EDITOR’S COMMENT

As we head into the festive season, and what we hope will be the first “normal” Christmas since 2019, it’s reassuring to see new research indicate that clients across the UK plan to spend more on pre-Christmas professional treatments this year in spite of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and rising household costs. Brow styling and gel manicures look set to be among the most popular bookings (see page 11).

To make sure you’re at the top of your game for these in-demand services, our lead brow feature uncovers the trends set to shape the market into 2023. From lamination to embellishment, and bleach brows to a whole rainbow of colour options, discover the hottest looks, and the products and treatments that can help you create them, from page 42.

We also look into the current trends in skincare this month with TikTok’s questionable face-icing craze coming under the spotlight on page 50. As the experts advise, applying ice directly to the skin may not offer all the benefits claimed, but there is a definite place for cold therapies in facial skincare, and our accompanying treatment focus on page 52 outlines some of the newest devices that let you tap into the cryo facial movement in a more effective way.

Making sure active ingredients are as effective as they can be is also a hot topic at the moment, with advances in technologies that help drive ingredients into the deeper layer of the skin (see page 64) as well as new encapsulation methods that allow for timed release of actives, helping to reduce irritancy and oxidation and allowing continuous benefits over a longer period of time. Find out more about how they work on page 56.

However you choose to update your business to stay on trend in 2023, we hope you find what you need in this issue.

Editor