President’s Message

Welcome to this issue of the CIDESCO LINK magazine, our graduate special issue. With great pleasure I will take you through some of the articles we have covered. There is so much going on and so much to tell you about. In January this year there was the announcement of the CIDESCO Global Award winners. Entrants came from all over the world and in different categories including Nails, Massage, Beauty Therapy, Make-up, Spa, Beauty and Spa management. All the candidates were judged by well-known judges from the industry and we congratulate all the winners and thank everyone for taking part.

We are pleased to inform you of a new CIDESCO partnership with Charlotte Tilbury, the well-known make-up, skincare and beauty brand. Charlotte Tilbury is more than 28 years an icon in make-up and is famous for the “flawless skin”. You can read the full story in this LINK magazine.

Another feature to enjoy reading in this issue are the many Graduate stories from CIDESCO graduates. It is interesting to read their reasons for choosing a CIDESCO education, where they are now on their career journeys and what they are looking forward to in the future.

“The New CIDESCO Career Guide” is a guide to a career in Beauty and Spa Therapy. It gives you a good overview of: choosing a career as Beauty and Spa therapist, qualifications, opportunities and career options. We hope it will help you in your career. In March CIDESCO was at Professional Beauty in London in the UK for the second year running. Our CIDESCO schools meeting with speakers like Julie Bach, Neil Orvay, Jacqueline Kennedy and Mary O’Donogue and Gerard Gordon were a great success. During this meeting they had a chance to introduce CIDESCO Accredited CPD courses to new schools.

CIDESCO also had a booth at the Show where visitors could collect all kinds of information about our qualifications or speak to a member of our team.

I hope you enjoy reading this issue of CIDESCO LINK magazine!

Best wishes,

Karin Lupgens President