Anita Quade catches up with makeup maestro, Victoria Curtis of Curtis Collection to learn how she keeps ahead of the curve. You have been traveling recently. What makeup trends have you seen? “Beauty trends in 2024 are all about expressing your creativity. Makeup is now becoming a powerful part of a woman’s overall style. Some of the most notable trends this year include bold blush, monochromatic eyeshadow, graphic eyeliner, high gloss lips and skin, as well as retro, classic red lips. The trends hit edgy as well as feminine, which allows you to change your makeup look to suit your outfit or s ..read more

Keeping up with technology and software is a top priority in the beauty industry. ABIC’s Tracey Horden reveals the importance of being tech savvy as a business. The Aesthetic & Beauty Industry Council (ABIC) understands that as with any industry, the beauty and aesthetics sector need to adopt the latest technologies to streamline and facilitate a wide range of business, administration and other procedural functions. From organising and monitoring daily business activities, overseeing staffing procedures, gathering data analytics and effectively marketing your business, a range of online te ..read more

Last month, select invitees were treated to an educational event hosted by the Australian distributor of Spain-based skincare brand pHformula. Head of Research and Development at pHformula, Mariona Jimenéz flew to Sydney to enlighten professionals on the finding of recent clinical studies and the brand’s unique vision around skin resurfacing. {left to right] Danielle Hughes and Mariona Jimenéz Mariona is a qualified pharmacist with over ten years experience in the dermocosmeceutical industry. At the commencement of Mariona’s role with pHformula, she said of the brand: “pHformula is innovative ..read more

This weekend, winners of the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards will be announced via two National Presentation Evening Gala events at Sydney’s The Star. Over 5500 small businesses entered this year’s competition, which “celebrates the achievements and considerable economic, social and cultural contribution of today’s 2.5 million small business operators from right across the country,” a press release on the awards states. 2024 marks the 26th year running for Australian Small Business Champion Awards, which are free to enter and judged by an independent panel with small business ex ..read more

Cosy up with a copy of Professional Beauty’s latest issue! The latest print issue of PB has landed. The theme of the issue is technology and innovation, with medical equipment supplier High Tech Medical taking out the cover. We caught up with industry heavyweights including Professor Augustinus Bader, James Vivian, makeup artist Rae Morris, and nail artist Victoria Houlis, just to name a few. Hear what they had to say on the trends of the moment. Step inside Sydney’s Venustus for our Interiors Profile feature, and check out our top pick pro products featured across this season’s photoshoot pag ..read more

By Liz McKeon, Salon Business Expert and Founder of the International Salon Business School Most business owners would agree that the key to a salon’s success is an on-going steady stream of happy clients, willing to pay for your services and products, happy to return again and again, plus getting you hot referrals from their friends and families. Happy salon employees The key to achieving happy customers is to focus on employee happiness first.  It is simple; happier employees make happier customers which will have a direct impact on revenue.  Staff who are totally engaged will auto ..read more

We’re well into the thick of Autumn, and with that comes a renewed focus on inbound treatments and tools. The cool change calls for products designed to not only support the skin, but nurture it. The season makes for prime time to test drive those more intensive skin treatments, and to have a play with a fresh makeup colour palette. Here’s our wrap-up of the best new product launches for Autumn 2024: Skincare Murad Cellular Hydration Repair Trio After two years in the making, Murad launches its Cellular Hydration Repair Trio. The range, which is inclusive of a serum, moisturiser and overnight ..read more

Hannah Gay spoke to Dr Garry Cussell, CEO at Rejuvenation Clinics of Australia and Rejuvaus, to learn how best to treat skin after an intensive procedure. Hannah Gay: Is the average skin just as sensitised by non-ablative procedures, such as peels, as by ablative procedures, such as needling? Explain. Dr Gary Cussell: “There are a few factors that differentiate a light procedure from a strong one. [The former] will leave a small amount of redness, or inflammation. [The latter] can cause more inflammation and skin peeling. This breaks the skin surface, thus creating a lot of skin flaking and of ..read more

Elevate your treatment protocols with products oozing with the most unique of textures. Photography by Brandee Meier. Words & styling by Hannah Gay. [clockwise from top] Roccoco Botanicals Ruby Crystal Cleanser Contact Roccoco Botanicals La Fervance Eclat Extraordinaire Contact Reveal Australia Skinstitut Rejuvenate 15 Serum Contact Skinstitut Footlogix Peeling Skin Formula Contact Bio Beauty Concepts iS Clinical Warming Honey Cleanser Contact High Tech Medical Omorfi Cell Renewal Vitamin A Palmitate Contact Omorfi LUE by Jean Seo Erase Cleansing, Exfoliating & Brightening Powder Cont ..read more

Embodying luxurious scents and decadent textures, these hand creams make for smart deskside essentials. Photography by Brandee Meier. Words & styling by Hannah Gay. [left to right] Doctor Natasha Cook Concentrated Hand & Body Butter Contact Doctor Natasha Cook CND Hand & Body Lotion in Mango & Coconut Scented Contact Pacific Nail & Beauty on 1800 672 800 Hawley Australia Hand & Body Lotion in Green Tea Contact Hawley International on 02 8667 1700 INIKA Organic Phytofuse Renew Hand Cream Contact INIKA Organic Hydromerse Hand Treatment Contact Hydromerse via grahamsteven ..read more