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Ivy Beauty and Feel Beauty Supply have partnered with the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) to launch the Ivy Beauty x Feel Beauty Supply scholarship program. This program will award 10 African American students $2,350 each in scholarship funds who are currently enrolled in an accredited cosmetology, barbering or hairstyling program that leads to licensure in the US for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Students can apply via the PBA website until the scholarship applications close on January 24, 2023. Applications will then be reviewed by the Ivy Beauty x Feel Beauty supply and PBA teams until March 10, 2023 and will be awarded to students by a committee appointed by the Chair of the Beauty Professional / NCA section of the Professional Beauty Association by May 9, 2023. Any unused Ivy Beauty x Feel Beauty Supply Scholarship funds will be awarded to runner-up applicants.

“We are delighted to be able to collaborate with Feel Beauty Supply and offer a meaningful scholarship to members of the African American community to help them advance towards their beauty careers. As a company, we find giving back to the African American beauty industry incredibly important, allowing them to further flourish,” explains a representative for Ivy Beauty.

The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) is the largest and most inclusive trade organization representing the entire beauty industry. PBA is dedicated to advocating and fighting for the rights of the beauty industry, enhancing professionalism, and committed to the long-term success of the stylist and the businesses that employ and support them. PBA also provides Members with valuable resources, support, and connections to help elevate and grow careers and the industry: empowering Members to do their best work, while supporting and advocating for them along the way.

Founded in 1999, Feel Beauty Supply is a New York and New Jersey-based wig and hair-specialized beauty supply store with a mission of delivering quality products to multicultural consumers. Sharing a similar mission, Ivy Beauty is a global leader in beauty care, with iconic brands such as i-ENVY, Kiss New York Professional, Red by Kiss and Ruby Kisses sold in beauty supply stores nationwide. Its mission is to encourage an unwavering commitment to ethics, integrity, and excellence by offering consumers cosmetics of the highest quality, efficacy, and safety.

Recipients for the Ivy Beauty x Feel Beauty scholarship must meet specific criteria including being at least 18 years of age and a US citizen or legal permanent resident with a valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551. Students must be African American as well as a cosmetology, barber, or hairstyling student enrolled in an accredited program that leads to licensure.

To apply for the  Ivy Beauty x Feel Beauty scholarship, or for more information about Professional Beauty Association, visit probeauty.org.