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BarberPro support charity Look Good Feel Better BarberPro have teamed up with cancer support charity Look Good Feel Better to curate the It’s All Good Gift Set, a limited-edition set of award-winning sheet masks, with 10% of the retail price of every sale donated to the initiative.

Developed for cancer patients, the Look Good Feel Better charity runs confidence workshops, providing attendees with valuable skills and techniques to better manage the side effects of treatment, using appropriate products to care for their skin and help promote well-being. Designed specifically to meet the needs of male skin, BarberPro’s It’s All Good Gift Set includes a hydrating and calming Post Shave Cooling Mask, a nourishing CBD Oil Infused Mask, and two brightening Under Eye Masks.

BarberPro aim to raise £30,000 (approximately €35,000) which would provide 600 spaces at Look Good Feel Better confidence boosting workshops. BarberPro products are available from Flair.

ABT appoints Student Ambassador

ABT has appointed Martin Widdicombe as ABT Student Ambassador for the UK and Ireland. Martin re-joins ABT in the role after a period of semi-retirement. As ABT Student Ambassador, Martin will be coordinating ABT’s engagement with colleges and training providers across the UK and Ireland. This will include facilitating student presentations and communicating the benefits of ABT’s Student Membership to students studying for qualifications in beauty, nails, complementary therapies, hair and barbering, as well as college lecturers and industry educators. Commenting on his appointment as ABT Student Ambassador, Martin Widdicombe says: “I am delighted to be re-joining ABT as Student Ambassador, a role I started initially in 2009. Working with our future generation of beauty and hair professionals is immensely rewarding, and having the opportunity to visit colleges and meet students in person enables ABT to tailor our Student Membership to meet their needs as well as offer guidance and support as they look to forge successful careers.” Dave Horton, ABT Director, adds:

“We’re very happy to have Martin back in the role of ABT Student Ambassador, a role he excelled in previously. Despite his time in semi-retirement, Martin still has a wealth of knowledge to pass onto the students he meets during his college visits, and we look forward to him reconnecting with college lecturers and introducing himself to new beauty and hair schools across the UK and Ireland.”

ABT Student Membership is available to all beauty, nails, complementary therapy and hairdressing students and includes a comprehensive insurance package through Catlin Insurance (UK) Ltd which includes up to €6.5 million Professional Treatment Risks insurance, €6.5 million Public Liability insurance and €6.5 million Product Liability insurance for students’ Case Study work or for other work prior to qualification. For information on ABT Student Membership, visit www.abtinsurance.ie or email Martin Widdicombe at martin@abtinsurance.co.uk

Bioglitter reveal first plastic free iridescent glitter Ronald Britton Ltd, creators of the world’s first plastic-free glitter, has developed Bioglitter™ Pure Opal, an iridescent glitter that is 100% plastic-free.

The iridescent glitter is a new effect within the Bioglitter™ Pure product family, and has a reflective and shimmer quality, which, up until this point has been impossible to achieve in a microplastic-free glitter.

To make Bioglitter™ products plastic-free, Ronald Britton Ltd use a special form of cellulose, unique to the company, which has passed independent tests including TÜV, Austria’s ‘OK Biodegradable Water’ Certification, which guarantees biodegradation in natural, freshwater environments.

NSI recognised for beauty training excellence

NSI Hair, Nail and Beauty were amongst the winners at the third annual Irish Beauty Industry Awards 2019, held at The Crowne Plaza Hotel Dublin Airport. NSI scooped Best Training Academy of the Year whilst NSI trainer, Gemma McCarthy of Gemini Beauty in Dublin, picked up the Best Nail Technician award.

Other notable winners included Touch & Glow in Carrickmacross (Beauty Therapist of the Year), and The Wicklow Street Clinic in Dublin (Aesthetic Clinic of the Year), and Aqua Spa in Cork (Day Spa of the Year).

Clean beauty popularity continues to rise

The growth of the “clean” beauty movement is continuing, with new research showing that brands are proactively launching new lines to meet consumer demand for ethical and sustainable products. The report by social media analytics and influencer marketing agency Preen.Me analyses how the consumer’s voice on social media has the power to drive real change in the beauty industry.

According to Preen.Me, a “clean” product is defined as one with ingredients that are demonstrably safe for human use.

The report, The Clean Side Of Mica: A White Paper On Sustainability In Beauty and Responsible Ingredient Sourcing, analysed 1.8 million Instagram posts and 654 Instagram hashtags between October 2018 and March 2019, along with industry sources, consumer surveys, and influencer focus groups to measure the consumer hunger for change. According to the report, the clean beauty conversation shows a 62% growth rate and a 24% retention rate over the examined six-month period. These statistics overshadow the popular animal-free, ecofriendly,and natural and organic conversations; animal-free grew only 9% while retaining only 12% of consumers over the same time period. The research showed that most consumers (94%) make their clean beauty choice by reading product labels to check ingredients.

The report looks at the sustainable beauty conversation, focusing on Mica, using the ingredient as an example of responsible sourcing within the clean movement by analysing “clean” Mica that is ethically sourced and fully transparent.

NSI Hair, Nail & Beauty appoint new manager NSI Hair, Nail and Beauty has welcomed Sandra Masterson to the team as Manager. With over 20 years’ experience in the beauty industry, from working as a therapist to owning and running her own business, Sandra has experienced the beauty business first hand. She aims to help NSI customers get the products, treatments and training that will help successfully drive their business into 2020.

Based in Swords, Co. Dublin, NSI Hair, Nail and Beauty offer a wide variety of professional beauty and hair products and training from leading brands including NSI, EzFlow, Ardell, Elite Brow, Kalentin amongst others.

Phorest host 6th annual Salon Owners Summit In excess of 500 hair and beauty salon owners from across the world attended this year’s Phorest Salon Owners Summit, held in Dublin recently. The Summit, the sixth annual event, offered an educational platform for hair and beauty business owners, aiming to provide them with the tools and insights for their businesses to reach their potential.

The theme for the 2020 event was ‘Create a 2020 Vision for your Salon’.

During the two-day event, delegates enjoyed a line-up of ten guest speakers, sharing their knowledge and experience of the beauty and hair industries. In addition, organiser Phorest held the Inside Phorest - The Future of Technology for the Salon Industry event, looking at all things tech and sharing the latest developments of the Phorest cloud-based salon software. Phorest will host its seventh annual Salon Owners Summit in 2021.

New clinic fuses Irish skincare with K-Beauty Akrona Aesthetics, a new skin clinic, has opened in Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Street Upper. Akrona offers non-invasive treatments fusing Irish skincare and Korean technology including mesotherapy with LED light, heated Lava Stone massage, Ayurvedic herbal body scrub with Marma Therapy and Megawhite Teeth Whitening. The clinic aims to offer cutting-edge solutions for anti-ageing, wrinkles, acne and many other facial aesthetic treatments all underneath the banner of holistic remedies. Photo by Sam Boal of Photocall Ireland.