Consumer safety at saloons – A challenge
The grooming-and-beauty-care industry is finally having a greater say in what goes into the products salon workers use every day in salons and other personal-grooming shops nationwide. This after the Cosmetic Safety Amendments Act of 2012 (H.R. 4395), introduced by Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ), gained more traction not just in Congress but in the industry itself, particularly among the salon professionals with a professional cosmetology license or have cosmetology CE (continuing education) credentials.
“Everyone agrees that we need to update the regulation of personal care products,” noted Rep. Lance in an interview with salontoday.com. “This bill will continue to advance consumer safety and provide a regulatory framework that furthers growth and innovation for American cosmetics manufacturers and small businesses.”
“The Cosmetics Safety Amendments Act of 2012 provides the needed improvements to the current laws regarding cosmetics and personal care products, without placing an undue burden on business or compromising safety,” explained Myra Irizarry, the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) director of government affairs,. “Consumers, manufacturers, distributors and government can in fact work together and PBA, along with our industry partners, are supportive of H.R. 4395.”
PBA believes H.R. 4395 provides the necessary balance between the commercial goals of manufacturers and the needs of the industry on one count, and the offerings of the industry and the needs of consumers on another count. According to the PBA, H.R. 4395 also gives the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) a more influential role in evaluating the safety of personal-care products.
Meanwhile, reprising the old battle cry in glam world, master hairstylist Damien Carney of the Drab-to-Fab fame, threw down a challenge to all would-be upstylists to showcase their styling skills on video for a chance to jet off to Hollywood and cross snippers in the Drab to Fab episode with Carney himself.
Applicants to Joico’s Head-to-Head Challenge, as the contest is called, are required to submit a short video (a minimum of 30 seconds, a maximum of 120 seconds) showing their updo. Contest organizers stated that any camera, including that of an iPhone or an iPad, can be used as long as the video format created complies with YouTube guidelines. The video must be uploaded to the Drab to Fab Head to Head Facebook portal by midnight of July 15, 2012.
Carney and his team of experts will evaluate all entries and shortlist five finalists. The shortlisted videos will be posted online for online voting, which kicks off on July 19, 2012 and ends on August 2, 2012. The voting is open to the public, not just to stylists and consumers.
One lucky winner will be chosen for the junket to Hollywood and dinner with Carney and the Joico team. Also in the winner’s grab bag are a year’s supply of Joico products and guest appearance in a Drab to Fab episode.
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