Sunsilk 'Hadakari' regional workshops

Sunsilk ' Hadakari' will kick off in Negombo - the first of ten regional workshops to be held fortnightly over the next 5 months. The workshops will also travel to Galle, Balangoda, Badulla, Kuliyapitiya, Dehiathakandiya, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Kalutara and Maharagama. Ten talented hair care professionals will be selected at each workshop and the one hundred proffesionals who thus qualify will then proceed to participate for Sunsilk Style International 2008. The ten winners from each region will be selected out of a pool of forty regional participants. Furthermore, the ten most outstanding models will also be selected from each region and both the model and proffesional will be awarded with trophies and certificates.One model out of ten finalists will then be adjudged the ' Sunsilk Hadakari' for that region  - the judging will be based on the transformation achieved by the hair care professional. The winning models will train alongside the professionals inorder to give them an opportunity to be on the catwalk at the grand finale in 2008.

Ms Anjali De Silva Brand Manager for Sunsilk said " The hair and beauty care industry in Sri Lanka has a huge pool of talent to draw from - the objective of Sunsilk Hadakari is to identify and nurture this talent in order to raise the profile of the industry. At the same time, participating in this competition will enable aspiring haircare professionals to enhance their skills, learn modern methods and become better entrepreneurs- there by becoming better geard to begin and sustain their own enterprises.

Proud Association

Sunsilk is proud to be associated with the dreams and aspirations of its consumers and partners - this series of workshops and the mobile salon will be useful not only for aspiring haircare professionals but also for the Sunsilk consumer and we invite everyone to be part of this experience."

Speaking with the partnership haircare expert Sunsilk , Mr Lal Weerasinghe, President of PHABA said," We are happy to be associated with Sunsilk for the second year in its driveto bring proper knowledgeon haircare from the urban town centresto the rural masses. We believe that by educating the end consumer and enhancing the knowledge of the hair care professionals, we would be able create more awareness and consciousness of the need for grooming and how one's appearence can provide greater confidence."

This is the second cosecutive year that Sunsilk reaches out to consumers all over Sri lanka with regional workshops held in associations with PHABA - the professional grouping of hairdressers and beauticians in Sri Lanka.

Regional Workshops

Last year, Sunsilk completed 10 regional workshops , namely the Sunsilk Kess Adahas Workshops, with the objective of educating the end consumer and hair care professionals around the country. Earlier this year, Sunsilk organized gala event called Sunsilk Style International with PHABA. It was the outcome of the 2006 regional workshops. It covered hair, beauty and bridal segments and was a  display of how to makeyou ' stylish' from head to toe