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Umngazi wins Hotel/ Resort of the Year 2018 at the Professional Beauty Awards

Posted on: September 26, 2018, in Latest News, Our Awards

The winners of the 2018 Professional Beauty Awards & Industry Awards were announced at a glittering gala dinner event held on 2 September at The Venue in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, attended by some 270 industry professionals.
Regarded as the most prestigious awards in the industry, the Professional Beauty Awards acknowledge the year’s top salons, spas, medical aesthetic clinics, therapists and managers, with each category judged by two mystery guests, all experts in the field.
The Industry Awards acknowledge the year’s top suppliers in the beauty and nails sector and are nominated by and voted on by the industry itself.
London-based Professional Beauty CEO, Mark Moloney, opened the gala dinner awards event, following which the MC for the evening, popular comedian and TV personality, Tats Nkonzo, performed an energetic and hilarious stand-up routine that had the audience rolling about in their seats.

Here are the winners and nominees in each category of the 2018 PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY AWARDS:
SALON OF YHE YEAR (3 rooms or less)
The Best Laser Skin & Body (Winner)
C’est La Vie
Beauty Studio River Branch
SALON OF THE YEAR (4 rooms or more)
Professional Skin Care Lab (Winner)
D’Vine Skin & Body
ISA Wellness Sanctuary
MEN’S GROOMING SALON OF THE YEAR
Hines & Harley Men’s Grooming Lounge (Winner)
Glass House Rejuvenation
Bar Ber Black Sheep
NAIL SALON OF THE YEAR
Ten Fold Nail Salon (Winner)
Bloom & Bare Nail & Beauty
Capri Nail & Beauty
SPECIALITY SALON OF THE YEAR
NakedCherry Waxing Parkhurst (Winner)
The Brow Bar Menlyn
Wink & Whisper
AESTHETIC SALON OF THE YEAR
The Aesthetic Studio (Winner)
Aesthetic Lab Hazelwood
Skin Logic
DAY SPA OF THE YEAR
Life Day Spa Waterfront (Winner)
Aloe Day Spa
Hammam Turkish Bath & Spa
GAME RESERVE SPA OF THE YEAR
Thaba Tshwene Enviro Sanctuary Spa (Winner)
Askari Lodge & Spa
Valley Lodge & Spa
RESORT/HOTEL SPA OF THE YEAR
Umngazi River Bungalows & Spa (Winner)
Life Say Spa Century City
Africology Maslow
SALON/SPA MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Shana Alexio – The Laser Beautique Bassonia (Winner)
Cecilia Labuschagne – The Beauty Studio
Terri Ford – Dante Wellness
THERAPIST OF THE YEAR
Terry Morris – Hines & Harley Men’s Grooming Lounge (Winner)
Nicole Kaylynne Powell – ISA Wellness Sanctuary
Charlotte Timms – The Skinworx Project
NAIL PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Maureen Brill – Bio Sculpture Gel Carltonville (Winner)
Khomotso Carol Mabulana – Motso’s Nails
Nadia Erasmus – Nadz Hope Nails Kuilsriver
Here are the winners and nominees in each category of the 2018 INDUSTRY AWARDS:
BEST NAIL CARE PRODUCT SUPPLIER
Sparkle Cosmetics (Winner)
Bio Sculpture Gel
Young Nails
BEST BODY, WAX & BEAUTY CARE SUPPLIER
Smart Buy/Depilève (Winner)
NakedCherry Apothecary Waxing Skincare
Spalicious
BEST SKIN CARE SUPPLIER
RégimA (Winner)
Six Sensational Skincare
TheraVine
BEST TRAINING SUPPLIER
Young Nails (Winner)
Environ
Lilian Terry
BEST MARKETING
Bio Sculpture Gel (Winner)
DermaFix
Spalicious
BEST SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Shivani Ramgolam – ESP Salon & Spa Software (Winner)
Lauren Jenkins – Six Sensational Skincare
Marlize Kuhn – TheraVine

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