Spotted in The Telegraph & WWF UK : more cotton buds are thrown away each year in the UK – 13.2 billion – than any other European nation. The Cotton Bud Project, launched by Scottish charity FIDRA, encourages retailers to sell buds with sticks made from paper or other alternative biodegradeable materials to plastic.
We hear a consultation is set to start later this year on banning the buds from 2019.
The British Beauty Council commissioned BritainThinks to conduct research to produce an agreed definition of the industry and its constituent parts. The research comprised a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews and workshops with key industry...
Procter & Gamble have announced that they are ceasing sales of the badger fur shaving brushes from their Art Of Shaving line following a PETA expose of the treatment of badgers by Chinese suppliers. The company will swap to synthetic bristles & step up their...
Four of the top 10 high street start up businesses in the UK are beauty related - barbers shops, nail clinics, beauty salons and hair/beauty salons, with a density of these businesses in the north east, south east and London. The British Beauty Council was set up to...