The Hair Loss Friendly Spa campaign launched in January via a pilot scheme in Champneys resorts. The campaign, led by Jasmin Julia Gupta, helps spa operators offer thoughtful touches such as wig stands, head scarves and access to scalp care guidance to ensure women with hair loss feel welcome.

Irish people spend €9 million (£8m) a day on beauty products and treatments, according to igures shared in RTE documentary One Day: Keeping Ireland Beautiful. The show revealed that Ireland has a workforce of 30,000 beauty therapists, hairdressers and itness trainers.

Australian spa product house Gaylia Kristensen has signed its irst central London spa account, the Spa at Soitel St James. The spa’s therapists are being trained in the brand’s three facials, which will be available to clients from February.

St Tropez has partnered with facialist and tanning specialist Michaella Bolder, who is now the brand’s VIP tanner. With more than 10 years’ experience in the beauty industry, Bolder has worked with publications including Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. Her celebrity clients include Kelly Brook and Dame Helen Mirren.

Jessica made its QVC debut in December as guest presenter and Jessica expert Maggie Hind appeared on the channel alongside Jessica educator and manicurist Georgie Walker. The pro nail brand is now also available via QVC online.

To celebrate the irst birthday of its Wax One waxing brand, Sweet Squared is hosting a series of events throughout February. The free two-hour workshops will allow therapists to discover the brand at Sweet Squared’s Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Dublin academies.

Dame Louise Ellman MP visited The City of Liverpool College’s Duke Street Centre to meet principal Elaine Bowker, and Alan Woods OBE, chief executive of the Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT). During the visit, Ellman and Woods discussed the importance of technical education to the UK’s economy, and the crucial role it can play in tackling poverty and deprivation.

Presenter and model Lisa Snowdon has been announced as the new ambassador for Laser Lipo’s Strawberry Lift, the aesthetic treatment designed to deine the jawline and contour the cheekbones. Snowdon is a former presenter of Britain’s Next Top Model and runs a wellbeing blog called You Glow Girl.

HD Brows headed back to the Dancing on Ice studios for the second consecutive year. Lead brow stylist Jamie Long tended the brows of both celebrities and professionals. Sister brand Nouveau Skin Therapy was also onhand to deliver skin treatment the A-Lift.

The Spa at InterContinental London – The O2 has become the irst in the UK to offer the Skin Regimen Urban Longevity Facial, which is designed to counter the stresses of urban living by alleviating tension, reactivating circulation and promoting deep detoxiication.

Women were encouraged to ditch shaving and waxing in January in a bid to break the taboo surrounding female body hair. The campaign, called #Januhairy, was founded by drama student Laura Jackson from Exeter University and encouraged women to grow out their natural body hair and raise money for charity.

CACI’s celebrity fan base has continued to grow. In 2018, the machines brand added new admirers including Eva Mendes, Gaby Roslin, Denise Van Outen, Rochelle Williams, Chloe Lewis, Melissa Odabash, Kristina Rhinaoff, Laura Whitmore and Aisling Bea, all of whom used CACI systems to get their skin red-carpet ready.

The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket, Suffolk, has completed further training with Wellness for Cancer. The spa now has seven fully qualiied therapists and has extended its treatment offering to include Espa’s Nurture & Support programme, a collection of four face and body rituals.

CND distributor Sweet Squared supported Beauty Box salon owner Natalie Wilson to raise money for the Leeds Children’s Transplant Team by donating four CND Creative Play Playland collections as rafle prizes. Wilson’s daughter Holly was born with a rare genetic kidney disease and is competing in this year’s British Transplant Games.

Grayshott Health Spa in Surrey is putting a creative spin on holistic wellness with the launch of three Enrichment Retreats, which will focus on personal development through creativity. The retreats are: Creative Wellbeing, Writing for Renewal and Inner Resilience.