BREAKING NEWS: Finalists Announced for the 2015 Stylist Choice Awards!

The wait is finally over! After months of voting for your favorite products, haircolor, tools, educators and companies that help you each and every day behind the chair, BTC members have chosen their top finalists for the 15th Annual Stylist Choice Awards! Since there were so many exciting new innovations this year…there are 6 finalists for each of the 36 categories! Don’t miss your chance to see these coveted crystal awards handed out to the deserving winners at the biggest awards event in the world of hairdressing, taking place in Chicago on Sunday, March 22nd at McCormick Place at the Arie Crown Theater (the Sunday night of America’s Beauty Show). Presenters include: Robert Cromeans, Sam Villa, Beth Minardi, Guy Tang, Kim Vo, Oscar Blandi and many more. Tickets are going fast, so make sure you have yours so you can join in on the biggest party of the year!

15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
Arie Crown Theater – McCormick Place
Cocktails: 7:00pm  Show 8:00pm
Tickets: $25, $35 & $75 VIP
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Now without further ado, here are the finalists for the 2015 Stylist Choice Awards

Favorite Overall Professional Products Company
Aveda
Matrix
Paul Mitchell
Redken
TIGI®
Wella Professionals

Favorite Prestige Products Company
Aveda
Bumble and bumble
Davines
Moroccanoil
Oribe Hair Care
Pureology

Favorite Product You Can’t Live Without
Farouk Systems Inc. CHI Silk Infusion
It’s a 10 Miracle Leave-In Product
Joico K-PAK Deep Penetrating Reconstructor
Kenra Volume Spray 25
Moroccanoil Treatment
Olaplex

Favorite New Packaging of the Year
Davines More Inside
MarulaOil
Matrix Biolage
Oribe Gold Lust
R+Co 
Wella Professionals LuxeOil

Favorite Education Team of the Year
Aveda
Goldwell
Paul Mitchell
Redken
TIGI®
Wella Professionals

Favorite Color Educator of the Year
Beth Minardi
Guy Tang
Ian Michael Black
John Simpson
Kim Vo
Sonya Dove

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Favorite Overall Educator of the Year
Beth Minard
John Simpson
Martino Cartier
Nick Stenson
Robert Cromeans
Sam Villa

Favorite New Shampoo/Conditioner
Bumble and bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil
Catwalk by TIGI® Oatmeal and Honey
MarulaOil
Matrix Oil Wonders
Oribe Gold Lust
Wella Professionals LuxeOil

Favorite Hair Repair Treatment
Aveda Damage Remedy™ Intensive Reconstructing Treatment
It’s a 10 Miracle Leave-In Product
Joico K-PAK Deep Penetrating Reconstructor
Macadamia Professional Deep Repair Masque
Olaplex
Redken Chemistry Shot Phase Extreme Deep Treatment

Favorite Tool Company
BaByliss® PRO
Farouk Systems Inc./CHI
FHI Heat    
ghd
Paul Mitchell
Sam Villa

Favorite Innovative Tool or Brush
Bumble and bumble Round and Flat Brush
Farouk Systems Inc. CHI Escape
FHI Heat Stylus
ghd Eclipse
Tangle Teezer
Wet Brush

Favorite Men’s Company
American Crew
MITCH by Paul Mitchell
Nioxin
Paul Mitchell Tea Tree
TIGI® Bed Head for Men
Woody’s Quality Grooming

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Favorite Fine/Thinning Hair Product
Aveda Invati™
Bosley
DS Laboratories
Nioxin
Paul Mitchell Tea Tree
Redken Cerafill

Favorite Extensions
Bellami
Cinderella
DreamCatchers
Great Lengths
Hairdreams
HOTHEADS

Favorite Chemical Smoothing Product System
Brazilian Blowout
Farouk Systems Inc. CHI Enviro
GKhair
Kenra Smooth™
Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy
Peter Coppola Keratin Treatment

Favorite Eyelash Extensions/Eyelash Enhancing Product
GrandeLASH
Lavish Lashes
Lilash
Novalash
Revitalash
Xtreme Lashes

Favorite Nail Line
CND
essie
Gelish
Morgan Taylor
O.P.I
Smith & Cult

Favorite Chain Salon Group
Haircuttery
jcp salon 
Regis
Sport Clips
TONI&GUY
Ulta

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Favorite Salon Software
Millennium Systems Intl. 
MINDBODY
Salonbiz
Booker
Shortcuts
STX

Favorite Furniture
Belvedere
Collins
Kaemark
Minerva Beauty
Pibbs
Takara Belmont

Favorite New Styling Product
Bumble and bumble All-Style Blow Dry
Joico Flip Turn Volumizing Finishing Spray
MarulaOil
Matrix Oil Wonders
TIGI® Bed Head Manipulator Matte
Redken Pillow Proof Express Primer

Favorite Curl Enhancing Product
Aveda Be Curly™
Catwalk by TIGI® Curls Rock Amplifier
DevaCurl
Paul Mitchell Curls
Redken Curvaceous
Sebastian Professional Whipped Crème

Favorite Texturizing Styling Product
Bumble and bumble Surf Spray
Kenra Platinum™ Dry Texture Spray 6
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Sebastian Professional Texturizer
Sexy Hair Big Sexy Powder Play™
TIGI® Bed Head Manipulator

Favorite Oil
Bumble and bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil
Farouk Systems Inc. Biosilk Silk Therapy
Macadamia Professional Nourishing Moisture Oil Treatment
Matrix Oil Wonders
Moroccanoil Treatment
Wella LuxeOil

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Favorite Hairspray
Aveda Control Force™
Kenra Volume Spray 25
Redken Control Addict 28
Sebastian Professional Shaper
Sexy Hair Big Sexy Spray and Play™
TIGI® Bed Head Masterpiece

Favorite Dry Shampoo
Bumble and bumble Prét-á-Powder
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Two Day Extender
Sebastian Professionals Dry Clean Only
Sexy Hair Big Sexy Volume Dry Shampoo™
TIGI® Bed Head Rockaholic Dirty Secret

Favorite Color Innovation (Tool or Treatment)
Biolights Color Cotton Strips
Davines Flamboyage
Malibu C CPR Color Pigment Reducer
Olaplex 
Redken Blur Brush
Wella Professionals Color.id

Favorite Color Care Line
Aveda color conserve™
ColorProof
Matrix Biolage ColorLast
Pureology
Redken Color Extend Magnetics
Wella Professionals Brilliance

Favorite New Color Line
Beth Minardi Signature Demi-Permanent Color
CHI Chromashine Pastels
Goldwell Nectaya HiBlonde
PRAVANA ChromaSilk NEONS
Schwarzkopf Professionals IGORA VIBRANCE Gloss & Tone
Wella Professionals Innosense

Favorite Color Line – Reds
Goldwell Topchic
Joico Vero K-PAK Color
Matrix SOCOLOR
PRAVANA ChromaSilk
Redken Chromatics
Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect

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Favorite Color Line – Brunettes
Aveda Full Spectrum™
Goldwell Topchic
Kenra Color
Matrix SOCOLOR
Redken Chromatics
Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect

Favorite Color Line – High Lift Blondes
Goldwell Topchic HiBlondes
L’Oréal Professionnel Majilift 
Matrix UL SOCOLOR Series
Redken Color Fusion Extra Lift
Schwarzkopf Professional BLONDME
Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect High Lift Blondes

Favorite Color Line – Creative Color
Aveda Pure Pigments™
Goldwell Elumen
Joico Color Intensity
Paul Mitchell Ink Works
PRAVANA ChromaSilk VIVIDS
TIGI® Copyright©olour Mix Master

Favorite Color Line –  Bleach Lightener
Aveda Enlightener™
Matrix Light Master
Redken Flash Lift
Schwarzkopf Professional BLONDME
TIGI® Copyright©olour True Light
Wella Professionals BLONDOR

Favorite Color Line – Gray Coverage
Goldwell Topchic
Joico Age Defy
Matrix SOCOLOR 500 Series
Redken Cover Fusion
Schwarzkopf Professional IGORA ROYAL
Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect

Favorite Overall Color Company
Aveda
Goldwell
Joico
Matrix
Redken
Wella Professionals

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Catch all the action LIVE! This is your chance to rub shoulders with 4,200 hairdressers, as well as the hottest celebrity stylists and platform artists in the beauty industry! Join us for the live show on Sunday, March 22nd in Chicago at McCormick Place in the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago! Presenters include: Robert Cromeans, Sam Villa, Beth Minardi, Guy Tang, Kim Vo, Oscar Blandi and many more!

And, that goody bag…OH MY! With our largest number of sponsors ever, we’ll have more than $250 of goodies in the bag for the first 3,000 who purchase tickets!

DAYTIME AT BTC LIVE! @ ABS
BTC Presents Guy Tang & Stephanie Brinkerhoff!

GUY TANG
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Arie Crown Theater
90 minute class, plus a 30 minute Q&A session
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Guy is known for his long hair ombré and balayage techniques and his stunning color corrections. An unapologetic haircolor activist, he brings his big personality and color expertise to the stage for the first time in four years. 

STEPHANIE BRINKERHOFF
Monday: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Skyline Ballroom
90 minute class, plus a 30 minute Q&A session
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With her perfectly imperfect, loose romantic styles, BTC’s very own bridal guru, Stephanie, is arguably the most famous upstyling and bridal hairdresser in the world. She creates the kind of styles a modern bride is looking for—loose in execution, combining updos, braids and vintage techniques in all of her looks. 

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