The HBSA Professional Hair & Beauty Awards 2008

On the 21st May the judging took place for the 2008 Annual Awards. The Judges, Beverly C, Paul Merritt, Linda Norton and Eileen Lawson spent the morning sifting through the entries to arrive at the following nominations.

Best Product:

              Wella System Professional – Tailor Made Shine

              Wella Sebastian Professional – Laminates Cellophanes

              Conair Group Babyliss Pro - Double Curl

And the winner is Conair Group Babyliss Pro - Double Curl

Best Advertising Campaign

              Hair Tools

              Aston & Fincher – Drawn from Life

And the winner is Aston & Fincher – Drawn from Life

Best Marketing Campaign (Manufacturer)

              Rand Rocket – Jaguar

              Sabre – Fudge Travel Shaper

And the winner is Sabre – Fudge Travel Shaper

 

Best Marketing Campaign (Wholesaler)

              Aston & Fincher – Real Salons

              Salon Supplies

And the winner is Salon Supplies

Best Wholesaler

              EWD Hair & Beauty – Stoke on Trent

              Capital Hair & Beauty – Hove

              Salon Supplies – Kingsthorpe Northampton

And the winner is EWD Hair & Beauty – Stoke on Trent

Best Website

              Conair Group

              Alfol (Creative Head)

              Hairdressers Journal

And the winner is Conair Group

 

On behalf of the HBSA I would like to thank all those companies who entered and also thank the judges for their giving their time to support the HBSA.

 

AGM 2009

 

Next year the HBSA are going to Paris for the AGM weekend.

Venue: Millennium Hotel Paris Opera, 12 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris

Dates: 24th – 26th April 2009

The hotel is a four star venue situated in a very central locationin the heart of Paris, with Galeries  Lafayette, Opera Garnier, Sacre Couer, le Louvre and Champs Elysees all a short walk away.

The hotel facilities are limited in as much as they do not have a spa, golf course or swimming pool but for the amount of time we are there the main attraction of the hotel is its central location with Paris to be explored!

The hotel décor is a fairly traditional French style with the old fashion lifts cages and a vaulted glass ceiling, the banqueting room is very stylish.

The weekend starts on Friday as guests check in.

There will be a meeting at 4.00pm for members of the Council

In the evening all the guests will be collected by coach and taken the short drive to the River Seine where dinner will be taken aboard a Bateau Mouche. At the end of the evening the coach will take the guests back to the hotel.

On Saturday after breakfast the AGM will be held in the conference area. After the AGM guests will be free to explore Paris at their leisure until dinner at the hotel in the evening.

 

After dinner there is an optional excursion to the Lido to see the late night show. There is an extra cost for this but it will include transport to and from the venue and a half bottle of Champagne per person.

Costs

The most difficult part of organising the AGM overseas is fixing a price without knowing how much support there will be for the trip and without knowing the final rate of exchange.

On today’s rate of exchange the cost for a double room, including Bateau on the Friday night, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday,  cocktail and dinner on Saturday night is £435.00 per person in a double room and £610.00 for single occupancy.

 

The cost of the optional trip to the Lido on Saturday after dinner will be about £120.00 per person including transport.  This cost will reduce if the event is well supported as it is the coach hire that is punishing.

I have booked the hotel, but I also need to confirm numbers as soon as I can. I know it is a long way off but I do need the help of members in committing to support the event.

Please let me know by e-mail how many places you would like and specify double or single. hbsa@btconnect.com

 

 

HBSA Response to Hair Dyes questions from the press.

Hair Colorants

The cosmetics industry is aware of the report by J.P. McFadden et al published in the British Medical Journal of 3rd February in which the incidence of allergy to hair dyes is said to have increased over past years.

Safety is the top priority for the cosmetics industry and we take our responsibility to consumers very seriously. Hair colorants are amongst the most thoroughly researched products on the market and their safety is supported by a wealth of scientific research as acknowledged by the European Commission and EU member states. Extensive studies over many years have concluded that hair colorants are safe when used as recommended in the instructions and consumers can continue to use them with confidence.

The cosmetic industry is strongly committed to technological and scientific progress and is constantly updating the database on its ingredients with the latest research findings. We have fully co-operated with the European Commission in a comprehensive programme covering many years to evaluate the safety of hair dyes in use today and continue to do so. All of the safety data have been reviewed by the European Commission’s independent experts, the Scientific Committee for Consumer Products, and the dyes in use have been confirmed as safe, including PPD.

Reactions to hair colorants are extremely rare but can occur for a very small number of people in a similar way to almost any substance, including foods and natural products. These potential reactions can be detected by carrying out the skin allergy test as directed, 48 hours before each use of the product. This is why hair colorant products clearly display important safety instructions - both on the outer pack and the instruction leaflet contained inside. Independently reviewed scientific studies show that when carried out correctly this skin allergy test is effective in helping to detect any potential sensitivity that the consumer may have, thus minimising the chance of a reaction.

Many, many millions of consumers colour their hair each year in complete safety. By following the instructions for use, consumers can continue to benefit from today’s wide range of hair colorants.

  

Editors’ Notes:

Hair colorants are subject to the European Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC), which is implemented in the UK through the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2004 (as amended). These regulations require a cosmetic product not to cause harm to human health in normal or reasonable foreseeable use and to that end, each cosmetic product must undergo a safety assessment by a duly qualified professional safety assessor before being placed on the market. This assessment must take account of each of the ingredients, the intended use and the instructions for use.

 

CF 01.02.07

 

Health & Safety Update

 

Following the launch of the Health and Safety initiative by the HBSA two things have happened.

Our partners in this venture, Xact Consulting, have contacted (or tried to) all our members to offer the free, “no obligation audit” to assess our members’ compliance with health and safety issues. Several members availed themselves of this offer and were shocked at the low level of compliance they had achieved.

Health and Safety issues are becoming big business for lawyers with their “No win no fee offers” The HBSA is advising all members to get smart and get compliant!

The second thing to happen was the London seminar on Health and Safety, which was run as a workshop. It would be fair to say that members who attended were often shocked at the plethora of requirements to achieve legal compliance. The one comment that was repeated by attendees was “I had no idea”.

Most of us will be aware of the widely publicised court case where a managing director of a salon chain paid costs and fines totalling £24,000 and earned himself a criminal record (and remember a criminal record is not just for Christmas!). This was for seven offences of health and safety failings.

The Government report confirmed that 95% of the cases prosecuted were upheld and that the average fine per prosecution was £18,765 and £46,388 in the high courts! What price health and safety?

So what should you do? Firstly, call Maurice Hammond of Xact Consulting on 01698 844402. He will send a health and safety consultant to inspect your premises. Once the inspection is complete you will received a full and thorough report on your level of compliance. If you are not satisfied that you are operating within the law, Xact will give you a discounted “HBSA” price to bring you up to and keep you up to standard.

The other option of course is to take a chance and risk prosecution or worse, seriously injuring a customer or employee. Not all of our members can afford a designated specialist, use Xact, they have been hired by the HBSA to help you!!

Complete the questionnaire to test your compliance.

What Next

To help you quickly check your business compliance with current health and safety legislation an initial check list is shown below.  If the answer to any of these key questions is “No” then your business is at risk.

• Have you a current written Health & Safety Policy with detailed operating procedures?
• Have you delegated responsibility for safety and confirmed it in writing to key employees?
• Have you consulted with all of your employees on Health & Safety matters?
• Have you carried out Health & Safety Risk Assessments including Manual Handling, Slips Trips and Falls etc. and recorded them and instituted any necessary follow-up action?
• Have you provided suitable training to your employees to ensure their safety.
• Have you an Asbestos Log for your premises?
• Have you carried out all of your COSHH Assessments, recorded them and instituted necessary follow-up action?

Where there is smoke there is fire...

 

New legislation will come into force shortly with regards to smoking in the workplace. The legislation was introduced into Parliament in October 2005 and can be read by members at the site below.

This was the statement issued by the department of health.

Thousands of lives in England will be saved thanks to a ban on smoking in public places, Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt announced today. The Health Bill delivers the pledge in the Choosing Health White Paper to ban smoking in all enclosed public places apart from licensed premises that do not serve or prepare food and private members' clubs. 

This decision reflects the Government's commitment to reduce smoking and to cut the number of smoking related deaths. 

The measures will take effect from the summer of 2007. Their impact will be monitored from the outset and a review completed at the end of three years.

Introducing the measures, Patricia Hewitt said:

"This package is a huge step forward for public health and will help reduce deaths from cancer, heart disease and other smoking related diseases   Not only will we be able to protect non-smokers and the large majority of pub workers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, but we will also provide smokers with an environment where it will be easier to give up.  By bringing forward the implementation of the ban to 2007, we are ensuring that benefits will reach the public sooner. By then 99% of employees will be working in a smoke free environment. Currently, only 51% of people report their workplace as being completely smoke free."

"We believe that these proposals offer the right balance between reducing the public health risk whilst allowing an element of choice for those who do want to smoke with a drink to do so in a way which has minimal impact on other people."

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/069/2006069.pdf