Hello to everyone out there in cyberspace! Thanks for stopping by (or randomly stumbling across) Health & Beauty Salon's new blog. That's a web log to you and me -- a selection (and hopefully regularly updated array) of comments and opinions from the editorial team.

I'm Annette Hanford, news and features editor, here on the magazine. New to blogging (-- see, i'm picking up the lingo already), I aim to post my thoughts on some of the issues surrounding the professional (-- and perhaps even the consumer) beauty industry, along with giving you "hot-off-the-press" info before it's published in the magazine.

Hopefully, you'll find the posts interesting and varied -- alternatively, you may totally disagree or want to voice your own opinions. That's fine -- and actively encouraged, as I want this site to become a place for those working in the industry to source information as well as have a say.

As you're reading this, my first post has been successful (-- and you're probably clued-up on all things web-related), so bookmark this site, keep checking for regular updates and let me know what you think.

Annette