SASSI’s Salon Stars: Mental Wellness Champions
Enter SASSI’s Salon Stars: Mental Wellness Champions Contest
A global pandemic, cultural and political tensions and economic uncertainty over the past several years hit the beauty industry hard. Salons and spas are experiencing high rates of burnout and turnover and are coping with employee requests for more mental health services. We know there are many mental health champions within the beauty industry, both historically and since the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to hear from them. Share the journey of your salon or spa’s mental health journey with us or tell us about a champion who helped usher a new age of mental health and wellness awareness into your business.
We want to hear from salon owners, spa managers and other professionals in the beauty industry. Tell us your story. Perhaps an employee expressed symptoms of burnout and you implemented an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), or a client requested services to help with mental wellness and it prompted more changes around the salon. How did you or your colleagues take a stance and think outside of the box to support each other and others in the industry? Tell us about your business’ mental health and/or wellness journey.
Winners will receive registration for America’s Beauty Show in Chicago, April 20-22, 2024, as well as a hotel stay and a $500 travel voucher and be featured on our social media pages. We will also reach out to the local media outlets of our winners to try to secure news about your win, potentially introducing you to new customers.
How to Enter
It’s easy: Use the form below to tell us a story about your salon’s journey in 300 words or less. Please submit photos and/or video to support your story. The winner must be able to demonstrate how the services, programs or changes they or their nominated champion implemented help create concrete change for, or awareness of mental health and wellness issues in the industry.
Official Rules
SASSI’s Salon Stars: Mental Wellness Champions Contest is open to any salon, day spa or barber shop located in the United States. The person entering the contest on behalf of the business must be an adult (18 years old and up), a resident of the United States and employed by the business.
No purchase is necessary to enter.
The contest is open for submissions on October 2, 2023 at 9 a.m. ET and is closed for submissions November 27, 2023 at 11 p.m. ET. All submissions must be entered at www.sassiagency.com/contest. If you experience technical difficulties with the submission website, contact info@sassiagency.com.
Submissions will be judged primarily on how clearly the submission describes the “champion,” demonstrates concrete change for, or awareness of mental health and wellness issues in the industry as a direct result of the champion’s work. They will also be judged on the clarity and quality of the written and visual content.
Winners will be selected by a panel of SASSI staff by January 4, 2024. Winners will be notified via email or phone; other contest entrants will not be notified.
Winners will receive registration for America’s Beauty Show in Chicago, April 20-22, 2024, as well as a hotel stay and a $500 travel voucher. Winners will also receive six months of free publicity in the form of social media posts on SASSI’s social media pages and a featured spot on the SASSI website.
By entering the contest, you allow SASSI to share, distribute and publish any photos, videos and/or written descriptions provided as part of your contest entry.
This contest is administered by SASSI, a division of W.H. Brownyard Corp., 21 Maple Avenue, PO Box 9175, Bay Shore, NY 11706.
This contest is void where prohibited.
