Indigo Nails Lab storms UK market with products & training
Polish nail brand, Indigo Nails Lab, has upped its presence in the UK sector with a transformed website, education programme and speedy turnaround on product delivery. Famed for training technicians to achieve incredible success on the competition circuit (with around 2000 medals to date), the brand offers products to ‘ease…
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Enhance nail skills with free seminars from IKON.IQ Nails UK educators
The UK education team at Ikon.iq has created an online education schedule to deliver to techs during lockdown. Designed to inspire, motivate and excite nail techs during this uncertain time, this series of courses is about building each other up while enhancing skills. “On a personal level as an educator…
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Kenyan nail tech & pastor shares how nail services have flourished in city of Narok
In a bid to take care of his family, John Mwangi, known to many as Mwangi Cutex, began a journey with nails 14 years ago. Starting out mobile on the streets of his city Narok in Kenya, John literally sat kerbside and painted the nails of abiding women as they…
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How to prepare for an influx of clients post-lockdown
Beauty brand consultants and founders of Buzz Beauté, Denise Dente & Jessica Quick, reveal how to prepare for reopening your business after lockdown… Grey hair, uni-brows, broken nails – the list goes on! Like the sound of a supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier, consumers are going to bolt to…
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Prepare to reopen with free Barbicide® Covid-19 Certification Course
Leading beauty disinfection provider, Barbicide, has launched a free online Covid-19 certification course, designed to equip beauty professionals with the knowledge to perform even safer services when returning to work. The course reveals how Covid-19 is transmitted and the symptoms and risks before detailing practical considerations for beauty pros such…
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How to work out what you need to charge for nail services in 10 steps
Upon the return to work for nail techs, one of the most important considerations along with health & safety is likely to be a pricing for your services. Many technicians are guilty of looking to their competition when pricing their nail services. When considering your prices; whether setting these from…
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Beauty businesses NOT included in 15 June govt reopening plan
In an address to the nation on Monday 25 May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retail shops ‘will be expected to be able to reopen from 15 June’ – however this does not include hairdressers, nail bars and beauty salons. Outdoor markets and car showrooms will be able…
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Coronavirus: Scotland announces that ‘retail services’ can reopen in Phase 3
The Scottish Government has released a 46-page document detailing its route map out of lockdown. The COVID-19 – Framework for Decision Making outlines that personal retail services including hairdressers (and presumably beauty salons) can open in phase three ‘with appropriate distancing and hygiene measures’. However, no dates have been announced…
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Facebook & Instagram set up Shops feature for businesses
Facebook and Instagram have launched Shops, a feature that allows consumers to buy and sell products directly on both platforms in a few clicks – without having to leave the app. If you have a Facebook business page, you can add a shop. Free to set up, businesses can choose the products…
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SAFETY FIRST: 3 beauty industry bodies unveil back to work guidelines
The British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology (BABTAC), the National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) and the British Beauty Council have each released an online document of guidelines that workers in the hair and beauty sectors need to consider before returning to work. “We know that the beauty industry…
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NHBF releases reopening guide for hair & beauty businesses
The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has released ‘Back to business’ guidelines for hair & beauty salons and barbershops, following the following the publication of the government’s Covid-19 Recovery Strategy. The guide covers how business owners can recover after the coronavirus lockdown, what safety precautions they will need to…
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Nail tech reveals how her salon in Austria has adapted post-lockdown
As salons open up across Austria following Covid-19 lockdown, salon owner Cait Hill gives an insight into how the new salon landscape lies & the protocols she’s installed to stay safe… Meet Caitriona Hill, a nail tech and salon owner from Ireland, who lives and operates from her salon, The…
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Coronavirus: MPs issue Call to Action to support beauty industry during lockdown
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing heard from industry representatives on the impact that coronavirus pandemic on the sector in a virtual session. Panelists from industry associations representing hair, beauty, spa and wellness business – including Lisa Gerrard, chair of the BCA and Gerrard International and Ian…
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Coty sells 60% share of Professional Beauty division for $4.3bn
Coty‘s Professional Beauty and Retail Hair businesses, which include the OPI, Wella, Clairol and ghd brands, have sold a 60% stake to American private equity firm, KKR. The estimated cost of the stake is $4.3 billion, and saw KKR fight off competition from Henkel. Coty will retain the remaining 40%…
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The NHBF responds to Boris Johnson’s Sunday 10 May address with call for clarification
Following the publication of the UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy, hair and beauty businesses in England are not expected to re-open until at least 4 July. The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has written an open letter to Alok Sharma, the secretary of state for business, energy and industrial…
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