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Unilever pledges to cut plastic use in personal care products

By Helena Biggs | 7 October 2019

Unilever, producer of beauty and personal care products, food and beverages and cleaning agents, has pledged to reduce the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging by 50% by 2025. Europe’s seventh most valuable company – behind brands including Toni&Guy, Sure, Simple & Tresemmé – sees around 2.5 billion people…

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Gemma Lambert’s Nail Team expands education team

By Kat Hill | 5 October 2019

Three new educators are joining Gemma Lambert’s Nail Team. The new additions to the growing education team will be offering Nail Team, Perfect Nails and Kiara Sky courses in their respective areas. The new recruits include: Nicola Smith, covering the North West Jodie May Evans, covering Wales Jo Duncan, covering…

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Nailympia London 2019: THE RESULTS

By Alex Fox | 2 October 2019

A whopping 878 competition seats were taken in the 15th Nailympia London competition, held at Olympia Beauty, London 28-30 September 2019. In the biggest Nailympia to date, techs took to the floor to show off their skills in categories including Runway Nails, The Joy of Nails with Bling! Salon Nails,…

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Nailympia crowns Global Champion 2019

By Helena Biggs | 2 October 2019

Joanna Bandurska from Poland has been crowned Nailympia Global Champion 2019. In a close contest against Germany’s Olena Özman, Joanna amassed the most points in the Stiletto, L&P Acrylic Sculpture and UV Gel Tip & Overlay categories at Nailympia competitions in Estonia, Orlando and London. She was presented with the…

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The Great Scratch Shoot Out 2019: The results

By Kat Hill | 30 September 2019

Nina Lewis has scooped first place in Scratch’s annual photographic competition. After a recording breaking amount of entries of 127 this year, the top three and winner of the new Voter’s Choice award were revealed live at Olympia Beauty. 1st – Nina Lewis 2nd – Agnes Dullo 3rd – Ilona Vasiliauskiene…

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Consumers say the beauty industry needs to be more transparent

By Sophie Nutt | 25 September 2019

A recent survey conducted by Showerstoyou.co.uk sought to test the knowledge of British consumers on common ingredients in beauty products. Out of 2,014 individuals, 59% couldn’t identify the purpose of certain ingredients within beauty products. What’s more, only 37% could state the potential risks that such ingredients carry. This means…

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Logistics industry predicts panic buying and stockpiling ahead of Brexit

By Sophie Nutt | 24 September 2019

New research conducted on behalf of IMHX – the UK’s largest logistics event – has revealed that nearly two thirds (63%) of logistics and supply chain managers predict the general public will panic buy and stockpile goods ahead of Brexit. Key concerns are that customs restrictions, weak GDP and increased…

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Beauty salons among the fastest growing retail sectors in the UK

By Kat Hill | 24 September 2019

Current data, analysed by 365 Business Finance, shows that beauty salons are among the fastest growing retail sectors in the UK over the past three years. Beauty salons are the second most popular retail sector, with new openings rising almost 14% during the last three years, joining barbers, vape stores, cafes and tearooms,…

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Charlotte Tilbury announced as CEW 2019 Lifetime Achiever

By Sophie Nutt | 17 September 2019

CEW has announced Charlotte Tilbury as the recipient of its 2019 Lifetime Achiever Award. The announcement was made via CEW’s Instagram page, saying: “We are delighted to announce that our 2019 Lifetime Achiever Award goes to the exceptional Charlotte Tilbury – founder, chairman, president and chief creative officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty.…

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The UK’s most popular hair & beauty salon names revealed

By Sophie Nutt | 11 September 2019

The most popular hair and beauty salon names in the UK have been revealed! Esme Loans Ltd analysed a list of 27,323 registered hair and beauty businesses in the UK and found that The Beauty Box was the most popular name, with 134 businesses using it. In second place was…

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Cuccio welcomes new nail educators to team

By Helena Biggs | 9 September 2019

A team of techs has achieved Cuccio approved educator status follow five-days’ training at Cuccio Europe HQ in Nottingham. The training included product knowledge, course content and team building exercises to prepare them to teach others about Cuccio products. Liz Richards, European head of education, delivered part of the training…

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School bans students from wearing acrylic nails

By Sophie Nutt | 6 September 2019

A school in England has banned acrylic nail extensions after claiming students were ‘unable to use a pen’ because of them. In a letter sent out to parents at Burnside College, Northumberland, the school explained that the enhancements were impacting some children’s education. A letter from the school sent out…

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Nearly half of generation Z would consider a career in beauty

By Sophie Nutt | 4 September 2019

A new survey commissioned by CIDESCO, the world standard for beauty and spa therapy, has found that nearly half (42%) of the Generation Z respondents would consider a career in beauty. The survey asked current Irish school leavers to rank their top interests, with results revealing make-up and beauty coming…

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Health conscious consumers driving cannabis beauty trend

By Sophie Nutt | 23 August 2019

According to GlobalData, today’s health-conscious consumers seek beauty and grooming solutions that are ‘effective’ and ‘contain natural formulations’, with many brands turning to cannabis formulations to stand out with natural product offerings. Primary consumer research conducted by GlobalData in 2018 reveals that 28% of global consumers perceive high quality to…

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British Beauty Council launches beauty brand competition

By Kat Hill | 23 August 2019

The British Beauty Council has partnered with Covent Garden and World’s Global Style Network (WGSN) to reveal a new competition – Next British Beauty Brand. On 13 September, brand representatives will be invited to give a five minute pitch about the brand to the judging panel, followed by a 10 minute…

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