Online Beauty Magazines
If you like to read journals online, you can download online pdf versions of the current issue of three beauty magazines from the Beautyserve.com website. To access these, click on the Beautyserve link and select the title from the 'magazine downloads' option on the page.
The titles available are: Guild News - trade journal for the beauty industry,Tanning World- professional indoor tanning industry magazine, and The Nail File- newspaper for nail technicians. We also have FREE print copies of the latest issue of The Nail File at Richmond House, available at the Library counter.

The Season's Latest Hairstyles
The October/November issue of Blackhair magazine showcases the latest looks from the winner of the L'Oreal Colour Trophy Mizani Afro Catwalk Look Award, Craig Chapman.
There are plenty of ideas for anyone looking for inspiration and you'll find a copy of the magazine at both Richmond House and Summer Row Library.

Hairdreams Live Demonstration Evening
Hairdreams® Hair Extentions are holding live demonstration evenings throughout the UK this Autumn and the Birmingham demonstration will be taking place on Thursday 29th October. To register for the event, see the Hairdreams website.

London Fashion Week 2009
If you want to see the trends in fashion, hair and make up then the London Fashion Week site is well worth checking out. The Catwalk Reports include gallery, videos and 'extras' that have close-ups of make up and hairstyles.

Style in the City 2009

The Style in the City event, which is a city-wide fashion and beauty festival, is taking place 24-26 September in Birmingham City centre. You can watch designer catwalk shows, have beauty treatments, and shop for jewellery.
A standard entry ticket costs £12.00 and for this you get: A Ticket to one designer catwalk show,access to all exclusive in-store events at participating retailers (by showing your SITC badge), a designer goodie bag, as designed by an up and coming Midlands-based designer,
access to dedicated transport system taking you to Style in the City events across the city-centre and access to local hotel and bar discounts. See the event website for more details.

Spa Feature in Health and Fitness Magazine
There is a 12 page feature in the October issue of Health and Fitness magazine that you might find of interest- The H & F Spa Guide. You'll find the feature on pages 71-82 and copies of Health and Fitness at both Richmond House and Summer Row Library.

Hello and Welcome...

Just to say a big 'hello' to all new hairdressing and beauty therapy students starting at the College this week! If you haven't been to your Library induction yet, I'll probably be seeing you later this week. Don't forget to check the blog for new information -or just to have a browse at past posts in the Blog Archive. There is also a Useful Web Links area and the HaBe search for hairdressing and beauty therapy information.