WLSC Lash Styling Competition
YUKIKO TAGUCHI

JAPAN · OFFICIAL JUDGE · 2026

YUKIKO TAGUCHI

Fourteen years in active practice, independent salon leadership and supervision of solutions and rods allow her to judge technical control, client fit, material logic and real-world repeatability together.

  • 14years in practice
  • 2022salon established
  • R&Dsolution & rod supervision

Why she judges

Her judging authority rests on sustained client work, independent salon leadership and experience translating technicians' needs into professionally supervised formulas and tools.

  • Fourteen years of frontline judgment

    Long-term work with real clients, varied eye shapes and lash conditions helps her assess root work, direction, symmetry, lash load and completion against stable technique.

  • A dual view of craft and business

    Since opening her salon in 2022, she has balanced quality, safety, timing, client experience and service sustainability—the conditions under which technique must actually perform.

  • Professional supervision of solutions and rods

    As a YOURTORUN project member, she supervised solutions, rods and Pearl Rod, connecting curvature, fit, processing control and workflow efficiency to design intent.

  • R&D driven by technicians' needs

    With the goal of fulfilling technicians' needs, she develops a new perm solution and lower-lash rods—experience that links visual results, tool choice and practical usability.

“I look forward to seeing the world's high-level technique and sense of design at this competition.”

YUKIKO TAGUCHI · MESSAGE TO COMPETITORS

Her judging lens

  1. Technical control

    Direction, root placement, spacing, symmetry and cleanliness should remain precise under close inspection.

  2. Design and fit

    A strong design reads the model's eye shape, lash flow and natural condition instead of applying a fixed template.

  3. Material and tool logic

    Processing time, rod curvature, fit and lash condition should work together—not merely create a strong first impression.

  4. Repeatable completion

    Mature work is not a one-time success; its process, technical choices and detail should reproduce consistently.

How scoring works

CAREER IN CONTEXT

Career

Her path stays anchored in real salon problems: long-term client work built the standard, then expanded into salon ownership, product supervision and new-tool development.

  1. Built fourteen years of frontline lash experience across varied eyes, lash conditions and client needs.
  2. Opened an independent lash salon, testing quality against real service, safety and timing demands.
  3. Joined the YOURTORUN project team and began supervising professional solutions and rods.
  4. The supervised Pearl Rod product launched, accompanied by a public technical demonstration.
  5. Continues developing a new perm solution and lower-lash rods while serving as a WLSC judge.

PROFESSIONAL AUTHORITY

Three abilities she brings to the judging panel

Her value is not years alone, but the ability to turn practice into benchmarks, salon leadership into real-world judgment and technicians' needs into product supervision.

  • A benchmark built over 14 years

    Sustained frontline work gives her an experience-based standard for root work, direction, symmetry, lash load and completion beyond personal style preference.

  • From image to real client

    Independent salon work requires effect, beauty, safety, timing and client satisfaction to coexist, helping her judge whether work is professionally deliverable.

  • Product judgment in solutions and tools

    Supervising solutions, Pearl Rod and lower-lash rods lets her read entries through materials, curvature, fit, processing logic and workflow efficiency.

Public verification