Award Fields
Choose the Field. IBA Determines the Distinction.
IBA recognizes beauty achievement through six clear fields designed for the full beauty ecosystem: people, brands, products, salons, centers, manufacturers, supply chain partners, and industry service organizations.
One entry. One primary subject of recognition. Three possible outcomes.
How to Choose
IBA does not ask applicants to choose an award level. Applicants select the field that best describes the subject of recognition. The final result is determined by IBA after review.
A founder, brand, product, salon, manufacturer, or service provider may each be submitted as a separate entry when each subject deserves independent consideration.
You choose the recognition field. IBA determines the level of distinction.
Identify the person, brand, product, institution, manufacturer, or service organization being submitted.
Select the field that best fits the primary subject of the entry.
IBA reviews the entry and determines Nominee, Gold Award, or Grand Gold Award.
Field Finder
Choose the primary subject below. The selector will show the most suitable recognition field and the next step for that entry.
Recommended Field
Choose Beauty Professionals when the entry is an individual contributor, founder, expert, educator, artist, consultant, creator, or industry leader.
Explore ProfessionalsSix Fields
Each IBA field is designed to keep recognition clear while allowing applicants with multiple identities to submit multiple entries where appropriate.
For founders, entrepreneurs, salon owners, educators, trainers, skin care experts, beauty artists, stylists, nail artists, lash artists, consultants, creators, and individual industry contributors.
Explore Professionals
For skincare, cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, nail, lash, spa, professional-line, device, beauty service, and emerging or established beauty brands.
Explore Brands
For specific beauty products, tools, devices, care items, professional treatment products, beauty innovations, and product-based entries.
Explore Products
For beauty salons, spas, skin care centers, hair salons, nail studios, lash studios, aesthetic clinics, wellness beauty centers, and service institutions.
Explore Salons & Centers
For factories, OEM/ODM companies, ingredient suppliers, packaging companies, equipment providers, R&D partners, logistics, and production solution providers.
Explore Supply Chain
For training, consulting, marketing, PR, media, SaaS, events, exhibitions, design, talent, operations, growth, and business enablement service providers.
Explore ServicesMultiple Identities
A beauty founder may enter as a professional. The same founder may also submit a brand. That brand may submit one or more products. A salon group may submit the institution, its founder, and selected service concepts as separate entries when each subject requires independent recognition.
One individual record.
One brand record.
One product record.
One institution record.
IBA may recommend field clarification when an entry appears to cross multiple recognition fields.
Result Levels
IBA maintains a simple three-level outcome structure. This keeps the applicant journey clear while preserving the authority of the review result.
A formal recognition status for entries accepted into the IBA record after review.
A higher distinction for entries demonstrating strong merit, presentation, relevance, and contribution within the selected field.
The highest distinction within the IBA framework, reserved for entries with exceptional strength across the review dimensions.
Award level wording must be used accurately according to the result issued by IBA.
Entry Materials
Name, location, website, official channels, and entry description.
Images, logos, product visuals, salon visuals, brand materials, or professional portraits.
Public references, press mentions, business background, product details, service information, case materials, or portfolio evidence.
A concise explanation of why the entry deserves recognition in the selected field.
Responsible Recognition
IBA recognition is an award-based honor within the International Beauty Awards™ framework. It is designed to recognize and record beauty achievement, not to replace technical, legal, medical, regulatory, or professional qualification systems.
Field Questions
The strongest entry begins with the right subject. These questions keep the field choice precise without asking the applicant to select a final result level.
Yes. One applicant may submit multiple entries when each entry has a distinct subject of recognition, such as a founder, brand, product, salon, manufacturer, or service organization.
No. Applicants choose the recognition field for each entry. IBA determines the final distinction after review.
Choose the field that best describes the primary subject of the entry. If the entry appears to cross fields, IBA may recommend field clarification.
No. Each entry is reviewed independently within its selected field, with attention to submitted materials, context, presentation, relevance, and contribution.
Enter IBA
One applicant may submit multiple entries. Each entry selects one recognition field, receives independent review, and receives the final distinction determined by IBA.
