the country.
The jury for SNAP! includes Seema V Jerajani, Natasha Naegamwala, JJ Savani, Cherag Bambboat and Manisha Chopra.
Salon Management Congress
The upcoming Salon Management Congress, as always, is poised to be a breakthrough event at PBI Mumbai. As this panel discussion will feature eminent personalities from the industry, they will converge to shine a light on the most pressing issues and opportunities facing the industry today.
SMC in Mumbai will see some very crucial topics for salons, entrepreneurs, and artists. This includes:
- Scaling Up: How to expand your salon business
- Staff Retention: Safeguarding your salon against poaching
- Sourcing and saving: Salon-vendor relationship
- How far can you go in the business of skincare?
- Salon service trends: How to build an aesthetics beauty business
- Client Servicing: Make it a differentiating factor for your salon
- Tech Talk: Customer relationship and data management
- Client retention: Strategies that ensure customers keep coming back
- Mind your marketing: Channelling the power of new-age marketing tools
The Colour Pod
Professional Beauty India’s ‘Colour Pod’ is a vibrant feature offering live colour education to hair artists and aspiring colourists. This dedicated arena hosts colour brands and artists to demonstrate various techniques and products, providing visitors with an in-depth understanding of different colouration methods and brand offerings.
Join in and you can witness experts such as Atharva Uday Takke, Vikas Marwah, Shine Janarthanan, Amit Tonk, Zingranwon Shatsang, Hardik Malde, and many more in action.
KOHOT Job Fair
Kohot is a job app that takes care of the hiring needs of salons across India. Organising the way employers and employees interact in this industry, Kohot aims to bring in a systematic approach to hiring and employment.
The Kohot Job Fair brings salons a step closer to prospective employees. It offers direct face-to-face interaction with hairdressers, beauticians and other skilled professionals in the salon industry all in the same place, which would help job seekers, salons and spas in their employment and hiring process.
Some of the major salons and brands that will be Kohot Job Fair at PBI, Mumbai are: Solastaa, Enrich, Truefitt & Hill, Nomad Barber, Bodycarft, Tony & Guy, and many more.
New Launches
Several brands will launch and introduce new products, tools, and formulations. Direct access to new launches in the industry can help you stay ahead of the curve. It also offers you an opportunity to provide only the best to your clients.
Some of the new launches that you can witness at PBI are from brands such as Ikonic, MARC Hairtools, Shimmers, HNK, Casmara, Jeannot Ceuticals, and many more.
Apart from new tools and products, the show will also be the stage for the launch of Gamma+, offering a range of exceptional hair styling tools.
Additionally, for the first time, you will be able to get your hands on OPI products at PBI, Mumbai. OPI, the world-renowned salon nail professional brand, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Streamline Services India for the Indian market
Demo Stages
Over 30 celebrity artists will be performing live on the Beauty Stage and HJ Stage. With their valuable expertise and expansive careers, they will share valuable know-how, latest trends, and tips and techniques.
Some of the artists you can witness include:
Viraj Patil, Vaishnavi Jain, Ojas Rajani, Dipika Parihar, and Dolly Bhatia on Beauty stage on Day 1. On Day 2, Solemn Panguinao, Arpita Das, Gaurav Kakade, Annalouise Kenny, and many more will grace the Beauty Stage.
On Day 1, HJ Stage will host JJ Savani, Sareena Acharya, Mayank Upadhyaya, Anam Siddique, Rajesh Lakher, Twinkle Deol, and many more. Jordan Tabakman, Gourav Bhardwaj, Vivek Shyam Bhatia, Dodo (Dharmesh Hingorani), and others will take over on Day 2.
Book Launch – Salon Mastery – Unlock Path to Success
The book is written by Ankit Virmani and Subham Virmani, Directors, Esskay Beauty. It was written to address the struggle to achieve sustainable success with salons. The book is not just a guide to improving a salon’s profitability; it’s a comprehensive roadmap to creating a business that thrives on innovation, customer loyalty, and long-term growth.
Salon owners, parlour owners, hairdressers, therapists, nail technicians, and freelancers across the hair, skin, makeup, and nail segments will be at PBI, Mumbai. Surely, the show is all set to be a hub of networking, sourcing, and learning. With over 350 brands from various sectors and participants from India as well as overseas, PBI, Mumbai is ready for a grand event!
It’s the perfect place for a ‘Heart2Heart’ connection with India’s beauty industry. At PBI, you take a step ahead in your career.
Join us at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai on September 30 and October 1, 2024.