Behind the scenes at all the parties, launches and events in the world of beauty and spa

PHOREST CONSCIOUS HAIR & BEAUTY EVENT OXO2, LONDON

Professionals from the industry, including PB’s deputy editor Amanda Pauley, came together to discuss how to make their businesses more eco-friendly at salon software provider Phorest’s first-ever Conscious Hair & Beauty Event. Salon owners including Mimosa Beauty’s Jennie Lawson took to the stage to share their top tips on becoming sustainable, such as switching to a green energy supplier and investing in Refuse Derived Fuel (which turns rubbish into a replacement for fossil fuels), as well as covering the big issues such as a lack of alternatives to single-use products like waxing spatulas. PB Awards judge and owner of The Reef Spa Clare Cockell also spoke at the event, sharing her advice on achieving workplace wellness.

SALON SYSTEM REFECTOCIL BREAKFAST MORNING

HAYMARKET HOTEL, LONDON

PB’s Amanda was among the trade press invited to Salon System’s Refectocil breakfast event to learn how the brand plans to develop its Browista and Custom Colour brow-tinting treatments. Educators Lisa Stone and Ruth Atkins talked through the bespoke tinting course and how therapists can tailor shades to create bleached, ombré and peppered brows, as well as those that perfectly match a client’s hair colour. Salon System is hoping to get the course into colleges next year to enhance therapists’ knowledge of colour theory for brows.

NAIL PAD LAUNCH PARTY

OSTERIA DEL PORTICO, LONDON

To celebrate the recent launch of Nail Pad, the tool designed to keep polish bottles stable during on-the-go nail painting, founders Carrie Salmon and Tori Deely held a party in Ealing, London, restaurant Osteria del Portico. Guests including PB editor Eve Oxberry were treated to Italian nibbles, followed by shots in the brand’s signature colours, pink (strawberry tequila) and black (black sambuca), served on a Nail Pad. The device is designed for mobile techs or for salons to retail to their clients.

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