Each year, the Goldwell Color Zoom Challenge competition becomes more intense as the bar for creativity and technical skill is raised higher and higher. Judging the U.S. entries was daunting—the quality of the work was so outstanding. Here are the 2010 semi-finalists from the U.S.—now it’s off to Germany, where one finalist in each category (Partner Colorist, Creative Colorist and New Talent Colorist) will be chosen to compete in the live finale in Paris.

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