Stats show surge in online demand for lockdown nail products
New data from e-commerce platform RedBrain.com has revealed a shift towards a ‘feel-good’ factor in what the UK has been searching for and buying during lockdown. In the week commencing 13 April, RedBrain.com found demand was up in the following nail categories: Nail art kits & accessories – over 600% Cuticle…
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Health & beauty crowned strongest growing market in March
A study by ChannelAdvisor has found that health and beauty e-commerce GMV spiked last month as consumers were forced to stay indoors due to the Covid-19 outbreak. According to the study, the health and beauty industry has seen year-on-year growth that spiked in mid-March, which marks the time when lockdowns…
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Lauren Holmes hosts Instagram nail art workshops
Scratch Stars Awards 2019 Gel Polish Stylist of the Year, Lauren Holmes, is set to host a variety of virtual nail art masterclasses. Created to inspire and improve nail art work, Lauren say the classes are designed to get techs ready to go back to work ‘with a bang’. Scroll…
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Instagram to roll out Story sticker to support small businesses
Instagram has revealed a new sticker for its Story function to help support small businesses in the Covid-19 crisis. Ideal for nail & beauty businesses and local salons, the new function will make it easier for users to discover gift cards online and encourage customers to make purchases through business’…
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Joanna Bandurska donates personal care products to local hospital workers
Joanna Bandurska has donated essential personal care products to local hospital workers in Szpital Specjalistyczny w Chorzowie. The Polish-based 2019 Nailympia Global Cup champion & educator for Indigo Nails Lab collected much needed supplies with huband, Michal Bandurski. Items donated include disinfectants, gloves, caps, antiperspirants, body lotions and hand creams…
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Online resource helps change workplace attitudes towards mental health
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Charity, which aims to find solutions London’s most pressing societal issues, has introduced an initiative to help change attitudes towards mental health in the workplace and improve employee wellbeing. This Is Me was launched on World Mental Health Day 2016 and aims to reduce the stigma…
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Staffordshire Nail Academy announces new premises & courses for techs
Staffordshire Nail Academy has announced that it will be moving its training courses to a bigger premises in Cannock, and expanding its training offerings for new and existing techs. Run by husband and wife team, Andy and Hannah Garbett, the duo has a vision to be a leading provider in…
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Online sales of nail products soar by 12% during lockdown
The NPD Group has reported that online sales of prestige nail products increased 12% in the week beginning 16 March 2020, when the general public were instructed to implement social distancing due to coronavirus. With salons and beauty businesses later instructed to close, the week beginning 23 March saw online…
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Session nail techs unite to gather essential products for NHS workers
Four session nail stylists have joined forces to help acquire hand creams and protective equipment to support NHS workers. Michelle Humphrey, Michelle Class, Stephanie Staunton and Sabrina Gayle have rallied together to contact nail brands to donate the likes of hand creams, hand sanitisers, masks and gloves to hospitals and…
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Beauty & personal care sales to decline by steepest rate in 60+ years due to Covid-19
The U.S. cosmetics and toiletries market is on track to experience the sharpest decline ever recorded due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Kline has been tracking the market for 60+ years and, so far, the 0.8% drop in 2009 during the last recession is the biggest market dip ever reported. The…
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Truro & Penwith College scoops top award for beauty apprenticeships
Truro & Penwith College has been recognised as the best provider of hair and beauty apprenticeships in the UK. The College scooped the Hair & Beauty Apprenticeship Provider of the Year accolade at the 2020 AAC Apprenticeship Awards, organised by FE Week and the Association of Education & Learning Providers.…
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Margaret Dabbs London announces £27.7m partnership with Best World International
Premium foot, hand and leg care brand, Margaret Dabbs London, has sold a minority stake of the business to Best World International (BWI) in a bid to expand its global presence. The British company, founded in 2004, develops medically-credible and premium cosmetic solutions for feet, hands and legs. It was…
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Coronavirus: Sweet Squared donates 200 bottles of CND™ hand lotion to NHS
Sweet Squared has donated 200 bottles of CNDTM Gardenia Woods Spa Lotion to the British Vogue Hands On Appeal. The Hands On Appeal sees brands coming together to donate much needed products to the NHS frontline battling Covid-19. Hand lotion is urgently needed for NHS staff, with many suffering from dry, sore hands due to…
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Relief fund launches to aid workers in the hair & beauty sectors
The official industry charity, Hair & Beauty Charity, has launched a Relief Fund to raise much needed funds during the coronavirus crisis. With thousands of hair, beauty and barber salons now closed and industry professionals unable to work, there has been an increase in requests for help from the industry…
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National Living & Minimum Wage increases from 1 April
From 1 April 2020, the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage has increased, affecting beauty salons across the country. The new National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates are as follows: NLW (Age over 25s) – £8.72 per hour NMW (Age 21 – 24) –…
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