Afro Hair & Beauty Live 2009

The Afro Hair and Beauty Live event will be taking place on Sunday 24th May and Monday 25th May (Spring Bank Holiday) at Alexandra Palace in London. There will be hair and fashion shows, seminars and workshops, hair and beauty advice and natural hair, lace and weaves. Tickets cost £12.00 at the door, but with your student ID you will be able to get a ticket for £10.00. If you are planning to go on Sunday 24th, you can save money by booking online as you can buy two tickets for the price of one- £12.00. See the event website for details of show and to buy advance tickets

Guild Gazette Online
The 'Guild Gazette' (the official membership magazine of the Guild of Professional Beauty Therapists) is now available online. It's just like reading a print magazine, but instead of turning the pages by hand you use the mouse to click on the corner of the page.
You can read the March/April 2009 issue and also issues going back to 2007. Follow the link to the home page and you'll see the link for the latest March/April issue. Scroll down the home page to see the links for the back issues.

The Sapphires Awards
The Sapphires, presented by Salon Business magazine , is a new hairdressing industry awards event, specifically designed to recognise and reward success in the franchise sector. It will be taking place at The Dorchester Hotel in London on Monday 15 June 2009. For more information, see the Salon Business website Click on the 'News' tab at the top of the homepage, then scroll down and click on 'The Sapphires are Coming'. Might be worth clicking on the 'Image Gallery' or 'Beauty' tabs while you are on the site to keep up to date with what's happening.

Hairdressing Training

Any hairdressing student who has had problems accessing the Hairdressing Training database via Athens, due to technical problems, will be pleased to hear that it is now available again. If you are unaware of this valuable resource, aimed at NVQ level hairdressing students, now might be the time to have a look at the database. To access Hairdressing Training, click on the 'Library' tab on Blackboard, then on the 'Athens' link to take you to the 'My Athens' page. Scroll down the page until you see the 'Mimas Services' menu and click on the Hairdressing Training link.

The Vitality Show

The Vitality Show 2009 will be taking place Thursday 26-Sunday 29 March at Earls Court 2 in London. This is a health, beauty, fitness, healthy eating and wellbeing event and features this year include a Healing Herb Garden and an Organic Beauty Pavilion. You can save money by booking in advance and for an extra £5.00 you can also upgrade your ticket to visit the Ideal Home Show, taking place in Earls Court 1. Students will be able to buy reduced price tickets, but must provide ID (eg NUS Card) on entrance to the show. Click on The Vitality Show website for more info and to buy tickets.

Hair Structure and Chemistry Simplified

The 2009 (5th) edition of Hair Structure and Chemistry Simplified is now in stock at Richmond House and copies are 'on order' for Summer Row Library. You'll find this book in the Yellow Zone at 646.724 HAL.

Spa Business Handbook online

You can access the digital version of the 2009 Spa Business Handbook by logging on to http://www.spabusinesshandbook.com/ and following the link at the top left side of the homepage.
When you have accessed the online Spa Business Handbook look for the 'more digital publications' menu option (top right of the page) to see other titles that you might find of interest.