Last year, Streax Professionals and The Times Group, India teamed up to launch a distinctive hairdressing award for professional hair stylists.
Streax Professional Times India Hair Style Icon (IHI) is an award that aims to recognize and promote promising talents in the discipline of hairstyling. It is a platform that allows hairstylists to put their best foot forward and showcase their talent on a national platform.
IHI wishes to change the status quo of how the hairstyling industry in India conducts awards and recognises talents. By exploring budding talents pan India, IHi aims to help hairstylists explore the best prospects in the industry, neutrally and impartially.
Streax Professional Times India Hair Style Icon 2023 WEST ZONE, Mumbai
On June 20, The West Zone Semi-Finals of Season 2 – Streax Professional Times India Hair Style Icon 2023 took place at St. Regis in Mumbai. The semi-final witnessed the performances of 50 semi-finalists. The chosen 50 were hand-picked by the esteemed jury from a pool of over 2,000 entries received from Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan.
The semi-finalists could choose to perform in one of the three categories. Female’s Creative Cut & Colour, Female Commercial Cut & Colour, and Men’s Creative Cut & Colour. Accordingly, they were required to perform within the respective timeline and adhere to the laid process parameters.
The jury empanelled celebrity stylist Vipul Chudasama (artistic brand ambassador, Streax Professional), Savio John Pereira, actors Helly Shah and Suparna Das; along with technical judges from Streax Professional.
Winners at the Streax Professional Times India Hair Style Icon 2023, West Zone
After performances and careful evaluations, out of the top 50 hairstylists selected as semi-finalists, three zonal finalists and three zonal runner-ups were chosen by the jury. Let’s know the winners and the runner-ups:
Men Creative Cut & Colour
Runner Up:
Name: Amol Raut
City: Thane, Mumbai
Salon Name: Tiny Tips Studio
Winner:
Name: Rohit Bandewar
City: Nagpur
Salon Name: Amit The Family Salon
Female Commercial Cut & Colour
Runner Up:
Name: Vikas Rai
City: Mandla, MP
Salon Name: Ranus Salon
Winner:
Name: Kunal Verma
City: Indore
Salon Name: The Golden Ratio Salon
Female Creative Colour
Runner Up:
Name: Chirag Limbachiya
City: Vadodara
Salon Name: Beyond Beauty Salon & Academy
Winner:
Name: Rohan Bhatiya
City: Vadodara
Salon Name: RB Hair Salon
Each runner-up won a cash prize of Rs.45,000/- and each finalist won a cash prize of Rs.75,000. The finalists are one step away from claiming the top spot in the finals. The winners will now perform with the other zonal finalists at the IHI grand finale at Bombay Times Fashion Week in Mumbai on October 29 2023. The IHI winner will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000, sponsored trip to Hair World Paris, and a one-year contract with Streax Professional.
The competition will hereafter move to Delhi for the North leg of the semi-finals on July 7, 2023.