The prestigious Wella Professionals TrendVision Award 2025 is now open, offering a platform for emerging artists to showcase their skills.
The iconic Wella Professionals TrendVision Award 2025 presents one of the greatest opportunities for up-and-coming hairdressing talent to truly shine. Indeed, this renowned competition serves as the perfect platform for creative artists to effectively showcase their exceptional creativity and highly developed skills within the industry. With more than 140 years of extensive hairdressing expertise and the prominent status of being the No. 1 Salon Colour Brand in the World¹, Wella Professionals is perfectly positioned to host such a globally recognised event. Therefore, this is one competition that can genuinely help ambitious hairdressers to significantly catapult their professional careers to new heights.
An Exceptional Celebratory Event
Max Amen, the esteemed General Manager for the UK & Ireland at Wella Company, offers insightful words for potential entrants. He says: “Wella TrendVision Award provides competitors with a truly unique opportunity to embark on an enriching creative journey of self-discovery. Consequently, I wholeheartedly encourage anyone even considering entering this prestigious competition to give it their absolute 100% effort. They should fully embrace this invaluable opportunity for significant self-development within their professional careers. Furthermore, the UK & Ireland Final stands as an exceptional celebratory event. It proudly recognises the incredible array of hairdressing talent that exists within the extensive Wella family.”
Who Can Enter This Exciting Competition?
This fantastic competition is open to any individual who is currently living or actively working in either the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Moreover, entrants can be working within a salon environment or operating as a highly skilled independent stylist. Importantly, you do not necessarily need to be an existing Wella Professionals account holder to participate in most categories. However, there is a specific exception regarding the XPOSURE Creative Colour category, which is exclusively reserved for talented hairdressing students who are currently in training.
How to Submit Your Competition Entry
To successfully enter this year’s competition, prospective competitors need to complete a straightforward online entry form. This form requires the submission of a clear before image and a compelling after image showcasing their skills. Following this, entrants must then upload both of these crucial images, or alternatively a dynamic transformational reel, directly to their Instagram account. It is essential to ensure that all relevant hashtags and official tags are correctly included within the post. Additionally, it is important to note that all submitted images must have been taken within the last twelve months. Furthermore, these images must not have been previously entered into any other industry competitions.
The Exciting Competition Categories for 2025
- NEW Transformation Award: A total transformation embracing both colour and cut. This transformation should embody the beauty of the model, ensuring optimum suitability. Creatively there’s no restrictions, this look can be classic and beautiful, or creative and edgy.
- NEW Editorial Award: The editorial award should showcase a colour, cut and style that embodies a chic editorial feel. Taking inspiration from magazines, art and architecture to craft a unique look suited to the model.
- NEW Digital Award: The Digital Award reel should demonstrate content creation skills and storytelling skills. The reel should be no longer than 60 seconds and needs to include a before look, the hair journey, and the finished model look. This is a great opportunity to showcase maximum creativity in both the finished look and social media storytelling.
- XPOSURE Creative Colour: The student category, allowing fresh new talent to emerge. Entrants should showcase the creative use of colour placement to create visible hair colour whilst maintaining hair quality and condition.
Entries are now open. All successful photographic entries will go straight through to the UK & Ireland Final, which takes place on London. All categories will compete live at the final, making it a truly memorable event.
Key Dates to Remember for 2025
- Photographic Entries close: Monday 16th June
- Photographic Results Announcement: Monday 21st July
- UK & Ireland Final: Monday 6th October, London
All successful photographic entries will proceed directly to this exciting UK & Ireland Final event. Moreover, all categories will feature live competition at the final, promising to make it a truly memorable and engaging experience for everyone involved.
Your Essential Online Resource Hub
The entire TrendVision Award journey is thoughtfully supported by an incredible and comprehensive online resource hub. This valuable platform provides all the essential information and ample inspiration that potential entrants could possibly need. You can access this resource directly at www.wella.co.uk/trendvision.
Incredible Prizes Await the Worthy Winners
Winning a prestigious TrendVision Award is an achievement that will undoubtedly catapult any ambitious hairdressing career to new heights. Furthermore, the deserving winners will also receive some truly incredible and often money-can’t-buy prizes. These include a highly tailored education development plan specifically designed for both the individual winner and their salon team. Additionally, winners will benefit from a professional photoshoot experience, complete with invaluable mentoring from a respected industry icon, plus many other exceptional opportunities.
Discover More and Connect with Wella
For those seeking further detailed information about this exciting competition, please visit www.wella.co.uk/trendvision or feel free to directly contact the dedicated Wella Events Team via email at wellaevents@wella.com. Additionally, you can connect with Wella Professionals on various social media platforms. Find them on Instagram @WellaProfessionalsUKI, Facebook @WellaUKI, and TikTok @WellaHairUKI. Don’t forget to use the official hashtag #NTVA2025 to join the conversation.