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| Saturday, 18 September 2004 |
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SLAHAB hosts the first OMC Asia Zone Technical seminar in Sri Lanka The inaugural OMC Asia Zone Technical seminar was successfully launched in Sri Lanka on September 6, 2004 at the Galadari Hotel. This seminar and workshop was organized by the Organization Mondiale Coiffure (OMC) also known as the World Hairdressers' Organization and hosted by the Sri Lanka Association of Hairdressers and Beauticians (SLAHAB). A dynamic team of world-renowned hair and beauty specialists from Japan and Korea conducted the training sessions to train SLAHAB members for two international championships, namely "Hair Asia-Pacific 2004" to be held at Shanghai, China in October 2004 and "Hair World 2004" to be held at Milano, Italy in November this year. Among the eminent personalities present were Kuniharu Iwasaki from Japan who is the President of the OMC Asia Zone and Kyung-Nam Kang from Korea, Vice President of OMC Asia Zone. Dong-Bun Kim from Korea lead the workshop for the ladies section while Toshio Tanaka from Japan who is also the Creative Director (Gent's Section) of the OMC headed the gent's section training. This one-day program was entirely devoted to one-to-one coaching for professionals aspiring to become competitive at international hair and beauty events. This seminar also endeavoured to promote Asia's local hair industry, as well as raise the service quality standards of Sri Lankan hairdressers to an international level by teaching them new techniques. It showcased the latest products and techniques of the hair and beauty industry ranging from internal and external beauty methods and grooming necessities, new and traditional beauty secrets and demonstrations. Each talk was followed by a Question-and-Answer session between the lecturer and the audience. Approximately 100 registered SLAHAB members as well as teams from Taiwan, Pakistan and India participated at this highly informative seminar, which focused on garnering proficiency in technical haircutting and styling techniques (where entrants create an artistic haircut with value on technique that is also creative). While also developing skilfullness in hair colouring and commercial haircuts and styling techniques (where participants create a consumer wearable haircut with a commercial value). Furthermore, SLAHAB will also be inviting one of India's finest make-up specialists, Cory Wallia to conduct a seminar and workshop on "Make-up Techniques" on September 19, 2004. This will provide additional training to SLAHAB members for the forthcoming competitions. Hair Asia Pacific 2004, the prominent eighth international hair and make-up competition, will be held at Shanghai, China between October 12 to 14, 2004. This annual contest for hairstylists and beauty experts will be endorsed by P and G Beauty. Over 300 contestants from 14 countries will view for coveted awards in eight categories. Hair World is a prestigious international championship, which brings together award-winning hairdressers from around the world for two days of exhibitions, education and inspiration. Organized by the World Hairdressers' Organization or OMC, this biennial event will be held at Milano, Italy from November 7 to 8, 2004. |
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