2021 has started with a bang as an Indian startup entered the Unicorn Club and Nykaa, the Indian beauty e-tailer reportedly announcing its plans to go public by the end of 2022 at a valuation of USD 3 Bilion or more. Not just that, Enrich Salons, India’s most leading salon chain recently appointed Vivek Bali as CEO. Vivek brings a huge FMCG experience thats likely to catapult the company into a league of its iown in India. Does that imply the cosmetic industry, as a whole, is thriving in India? We will be back with a deeper evaluation soon.

It’s the 7th issue in COVID times and we are happy to sustain our passion. With a vibrant, hopeful and purposeful shoot all the way from USA, Sherri Jesse takes our call for a cover story grounded in the most relevant issue of #BlackLivesMatter, very seriously. The cover story is a true embodiment of how beautiful, equality and humanity is.

We are an industry challenged as COVID remains a continuing threat and in a touch based industry the customers postpone services and stay at bay, hence salon and spa can look at complete revival only after a valid vaccine makes an appearance. However, examples from the western world show that a bright future awaits.

At Beauté Espace we are committed to a world of equality and humanism. Hence the second in a series of covers Calling out everyone who discriminates on the basis of race or colour, creed or ability. The salons awaken to a new reality of seriously below sustenance level business and climbing costs.

We move forward, we take challenges as COVID has made us realize how the Digital Age is upon us. As Beauté Espace transforms with a tranche od surprises up its sleeves, long freewheeling talks with leaders, movers & shakers on YouTube. Quick ones on Instagram and contests and awards coming up- we will deepen our connect qualitatively & quantitatively with our audience every day.

As online becomes a bewildering space with a bevy of talks across social media, at Launchpad we try to engage the top leaders across businesses- products, distribution, salons and wellness to understand their learnings strategies and life lessons. These are mostly in the nature of free wheeling talks and you do get a grasp of the people behind the. Persona, the unveiling as if of their immense commitment to what they do.

Businesses prepare for partial opening even as numbers infected grow to 35000 plus. And deaths
are 1000 plus.
     It’s a call for survival of lives & livelihoods and salon & spa business will top the charts when it comes to hygiene. What they now need to do is ascertain social distancing, working by appointments and more than strict protocols for sanitisation.

We will continue our efforts to bring you the best even in these
dire times.

The valiant salon industry continues to fight it — hygiene being emphasized like never before.
The drop in footfalls continues and the closure of salons becomes inevitable but hopefully as Indian summers rain down on us, Corona will be the best riddance. We get you analyses and insights, collections, interviews (look out for inspiring Guy Kremer & Sukirti Patnaik — a woman entrepreneur who manifest, how grit, passion & dedication can take you places.)

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The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to INR50 lakh for advertisements for magic remedies and drugs promoting fair skin, premature ageing and greying of hair among others — the three aspects that are top of mind in our business.

As we head into a new decade, Beauty Launchpad turns 7 and we heartily look forward to the dawning of a new era for an industry that never gets into recession. Ikigai - the happiness of always being busy fits so well with the beauty and wellness business in the new decade.

Well, the biggest news as the year ended came from L’Oréal - ‘L’Oréal will open a school dedicated to hairdressing in the beginning of 2020, offering the first bachelor’s degree in “entrepreneurial hairdressing”- whilst this will be in Paris, there’s definitely a throwback to the initiatives taken by the L’Oréal Professionel Products Division in India with respect to professional education in hairdressing including the ARTH certificates.

As the year and the decade moves towards the finale, it’s time to sit and reflect on an era gone by.
Mindfulness will be the new mantra and technology will continue to disrupt so we have to deeply think before we even strategise. We will come up with our a small report giving insights on the future—please follow us on social media and keep us subscribed. Meanwhile, enjoy the bridal edit!
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As the season turns and we approach the year-end, we look back at the journey that Indian salon and beauty industry has had. Yet another successful Salon Management Congress (SMC) in Mumbai gives us encouragement that growth is well on its way. As our eminent panellists and speakers at SMC dwelled on various aspects of Salon Business, the best practices book just shaped up.

Salon Management Congress is knocking on Mumbai’s doors and promises to be a bigger and better edition with a power packed lineup of the industry’s best experts, professionals and business gurus. While we set out to gather all the invaluable insights on running a successful salon business, this issue presents some interesting reads starting with our inspiring Cover Story featuring Anne Veck’s artistic interpretation of the role that plastics/pollution more play in threatening the survival of our planet.

We are excited to bring you this edition, at a time when India looks hopefully as our youngsters go to World Skills, Kazan. Kudos to Beauty & Wellness Skill Council and all mentors who have selflessly stood up to train these young professionals in Hairdressing and skin aesthetics.

This edition is special as we move forward in the digital world and deepen our offer with
digital copies going straight to the phones of our readers. Within the scope of the magazine, this issue includes a free ‘Look Book’ supplement’ - going forward, we will release 10 supplements with content that is stimulating and invaluable.

2019 has exhausted half of its months - and here we are with yet another dynamic issue that delves into seasonal trends and the biggest industry developments. Looking back at the trends born on the ramps and red carpets so far - our industry gurus round-up the trending hair and makeup looks that are fast trickling down to the high street - social media influence makes it seemless. The experts agree - trends are no longer decided by the fashion capitals alone.

The cyclone Fani impacted and damaged lives and businesses of people in Orissa. With power outages that lasted for a couple of weeks or more in some areas, the losses remain to be calculated. This, after the Kerala floods pushed us to think seriously of disaster management, insurance and prevention. We bring you expert insights in the Mid-June issue of Beauty Launchpad India.

Nothing can stop us when we believe in our commitment to a mission. This new financial year, it time to leave your comfort zone and get into the real action. We at Beauty Launchpad India committed to bringing you a comprehensive round-up of all that is happening in the world of beauty is ready to dig deeper - be it a thorough analysis of a luxury fragrance or getting to know young hairdressing professionals like Resham of Juice Salons or Play Salon’s Biak Lun who made history in Paris.

International Women’s Day was established to strengthen the cause of gender equality but sadly it has fizzled down to social media posts and forwarded messages. We, at Beauty Launchpad, decided to present a bi-sectional view of the concepts of gender equality and beauty with our special feature – Of Captain Marvels and Wonder Women.

This month we have trained our eyes on the skincare segment of the Indian salon industry. Although its a known fact that the industry is growing rapidly, the disparity between the hair and skin segment is vast. This reality is changing but at a slow and steady pace. We see facial bars popping up across the country, but it is hard to term it as a trend. For us, skin is still secondary, albeit an important, part of the salon business.

Here’s wishing you a ‘Beautiful’ New Year 2019!
As we approach 2020, it will be wise to recall the World Economic Forum’s insight that the Skills You Need To Succeed In 2020 which include- Complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, judgement and decision making and Service orientation as the 4th Industrial Revolution begins to set in.

December is the month for taking stock – for the achievements of the year, the setbacks, the strategies and of course, the bottom line. We at Beauty Launchpad have been following the salon and beauty industries closely this entire year and our overview of it is quite positive. We saw established brands adding on to their portfolios with products and services that are trending the world over.

I can’t believe 2018 is drawing to a close already! Wasn’t it just yesterday
that we were charting out plans for the year, asking experts on how the beauty segment will fare in 2018 and planning our editorial calendar to feature the best of the Indian salon industry? But nostalgia is fast forwarding me here. We still have a month ahead of us – a business-heavy, revenue-driven, bottom-line-impacting month.

In our commitment to keep all the stakeholders of the salon industry abreast with the latest innovations, Beauté Espace collaborated
with Professional Beauty Expo, to conduct the third edition of the Salon Management Congress (SMC) in Mumbai.

The Indian salon industry is becoming a global potpourri. There was a time when hairdressers travelled the world to learn trends and techniques. Today, global experts are coming to India to showcase their works. Education, expert advice, technical assistance and product sourcing – everything is a few clicks away.

The International SPA Association (ISPA) has released its annual findings of five key spa industry financial indicators for the market in USA. Compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the initial report is known as the ‘Big Five’, comprising total revenue, spa visits, spa
locations, revenue per visit and number of employees for the
United States spa industry.

There is no doubting the fact that the Indian salon industry is on a boom path. If speculations and business forecast are to be believed, the industry will stand at approximately Rs.322 billion by 2020. This growth will encompass hairdressing, skincare, make-up and wellness.

I am thrilled to announce to you the successful completion of the Salon Management Congress (SMC) at Professional Beauty Expo in New Delhi. It was the second edition for SMC but a first for the capital! We had an amazing line-up of speakers, from Anand Mohan Jha of NSDC and Nayana Karunaratne from Sri Lanka to Asha Hariharan, Dr Bharti Taneja, CK Kumarvel, Pammy and Veer Kaul and Jawed Habib amongst many others. The topics that were discussed at SMC encompassed various aspects of the salon business such as scaling up, skill development, hygiene and sanitation, specialisation, sustainability and much more.

Just when I thought summer is boiling down to an anti-climactic end, things are thrown back in top spin. We, at Beauté Espace headquarters, are gearing up for the second edition of the Salon Management Congress (SMC)... this time in New Delhi. With top experts from the industry gracing various panel discussions, we will be covering a plethora of topics from scaling up and expanding footprint to hygiene and sanitation, and from specialisation to sustainability of salons.

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