Most people find out about a season’s changes when the schedule drops. We’d rather you hear it from us first: 2026–27 has been in motion for months, and it’s the biggest lineup The Skin Games has ever put together.
September 9–11, 2027 is locked in Dallas. Early-bird pricing is already live. And this season, “the Olympics of the skincare industry” isn’t just what we call the competition floor. It’s what we’ve been building around it, all year, for you.
The 2026–27 season, confirmed
Seven competition paths. Twenty-plus categories. Entry is $195 per category, with the Players Pass and Awards Ceremony ticketed separately so you can build the season around what matters to you. If you’re attending rather than competing, tickets run Student ($60), General ($197), and Premiere ($499). Premiere adds the awards dinner, a swag bag valued at $500+, and a seat in the monthly Mastermind.
Kelly Wolcott, our Director of Judges and a 25-year CIDESCO Diplomat, is back leading a judging panel of 40-plus credentialed professionals. If you’ve competed before, you know what that panel’s standards mean. If you haven’t, ask anyone who has.
Full season details, dates, categories, judges, and how to register, are in our complete 2026–27 season guide.
The TSG Club is opening its doors
Here’s something new: the TSG Club, a free community for estheticians, full stop. Whether you’ve ever set foot on our stage or not. Inside, you’ll find paid courses when you’re ready to go deeper, but membership itself costs nothing.
We’re opening it in stages. Past players and judges get in first, starting September. You built this community, so you get the first seat at the table. The public doors open October/November. If you’ve competed or judged with us before, watch your inbox in September.
Meet Beauty Bot: Built for You, Not Around You
We know estheticians are wary of AI, and honestly, you should be selective about it. Most tools are built for everyone, which means they’re built for no one in particular. Beauty Bot isn’t that. We trained it specifically on how beauty businesses actually work: the language, the questions, the way a booking conversation really goes. So it works for you, not against the way you already run your business.
It’s your personal sales bot, already live. You can learn more here. It is built for estheticians, waxers, brow artists, lash pros, educators, and beauty brands. It answers client messages, recommends services, captures leads, books appointments, and handles the FAQ questions (pricing, availability) while you’re with a client, asleep, or living your life. It also comes with a free, built-in ManyChat-style automation feature, so your Instagram and Messenger conversations aren’t left waiting either.
Beauty Bot runs on three tiers (Starter, Standard, and Premium), so you can start small and scale up as your bookings do.
The Visibility Accelerator: Grow Your Brand, Own Your Stage
Winning a category is one thing. Being known for it is another. That’s what the Visibility Accelerator is built for: a tiered PR and visibility program that gives you the positioning, content tools, and press opportunities to become a recognized name in this industry, not just a winner of it for one weekend.
Every player gets the Player Playbook free: content strategy worksheets, video frameworks, and a monthly newsletter. Honestly, if you’ve competed with us, get it. It’s built with you specifically in mind, and it costs nothing. From there, Amplify ($79/month) adds weekly content prompts and a social tracking dashboard, Authority ($297/month) adds coaching calls and case study publication, and PR + Pro ($497/month) puts you in front of press, podcasts, and speaking opportunities. We advise a three-month minimum on any paid tier. Visibility compounds; it doesn’t happen in a week.
The Social Media Bootcamp: Done Publicly
If you’d rather build the habit than read about it, the social media bootcamp is a challenge, not a course. A set number of days, one task a day, run mostly on Instagram, with badges to mark what you’ve actually finished, not just started. It’s led by Coach Jen, our Director, who’s put more estheticians in front of an audience than almost anyone we know.
Get in the Games
None of this happened because the calendar told us to. It happened because we spent the summer building the season, and the tools around it, that we think this industry actually deserves. September 9–11, 2027 is the date. Everything above is what’s waiting for you between now and then.
Lock in your early-bird ticket → · Register to compete → · Explore Beauty Bot → · Explore the Visibility Accelerator →