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FOR BEAUTY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS

Together with Pivot Point, ICA hosts an annual Student Contest; open to all accredited beauty schools. The program recognizes beauty school students AND their instructors as we honor their creativity and passion!

  • Finalists and their instructors will have their work showcased online and at the ICA Fall Atelier.
  • One top student honoree and their instructor will win a fabulous, all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to attend and be recognized onstage at the ICA Fall Atelier!

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The ICA Student contest is an exciting introduction for students to their new career path, potential employers, and different facets of the industry. The contest helps connect the dots of recruitment between schools and salons, highlights the benefits of ICA salons to students, and brings the most competitive and talented students to interface directly with ICA members at the events.

2025 Student Contest Details

Check back in May 2025 for the 2025 contest theme announcement!

HOW TO ENTER (IT’S FREE!)

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY VIDEO

Students create a short video (under 30 seconds) on their phones explaining what sustainability means to them as hairstylists. There are no wrong answers.

Submit your video by July 26:

WHAT ARE THE RULES?

  • Your 30 second video has to be submitted by July 26.
    Intercoiffure Student Contest finalists will be chosen based on their submitted videos.
  • Each finalist will choose a beauty school instructor to work with.
  • We’ll provide each finalist with a Pivot Point eco-friendly Cap Series mannequin, detailed contest guidelines, and directions how to submit their sustainability-inspired look.
  • You must be a student at an accredited beauty school when you enter. Students may have graduated by the ICA Fall Atelier date.
  • All work submitted must be the sole work of the student, with instructor supervision. The finalist entry must include both the student and the instructor name.
  • Looks can be created using any combination of cut, color (including spray colors), and styling.
  • Mannequin makeup is optional.
  • Hair fillers are not allowed.

JUDGING

  • Intercoiffure Student Contest Judges:
    • Perry Monge – Chairperson, Intercoiffure Nouveau
    • Anna Pacitto – Artistic Director, Intercoiffure
    • Jason Russell – Product Experience Senior Manager, Pivot Point
    • Hannah Craik – Co-founder, Green Beauty Community
  • Mannequin entries will be judged on both skills and creativity.
  • All judge’s decisions are final

FINALIST GUIDELINES

    • Students will be required to submit six photos of their design:
      • Four different mannequin shots (one front, one back, one left side, one right side)
      • Two different group shots including the student, their instructor, and their finished mannequin (the first showing the intact mannequin, the second showing the mannequin with the cap removed from the headform)
    • By submitting their entry, the student and their instructor attest that the student was the only person to work on this mannequin and that all work was done at the school under the instructor’s supervision
    • All work is accepted in good faith. Disqualification will apply to any person(s) abusing contest rules
    • Submitted videos and images become the property of ICA and their contest partners. ICA and their contest partners reserve the right to use the entrants’ names and images for publicity purposes as seen fit

All dates are subject to change

Beauty school students and instructors, show us what you’ve got!

Submission Deadline

Tuesday, April 15, 2024 (midnight deadline)
Top 10 Finalists Announced: TBD