The Virus In late December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause was reported by health authorities in Wuhan, China. A subsequent investigation, launched in early January 2020, identified a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) as the infectious agent responsible. This coronavirus is thought to be zoonotic in origin. Typical symptoms include fever, cough…
ANOTHER FIRST OF ITS KIND: IQ Verify Level 4 in Skin Rejuvenation Techniques now accepted to join Part B of the JCCP Practitioner Register Internationally Recognised and UKAS Accredited Level 4 Certification The IQ Verify Level 4 in Skin Rejuvenation Techniques for Aesthetic Practitioners has been developed in alignment with the latest…
How Dare Doctors go back and do Botox in the Middle of Lockdown? THE owner of the largest most successful independent aesthetic training and treatment academy in the UK has angrily slammed any clinics opening before government guidelines are lifted. And she has rounded on the medics in the British College of Aesthetic Medicine and…
Walk like an Egyptian Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen renowned for her beauty, who ruled alongside her husband during the mid-1300s BC. A well-defined jawline with a long neck is not only a sign of beauty, but synonymous with Egyptians. Nefertiti’s famously lovely jawline has become a lust factor for many women in the 21st…
The Biggest Medical Aesthetics Trends Of 2020 Earlier this year Amber Katz wrote a blog in New-York-based beauty blog AEDIT about the biggest aesthetics trends for the year ahead – so now Pete Richardson (PR) is looking back at her blog and assessing if they are still trending. Amber Katz (AK) firstly took a…
Aesthetic Awards – but not for non-medics As we approach the end of the year its time to start thinking about how great the year has been. Pete Richardson looks at the how the major awards for the aesthetics industry exclude non-medics At the end of every year a whole host of…
BASIC BACK SEAT The formation of the Beauty Aesthetic Special Interest Committee (BASIC), founded in the wake of the Joint Council For Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) decision not include non-medics on its aesthetics register, was heralded as a major new development to help safeguard the public and set new standards in the beauty and…
Leading Specialist Aesthetic Doctor Supports Training Non-Medics One of London’s leading aesthetic practitioners, Dr Michael Aicken, has very publicly supported training beauty therapists and other non-medical professionals in aesthetic injectables. Dr Aicken, who has worked with Cosmetic Couture on adverse effects courses and, is the lead trainer for educational provider Visage Academy in London,…
A new investigation has found 90% of practitioners in London and Essex aren’t asking children their age before booking them in for lip fillers – and none required a child’s ID for a consultation. Pete Richardson studies the in-depth VICE investigation carried out by Hannah Ewens and says it highlights that professional standards must be…
https://cosmetic-couture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cosmetic-Couture-Short-Script-1.mp4 NEW PROGRESSION FRAMEWORK – COMING SOON Cosmetic Couture was the first company to create a single place where you could learn from start to finish how to get into aesthetics. We enabled students with no prior experience to be taught beauty qualifications that allowed them then to progress into aesthetics – all…
