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Mega hair and beauty fair showcased diamonds, top designer collection

By Aamna Mahboob
The Mega Hair and Beauty Fair and the Hair Asia Pacific 2007 which commenced last week concluding on Sunday showcased the Aura Diamond Collection along with New York based Indian designer’s Indo Western Collection.
The Hair and Beauty fair which went on for three days had various events such as the L’Oreal Colour Vision that held the international hair show which was sponsored by L’Oreal, then the Nature’s Secret Beauty Extravaganza that held a seminar about the beauty through the eyes of a doctor sponsored by Nature’s Secrets and lastly a fashion show of the designs of the Sri Lanka’s leading fashion designers and fashion schools.
Hair Asia Pacific which started yesterday had over 200 foreign participants from Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan and many other countries. On the first day they had the L’Oreal Colour Vision event which was about forecasting the latest trend in hairstyles.
The one hour show also featured the Sri Lanka’s top hairstylists with the participations from foreign hairstylist as well. Competitions for the national awards ceremony, comprising of ladies and gents haircuts as well as bridal and evening hairstyles was also held at the first day.
The mini competition for the public are also in the three day event, with prizes being given out to the Derana Model of the day, L’Oreal Most Stylish hair Colour, L’Oreal Healthiest Hair, Nature’s Secrets Most Beautiful Skin competitions will held daily.
The event also offer free Facials by Nature’s Secrets, Special Hair Colour treatment, Raffle tickets draw for two air tickets to Chennai to be won, as well as consultation opportunities with DR Farah Faruqui.
The Hair and Beauty Fair and Hair Asia Pacific event is recognized by the Ministry of Tourism as a national event. Aiming at creating benchmarks in the local hair, beauty and fashion industry, it is also an exposure to talented individuals in their various fields.
The second day of event which was sponsored by Nature’s Secret featured Pakistani Cosmetologist and Dermatologist Dr Farah Faryuqui’s two hour seminar on ‘Beauty through the eyes of the doctor”. The second day also had fashion show by Anom, a leading Indonesian fashion designer, featuring for Indonesian models is brought down to Sri Lanka for the event as well as the Nature’s secret Bridal Collection and Pakistani Bridals collections.
The last day also includes an award ceremony with the winners from Each Category. They will receive the prize money of USD500 and USD2000 for the grand Championship Category.
The third day dedicated to Fashion and comprise of competition relating to bridals from the west and orient to the traditional and contemporary as well as the full fashion look for men and women. The fashion show was held throughout the day by showing the creations of Sri Lanka’s leading fashion designers and designing schools. Each show will be for 3o minutes with a pool of 15 female models and sis mail models.
The Hair Asia Pacific will commence today with the entry of foreign participants that includes Jacklynthe Tan, Director of Pivot Point, Singapore, Rudi Hadisuwarno, President of Indonesians Hairdressers Association and president of the OMC and ICD, Indonesia, Suchard Konreuk, President of All Hairdresser Association and Ruhana Iqbal Khan, President of PHABA and Pakistan.

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