aclJohn's Hair & Beauty Finds

iVillage's Beauty & Style 'Makeover' allows visitors to...

• Upload their own photo;
• Apply makeup & hairstyles; and
• Save it and share with friends.

This could provide a useful tool for Hair & Beauty Learners and/or practitioners. 

Visit http://www.ivillage.com/makeover to try it out and or to find out what else is on the website.

Note: - to upload a photograph visitors will have to sign up. 

NZhairdressers may well be of interest to both learners and practitioners alike; it is a New Zealand based Social Network for Hairdressers that has sections  on...

• Latest News;
• Fashion Headlines;
• Salon Marketing;
• Hair Care Advice;
• Hairstyle;
• Bridal;
• Celebrity Hairstyles;

...and more.

In the Hairstyle Gallery there are currently 100+ video clips and links to 'Virtual Hairstyle'

New site is nearly ready. Take a look at Mimas Service's new website. They'd love to hear your thoughts about it...

• How does it look?
  
• Is it easy to find your way around?
  
• drop them an email with your thoughts.
  

Be aware that if you already link to resources within the Hairdressing Training website, your links may be broken when the new website goes live. Please email their helpdesk as soon as possible if you believe this will cause you substantial problems.

Visit http://hairdressing1....

Communication is essential on all training courses and getting to grips with technical terms and their meanings can be a major hurdle.

Make-Up USA's website provides a useful resource for 'hair and beauty' learners; in the skincare FAQ's, Vocabulary & Product Ingredients section learners can look up new words and check to find a definition for them.

They can also click, when on the website, on the words to the left of the screen and they will find images of the kinds of products included ...

Michelle Phan has currently 85 Video clips on her YouTube channel that include...

• DIY Beauty - 12 videos - Easy, Do It Yourself home made projects for your everyday beauty needs!
• On The Go Reviews - 6 videos - Live filming where Michelle reviews and recommends beauty products on the spot and
• Makeup Tutorials - 32 videos - easy step by step guides on how to achieve certain looks...

Ideal resources for discussion and/or for learners to view before making their own video clips, along similar li...

A new batch of hairdressing resources are now freely available online. These are high quality videos that demonstrate popular hairdressing techniques, such as...

• cutting,
• straightening, and
• also cover areas such as client consultation and health and safety.

If your organization delivers hairdressing training, and have a virtual learning environment, links to these resources can be easily es...

This site was designed by Heikki Paulaharju, a Senior Designer at JABA Multimedia Design in Australia

VS Sassoon is a nice example of eLearning as a commercial solution for hairdressers/learners who want to know how they can improve their skills.

• Click on the “Hair styling wizard” icon, underneath the VS Sassoon logo or the text in the menu.
• A wizard opens which users can work through, selecting appropriate elements
• When complete a video is provided with instructions and proposed tools...

Daily Makeover is a virtual makeover site combined with information on...

• hairstyles,
• makeup,
• fashion etc.

via...

• articles,
• blogs and
• other sources.

Similar to Taaz, that I've written about before, Daily Makeover has an online virtual makeover tool. It is called Makeover Studio < http://www.dailymakeover.com/makeover/virtualMakeover>.

• Click on “start your makeover”,
• upload photos and
• apply a variety of effects using makeup materials from different beauty brands.

The choice of......