Ghana MakeUp Awards 2016 Calls For Nominations

Makeup Ghana invites nominations for the inaugural Ghana Makeup Awards event scheduled for this August at the La Palm Royal Hotel in Accra.

Makeup Ghana is organizing the first Makeup Awards in Ghana to reward trailblazers and budding talents in the makeup industry in Ghana to celebrate makeup artistes whose contribution to the beauty industry has not yet been recognized as well as the younger generation of makeup artistes who are breaking new grounds and pushing the boundaries in the Makeup profession.

The awards is also to acknowledge the work of the makeup brands, retailers and all other industry players in supporting the makeup artistes to develop the makeup industry in Ghana.

The Ghana Makeup Awards follows  prior events organised by Makeup Ghana to create a platform for make up artistes and makeup brands among others to come together to promote the makeup Industry in Ghana.Makeup Ghana Connects was organized this March to showcase industry players followed by another stakeholder’s engagement at La Palm to deliberate on issues that will promote the makeup industry in Ghana.

The award is the third installment in the series of events earmarked at promoting and celebrating best practice in the Makeup Industry in Ghana. Nomination for Award Categories starts on Wednesday June 15th and ends on Thursday 30th June2016.

Nomination format will be Name of Nominee + Category + Short Description of nominee and nominee work.

Three finalists will be shortlisted for each category based on pre-determined criteria done by Board made up of industry experts, patrons, etc.

The shortlisted nominees will be announced at the launch of the Ghana Makeup Awards in July  2016. The three shortlisted for each category from the shortlisted nominees will continue through to the finals.

Award Categories
Makeup Artist of the year
Trailblazer
Most Glamorous Celebrity
Best Beauty/ Makeup Blog
Best Beauty/ Makeup Vlog
Best TV Makeup
Best Special Effects Makeup Artist (Movies/Theatre)
Best Editorial Makeup Artist
Best Bridal Makeup Artist
Makeup/Beauty Brand of the year
Best Beauty Retail Shop
Best Celebrity Makeup Artist
Most promising Makeup Artist
Best Makeup /Beauty School
Most Promising Ghanaian Owned  Brand
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Makeup Ghana is a movement to create an ecosystem for the emerging and fast growing beauty industry in Ghana. The movement was initiated with the objective of creating a platform to bring together players from the Makeup profession, the Makeup Brands, the Wholesale and Retail trade, the Fashion media in GH, etc. under one umbrella to generate synergy and propel the business forward.

This will be done through the education of the public on issues bordering on Makeup, setting the right standards for the budding industry and promoting best practice in the Makeup industry to drive traction for growth.