The Season's Latest Hairstyles
The October/ November issue of Blackhair magazine showcases the season's latest looks from the winner of the L'Oreal Colour Trophy Mizani Afro Catwalk Look Award, Craig Chapman
There are plenty of ideas for anyone looking for inspiration for the Creative Showcase or Styling for Photography modules. You'll find a copy at both Richmond House and Summer Row Library.

Hello and Welcome...
Just to say a big 'hello' to all new Salon Business Management, Sports Therapy and Spa Management with Hospitality students starting at the College this week! If you haven't been to your Library induction yet, I might see you later this week. I'm based in Richmond House Library so if you need any help you know where to find me. Don't forget to check the blog for new information -or just to have a browse at past posts in the Blog Archive. There is also a Useful Web Links area that you might want to investigate

Hairdreams Live Demonstration Evening
Hairdreams® Hair Extentions are holding live demonstration evenings throughout the UK this Autumn and the Birmingham demonstration will be taking place on Thursday 29th October. To register for the event, see the Hairdreams website

London Fashion Week 2009
If you want to see the trends in fashion, hair and make up ( of particular interest for the SBM 'Creative Showcase' and 'Styling for Photography' modules) then the London Fashion Week site is well worth checking out. The Catwalk Reports include gallery, videos and 'extras' that have close-ups of make up and hairstyles.

Style in the City 2009

The Style in the City event, which is a city-wide fashion and beauty festival, is taking place 24-26 September in Birmingham City centre. You can watch designer catwalk shows, have beauty treatments, and shop for jewellery.A standard entry ticket costs £12.00 and for this you get: A Ticket to one designer catwalk show,access to all exclusive in-store events at participating retailers (by showing your SITC badge), a designer goodie bag, as designed by an up and coming Midlands-based designer,access to dedicated transport system taking you to Style in the City events across the city-centre and access to local hotel and bar discounts. See the event website for more details.

Leisure Industry Week
22 -24 September 2009

An event for everyone in the leisure industry is taking place this week at the NEC.

Leisure Industry Week includes The Sport Show, Pool and Spa and Health and Fitness. Highlights include live demos, education and conferences, as well as high profile industry speakers. See the event website for more details.

Full Text Sports Therapy Journal Articles

We currently have full text access to a new journal that you might find of interest. The journal is 'Shoulder and Elbow', available through Athens and the Wiley InterScience database. Shoulder and Elbow is devoted to the advancement of the science of diagnosis and management of shoulder and elbow disorders.

To access this journal, log on to the Wiley InterScience database, then click on the 'New Journals' box on the right of the homepage. Select the 'view home page' option by the selected title to see the articles available.