Beauty Therapy
About.com on nail diseases - All about diseases that affect the fingernails and toenails.

Association of Reflexologists - The AoR provides up-to-date information on reflexology worldwide.

BBC Science Human Body and Mind - Psychological tests and an interactive body section allow you to test your knowledge of the body and the mind.

Beauty4Students - Speak to other students using the forum. A monthly guide providing brief career profiles of people in beauty therapy occupations, training notes on particular aspects of beauty therapy, product profiles of Ellisons products, fact files, profiles of aromas/essential oils and a gallery of images from training days.

Beautyexpress - Supplying to salons, spas, nail bars and colleges across the U.K.

Beautyguild - The official website of the Guild of Professional Beauty Therapists, the UK's biggest professional beauty trade body. Includes an online training guide and an online suppliers' guide.

Beautyserve - includes articles on professional beauty, tanning, nails & holistic therapies and contains useful market trends information.

Liz Earle - Know your skin and complete the online consultation to find the best products for you and your clients.

Maybelline - Including what's hot, make-up tips and catwalk trends.

Minx Nails - Extending fashion to your very fingertips! The best in Nail Art.

Moving Makeup - Victoria Edwards' site includes 'Glum to glam' and sections on wedding makeup with a photo gallery to give you ideas and inspiration.

Screenface - professional make-up for cinema, theatre & television.

Steiner - the largest and most renowned company that operates spas at sea.

Steiner acquires Bliss Spa (December 2009)

Sweet Squared - founded and driven by 'the desire to inspire'. A team of nail industry professionals write pages on education, training, new products and the latest news from the world of nail art.

Woodbridgeproductions - new resource for make-up professionals, personal users, educators and students. Whatever your interest in make-up artistry, you’ll probably find the answers to your questions on this site.

Complementary Therapy
Complementary Therapists Association - The Complementary Therapists Association (CThA) is an organisation representing over 9,000 Complementary Therapists in the UK and Ireland.

EmbodyForYou.com - a large online directory of Complementary health and Beauty Salons, Clinics, Spas, Health Centers and individual Therapists in the UK and Ireland.

Electrolysis and Electrical Treatments
British Institute and Association of Electrolysis - The Institute's pages include FAQs and queries including 'what is electrolysis?' and 'types of Electrolysis'.

Our Friends: Electric - Article from Health and Beauty Salon. An excellent introduction to short-wave diathermy, galvanism and blend.

Hairdressing
HABIA - is an independent training organisation for the UK hairdressing and beauty therapy industries. HABIA publish manuals, guides and leaflets to help hairdressing and beauty therapy's businesses, young people and employers.

Health and Safety in the Salon - Wirral Metropolitan College's free health and safety materials for hair and beauty including videos, PowerPoint presentations and word documents.

Keratin - Information on hair loss, baldness, alopecia, hair growth, hair transplant restoration, and drug treatments.

L'Oreal - Official website of the manufacturer. Click on 'Scientist' section for skin and hair information.

Reedbusiness - one of the world's leading business to business publishers, with a portfolio of more than 100 news and information products, including Hair and Beauty Salon and Hairdressers Journal International.

Vintage Hair Styles - Thousands of photographs from Flickr of hairstyles from the past one hundrend years

Vocational Training Charitable Trust - VTCT is the largest awarding body for Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Massage, Holistic Therapies, Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy. Go onto this site for the candidate handbook - all your questions answered.

Illnesses - helpful webpages
Action for M.E - Improving the lives of people with M.E., also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

Fibromyalgia - An information booklet on the condition that inflicts widespread pain on the muscles but not the joints.

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society - provides support and information for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, their families, friends and careers, and health professionals.

St. Thomas' Lupus Trust - Informative webpages regarding the disease of the immune system.

The MS Society - the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, provides grants (financial assistance), education and training on MS.

Careers
Steiner
Virgin Atlantic Recruitment

Links checked 22.03.11