Masquerade hairstyles are in great demand during a masquerade ball as it allows you to pretend to be someone else for one night. In a way, you get a total makeover!

Masquerade is a parody of hair and fashion that embraces the imagination and creativity. Its an amazing technique since it involves using your creativity to give proper shape to your idea and take it to the end.

Masquerade hairdressing involves creating a mask and a nice head shape using artificial hair and other accessories.

In this video, the team from SanRizz London shows you what Masquerade Hairdressing is all about and also takes you through all the steps to achieve some amazing masquerade hairstyles.

If you like this video, or have more interesting tips to create hairstyles for a masquerade, feel free to leave your feedback in the comments below.

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Men’s grooming is a huge percentage of the style and beauty market right now. Men are not only taking care of themselves better these days, but they demand a certain level of service to look their best.

Men have become very conscious of how they present themselves at work, in their social and home lives. When it comes to male grooming, men care about their hair, face, hands, feet and dressing sense.

Its a common myth that mens grooming involves only dealing with their hair. But there is more to a man’s hair than just a good wash and a good hair style.

If you are not yet offering men’s grooming services in your business, you are missing out on a potentially HUGE market.

Did you know men’s skin is more oilier than women’s skin? Thus, men need to be careful with their skin and overall grooming habits to prevent premature aging and maintain a youthful and fresh look.

The men’s grooming video provides some expert advice on haircuts, shaving and more.

For more grooming techniques for men and other men’s grooming tips as well as hair styling tips, and to stay up to date with the latest in grooming for men trends, visit: ScissorBoy.com

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Hair loss is something most women never think about, but for a huge number of men it can be a massive and upsetting problem. Generally, nearly half of men experience noticeable hair loss by the age of 35, while others feel affected by their 60s.

Amongst the various hair restoration techniques Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) promises hope for men to tackle hair loss.

It’s a terrible feeling for men who go bald in their thirties. The celebrities are so driven to hide their baldness that they too opt for various hair weaving procedures. Remember, how Hollywood royalty John Travolta threaded a weave through his remaining locks!

Follicular Unit Extraction is one of the two primary methods of hair-transplantation. In this procedure, hair transplantation surgeons take excess hair from the back of the head and implant it in balding and thinning areas on the top or front of the head. FUE enables one to harvest finer hair from the nape of the neck to be used at the hairline or for eyebrows

The biggest advantage of Follicular Unit Extraction is that men will only need to go through the process once or twice in their lives because once the follicle is in place it will continue to grow naturally. FUE does not leave a linear scar and hence it is used for patients who want to wear their hair very short.

Men who suffer from excessive hair loss usually opt for hair restoration techniques. Some also prefer to wear wigs and those who don’t consider losing their hair as an embarrassment prefer to sport their natural hair.

However, Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE hair transplantation is fantastic because it removes the problems with wigs and plugs. Also, there are no scars, there’s no pain and it looks natural.

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Artificial Porcelain nails make your hands look beautiful. So if you are dressing up for a wedding or a party, then you should make sure you have well sculptured nails.

Many women complain of having asymmetrical nails. There could be various reasons for that, but the most common being nail biting. Its a bad habit which is derived out of nervousness or boredom.  The result is nails are damaged and look bad.

If you suffer from nail biting or want beautiful nails, you should consider about artificial nails. They not only look like real, natural beautiful nails but also enhance your personality. The most common options include acrylic nails, porcelain nails, gel nails, etc.

Porcelain nails are similar to acrylic nails but are formed from glass-like material. They are more expensive than acrylic nails because they are made up of finer material, which makes them fragile than acrylics.

Most women prefer to use plastic nails, but they hold only 2 weeks. Moreover, if they are not applied in the right manner, then they can be easily distinguished from your real nails. If you want to eliminate the difference between natural and artificial fingernail, you should consider porcelain nails.

Application of porcelain nails is very different from other artificial nails. Though it takes time, but it can stand for 3 months with proper nail care being taken every two weeks.

If you are looking for durable artificial nails, then porcelain should be your ideal choice. Visit a nail salon or ask your cosmetologist on how you can rock with your fake nails.

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The annual Professional Beauty Awards have been announced. The awards recognize the best of the UK beauty industry where companies and individuals were honored.

The 14 winners of the prestigious Professional Beauty Awards 2011 were announced at a glamorous gala dinner at the InterContinental hotel on Park Lane, London, on Sunday February 27.

With a judging process that involves interviews, trade tests, presentations and mystery shops, the Professional Beauty Awards is the fairest scheme in the business and our winners are thoroughly deserving of their trophies.

The winners for 2011 are:

Beauty Salon of the Year – Four Rooms or More: Beauty Time (Bristol)

Beauty Salon of the Year – Three Rooms or Fewer: Skin & Tonic (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Best New Salon: Glow (Mold, N.Wales)

Nail Salon of the Year: Tillie’s Nail Lounge (London)

Boutique Spa of the Year: Pure Spa (Aberdeen)

Day Spa of the Year: Eastthorpe Hall (Mirfield, West Yorkshire)

Residential Spa of the Year – 10 Rooms or Fewer: The Spa at Armathwaite Hall (Cumbria)

Residential Spa of the Year – 11 Rooms or More: Oceo Spa (County Wexford, Ireland)

Male Grooming Salon of the Year: Menace Male Grooming (Shenfield, Essex)

Employer of the Year – 21 Employees or More: DestinationSkin

Employer of the Year – 20 Employees or Fewer: OMG Hair & Beauty (Swindon)

Therapist of the Year: Sarah Jones

Nail Professional of the Year: Jenni Draper

Make-up Specialist of the Year: Rebecca Frances

Many congratulations to all the Professional Beauty Awards 2011 winners. The show was a huge success as visitor numbers increased by 50% with the final count being 33,515.

Visitors saw the biggest brands and discovered exciting new launches in skincare and aromatherapy, equipment, nails, tanning spa and medi spa. Exciting new features such as the Ultimate Spa Experience and the first Organic Eco Luxury Spa wowed guests.

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Hairdressers against AIDS is an advocacy program sponsored by the L’Oréal Foundation D’enterprise and UNESCO empowering salon professionals worldwide to use their unique relationship with their clients and communities to become a resource to interact, educate and help prevent the spread of HIV.

UNESCO and L’Oréal signed a cooperation agreement on May 3, 2005. L’Oréal’s educational culture, based on a corporate philosophy of health, hygiene and safety and expressed through its long-established global training network, is enhanced by partnership with UNESCO and its international mandate in education.

Complementary skills and experience, and access to existing knowledge about HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs enabled the partnership that created Hairdressers against AIDS.

This campaign aims to fight the spread and impact of AIDS by means of a program targeted at hairdressing professionals everywhere in the world. It believes – “Together, we can become a powerful voice – for a beautiful world without AIDS.”

On World AIDS Day on December 1st, join Hairdressers Against AIDS campaign here – http://hairdressersagainstaids.com

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