SALON CREATIVE - OPAWZ Creative Grooming Contest Sign-up - (Spring Pet Expo 2025)

Salon creative is geared towards groomers with less creative grooming experience. As the name suggests, the styling is more geared towards everyday salon styling. 

Contestants who have not placed in a past OPAWZ Creative Grooming Contest are welcome to sign up.

Full contest details and rules can be found here.

📆 Contest Date & Time: 

Friday, April 18, 2025

⏰ Sign-up deadline: 

Tuesday, April 15, 2024 
* If you are unable to participate in the contest, last day for refund for contest sign-up fees is April 15th.

🏆 Prizes:

🥇 1st Place: 
- $300 cash
- gift box by Deboer Grooming Supplies ($520 value)
- Trophy & Rosette

🥈 2nd Place:
- $100 cash
- $100 gift card for UKAL Canada
- Trophy & Rosette

🥉 3rd Place:
- $100 gift card for OPAWZ
- Trophy & Rosette

🗺 Location:

The International Centre
6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, ON L4V 1E9

Please note: contest entry fee does not include the entry fee for the Pet Expo. 

— Equipment provided at contest venue:

• Grooming Tables
• Please contact us ahead of time if you require electricity

— Description: 

• Open to contestants who have not placed in a past OPAWZ contest
• Designs should be able to be completed within 1-2 days in a salon setting
• Geared more towards more everyday designs done in salons rather than for extreme creative contests 

— Acceptable breeds:

All purebred and mixed breeds of dogs are accepted. 

— Rules

Props, accessories, decor objects

• Any additional costumes and/or accessories must not hinder the dog's ease of movement. 
• Glues should be water-soluble and non-toxic. 
• Use of duct tape, carpet tape or any other substance that pulls on the skin or hair to remove, is prohibited. 
• Large or heavy objects placed on the dog are prohibited.

Final Presentation

• Participants will show their work on the stage.
• Tables provided must be protected from glue, glitter, colour, etc. 
• Lights cannot be dimmed during performance. 
• Smoke, confetti, streamers or explosive items are strictly prohibited. 

Competition Conduct

• Only the contestant is permitted in the ring during the competition
• Dogs should not be left unattended
• Dog should be comfortable during the competition: Grooming loop should be comfortably fitted, dog should not be roughly handled.

— Judging Considerations 

Technical Finish

• Correct usage of OPAWZ products: colour result is even and properly saturated
• Overall decorative application
• Quality of scissoring finish
• Clean clip lines

Well-executed design

• Easily recognizable design
• Shows or originality of concept 
• Unique use of colour 

Difficulty 

• Intricacy of design
• Overall amount of work completed during the competition’s allotted time 
• Only minimal coloring may be applied during the allotted time frame. Cannot cover more than 40% of the body.