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Medik8 has partnered with Skinbrands to help beauty businesses that are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic. The joint venture Reopening Support Packages includes free PPE and a 20% discount for Medik8 orders, as well as free digital assets to help clinics promote their reopening.
75% of consumers believe it’s important to have a sustainable beauty routine and 81% are actively choosing to recycle their products to do their bit for the planet, found research by plant-based skincare range Skin Academy.
Cancer touch training specialist Jennifer Young has launched an accredited free Cancer Awareness Qualification to aid beauty therapists and health practitioners providing touch therapies to anyone with or recovering from cancer. The training includes cancer’s biology, the science of treatments and the biological drivers of resulting side-effects.
Microdermabrasion is the most searched non-surgical procedure of 2020 so far, with more than 70,000 online searches, found a report by personal finance site Money.co.uk. Hyaluronic acid came in second (66,940 searches), lip fillers third (62,200) and Coolsculpting fourth (35,050).
35% of UK women are reluctant to indulge in “me time”, only allowing themselves up to two hours pampering per week, found research by flower retailer Serenata. Meanwhile, two thirds (65%) don’t believe activities like having a beauty treatment are an essential way to relax.