David’s Salon recently held its Hair Olympics 8 at the Forum, PICC. Open to all David’s Salon hairstylists from all over the country, the hair show unearthed major talents from the ranks of David’s Salon’s hairstylists. This annual show is now on its eighth year.

Scissors were sharpened, styling skills and creative imagination were put to the test in six categories that brought out the best in David’s senior as well as junior stylists.

The ladies’ commercial category sought out the best hairstyle imaginable for daytime and everyday wear. Movement was key in this category and the style with great bounce and movement won the grand prize for Olive Ratao, senior stylist from David’s Robinsons Galleria.

Ruel Samonte, senior stylist of David’s SM Bicutan 1 dominated the ladies’ evening hairstyle category which emphasized drama, impact and elegance.

The men’s commercial category placed importance on defining hairstyles for men. The basic criteria here was that the style should be wearable for both daytime and nighttime. Rizza Alarde, senior stylist of David’s Olongapo was the big winner for the in this category.

The juniors’ cut and blowdry was open to all junior staff below 30 years old. Participants were subjected to 30 minutes of cutting and blow drying. Merlita Dacutanan, junior stylist of David’s SM Bicutan 1 emerged as the winner.

The cover look category was the most exciting category wherein only photographs of the style entries decided the fate of the winner. The winners were: Potch Pinlac from Malolos branch for ladies commercial; Eva Marie Tinio of SM Manila, for men’s commercial; and Lilibeth Bartolay of Robinsons Place, for ladies’ evening hairstyle. The winning photos will be featured in David’s Salon bus ads.

David’s Salon Hair Olympics 8 encouraged stylists to play freely with color, styling and cut. The judges also took into consideration the overall look of the models which complemented and even enhanced the hairstyles further.

Other winners were: ladies commercial category: first runner-up, Potch Pinlac, senior stylist, Malolos; second runner up, Gerardo Tongol, Jr, senior stylist, Roosevelt; ladies evening style: first runner-up, Armand Panganiban, senior stylist, SM Southmall; second runner-up, Noli Matias, senior stylist, Riverbanks; men’s commercial category: first runner-up, Eva Marie Tinio, senior stylist, SM Manila; second runner-up, Jojo Dayon, senior stylist, SM Mega Mall 1; junior’s cut and blow dry, junior stylists level: first runner-up: Maritess Labhata, Lagro; second runner-up, Elmer Banlota, Olongapo.

The hair Olympics was supported by trusted names in the salon industry like Davines, Wella, L’oreal and Schwarzkopf.