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Permanent Hair Removal for… Men?

Mar 4
2010

“If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.”
The words of Benjamin Franklin… so imagine what he would have said if he had known about permanent hair removal for men!  This would have been like buying the boy a Ferrari!

Well thankfully we have moved with the times, and in today’s modern and developed technological world, there have been advances that Benjamin Franklin could not have dreamed of!

Permanent hair removal and hair reduction for men is becoming a sure trend, and with evolvements such as laser and IPL men in today’s times are no longer shy by the thought of being trim and tidy, but in fact quite liberated to be hair free as well as care free!

DepiCool are noticing an increasing number of men opting for permanent hair removal. No longer is the trend across the Atlantic and solely sported by the likes of Beckham and Kutcher but instead is a widely accepted concept amongst most male’s of today: a new generation has arisen: The Metrosexual Man.

Not only have we noticed our core number of male clients expanding, but we too have noticed the number of male’s interested in the DepiCool franchise is also steadily on the increase, with more male entrepreneur’s and investors seeing the extensive possibilities that a franchise in permanent hair removal can offer them and their clients.

Author: Lauren Taylor: DepiCool UK



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DepiCool E-News Spring 2010

Feb 26
2010

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Welcome to the first edition of the DepiCool E-Newsletter!

Here at DepiCool we are keen to share our successes with you and keep you up to date with forthcoming developments in the DepiCool chain.  We would also like to use this opportunity to update you with any client offers which we feel may be of interest to you!

In this edition:

  • Update on the DepiCool thriving Franchise opportunity
  • News on the latest DepiCool store now open in London!


DepiCool at the London ExCel Franchise Show!

DepiCool Franchise ShowThe DepiCool team visited the London ExCel Franchise Show on the 12-13th February to showcase our unique franchise opportunity!

The day was a fantastic success allowing the team to interact with potential franchisee’s and further market and promote not only our booming franchise prospect, but also our unique £49 flat rate depilation services using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL).

The Franchise Show showcased many businesses and many different types of industries all offering potential franchisees and entrepreneurs new and exciting ways to work for themselves but not by themselves!
At DepiCool we believe that our opportunity not only offers franchisees entry into a booming multi-million pound industry but also provides the support, knowledge and expertise to help you develop your new, exciting and profitable business venture!

For more information on the depicool franchise opportunity please visit our website, or contact a member of the team who will be happy to supply you with more information.

You can also view our online photo album of pictures from the show!

DepiCool Kings Cross is now open!


We are delighted to announce the opening of our new store in London’s Kings Cross.  The store will open for business on Wednesday 3rd March 2010.

Our new DepiCool therapist Seval Bolat, will be on hand to offer clients advice, care and professionally administered IPL hair removal and permanent hair reduction treatment.

Even better, as a special opening offer: new clients can benefit from our unique £19 underarm offer! Offer applies to a client’s first treatment of IPL underarm treatment.  You can read more about the Kings Cross £19 Underarm Offer on our Kings Cross website page!

The Kings Cross store utilises the latest intense pulsed light technology in a clean, comfortable and welcoming environment.

Location:
DepiCool Kings Cross is located at 123 Kings Cross Road, London

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 11.30am – 8pm Two Saturdays per month: 10am – 3pm

To book an appointment click here

For more information and to keep up to date with all things DepiCool why not join us?

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Regards,

The DepiCool Team



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Welcome to our Kings Cross Therapist!

Feb 23
2010

The DepiCool team would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new therapist at Kings Cross: Seval Bolat.

Seval is an experienced IPL practitioner and Beauty Therapist, as well as possessing an (Fdsc) Degree in Beauty Therapy and Health Studies.

Seval will be working in our London Kings Cross store from the week commencing 1st March, so book an appointment online now for our London Kings Cross store or simply call the DepiCool contact centre on 020 3397 0084 where a member of the team will be happy to assist you.

Opening hours for DepiCool Kings Cross will be as follows:

Monday – Friday 11.30am – 8pm and

Two Saturday’s per month 10am – 3pm

DepiCool Kings Cross are offering all new clients the opportunity to benefit from our £19 underarm offer! For more details visit our Kings Cross website page.

Author: Lauren Taylor: DepiCool UK



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DepiCool Beauty Franchise

Feb 23
2010

DepiCool The Franchise ShowThe DepiCool team visited the London ExCel Franchise Show on the 12-13th February to showcase our unique franchise opportunity!

The day was a fantastic success allowing the team to interact with potential franchisee’s and further market and promote not only our booming franchise prospect, but also our unique £49 flat rate depilation services using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL).

To date DepiCool have 3 successful stores in the centre of London: Covent Garden, Liverpool Street and Kings Cross and we have now secured and are looking forward to opening a further three franchised stores in the UK’s capital: Croydon, South Kensington and Hammersmith.

The DepiCool franchise is going from strength to strength with a fantastic consumer flat rate of just £49 per area for treatment, and a realistic and exciting franchisee financial start up cost from just £7,500* it can also be the ideal franchise opportunity for you!

DepiCool offer all potential franchisees full support in launching the business, from market research and location demographic exploration, through to lease negotiation on premises and even interior design of your centre – we have it all covered!

With our proven track record and experience in the beauty industry, you could look to open your store and take home an expected operating profit of between £45-65,000 per annum.**

The Franchise Show showcased many businesses and many different types of industries all offering potential franchisees and entrepreneurs new and exciting ways to work for themselves but not by themselves!

At DepiCool we believe that our opportunity not only offers franchisees entry into a booming multi-million pound industry but also provides the support, knowledge and expertise to help you develop your new, exciting and profitable business venture!

For more information on the depicool franchise opportunity please visit our website, or contact a member of the team who will be happy to supply you with more information.

You can also view our online photo album of pictures from the show!

Author: Lauren Taylor: DepiCool UK


* Total investment £25,000.  £7,500 starting fee should you wish to finance the remaining cost of the franchise with our financial partners.  Finance is subject to individual circumstances, please contact Nat West Bank Franchise Sales to review your individual options; DepiCool are a listed franchise with Nat West.

**Figures based on our first UK store opening. Gross £130,000, with £65,000 net profit after premises costs etc.



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Covent Garden – New Therapist!

Feb 22
2010

The DepiCool team would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new therapist at Covent Garden: Serife Besen who is an experienced IPL practitioner and Beauty Therapist.  Serife is very much looking forward to joining the DepiCool team and will be joining us from Monday 1st March 2010.

May we also take this opportunity to say goodbye to our current practitioner: Kate, who will be commencing her maternity leave shortly. We would like wish Kate the best of luck as a new mum!  Kate leaves the DepiCool team at the end of February.

Opening hours for DepiCool Covent Garden will be as follows:

Monday – Friday 11.30am – 8pm and

Two Saturday’s per month 10am – 3pm

Should you wish to book an appointment for our London Covent Garden store, please contact us or telephone 020 3397 0084 where a member of the team will be happy to assist you!

Author: Lauren Taylor: DepiCool UK



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DepiCool Kings Cross Now Open!

Feb 22
2010

DepiCool Kings CrossWe are delighted to announce the opening of our new store in London’s Kings Cross.  The store will open for business on Wednesday 3rd March 2010.

Our new DepiCool therapist Seval Bolat, will be on hand to offer clients advice, care and professionally administered IPL hair removal and permanent hair reduction treatment.

Even better, as a special opening offer: new clients can benefit from our unique £19 underarm offer! Offer applies to a client´s first treatment of IPL underarm treatment.  You can read more about the Kings Cross £19 Underarm Offer on our Kings Cross page!

The Kings Cross store utilises the latest intense pulsed light technology in a clean, comfortable and welcoming environment.

Location:
DepiCool Kings Cross is located at 123 Kings Cross Road, London

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 11.30am – 8pm

Two Saturdays per month: 10am – 3pm

To book an appointment click here


Author: Lauren Taylor: DepiCool UK



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Men Hair Removal

Jan 27
2010

The nineties and the “naughties” have seen the liberation of both sexes when it comes to all things beautiful, including permanent male hair removal!

Women have begun to take their health AND beauty more seriously by the minute and this trend has even begun to rub off on the male of the species.

We have noticed a trend at DepiCool for an ever growing number of men seeking hair removal, and that now it is not just women who are keen to ensure their body is neat and tidy, but also men! There are many reasons why men opt for permanent hair removal.

The Metrosexual male is an icon of the twenty-first century, and in today’s society it is widely accepted that men, both heterosexual as well as homosexual, can look after their appearance and not feel ashamed but instead liberated!

With style icons such as Beckham leading the way in metrosexualism, the world has taken a new form! Here at DepiCool we are metrosexual friendly, and welcome you to any of our centre’s across London and soon other large cities in the UK to have male hair removal. unshaved man with razor

Hairy backs, shoulders and rampant mankini lines are all popular targets. With our collection of fully qualified and trained practitioners, we are happy to discuss with you any questions you may have and ensure that you are completely comfortable with your plan of treatment.  We even offer you a free “patch test” at your desired centre which you can simply and easily book online.

So, to join the realms of hundreds of liberated, hair free, confident and forward thinking males of the naughties, we invite you to contact us!

Author: Lauren Taylor, DepiCool UK



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DepiCool are on Twibs!

Jan 27
2010

TWIBS“Twibs” is social networking site with one purpose: To give twitter users a place to find businesses on twitter.

Here at DepiCool we are keen to hear from our followers and interact with you to see how we can better our services and overall experience for you: our clients!

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us on twibs and also remind you of the other forms of social media we are part of:  Facebook Group: “DepiCool Permanent Hair Removal” – Twitter at www.twitter.com/DepiCoolUK or check out our FriendFeed Profile!

Thanks! We look forward to receiving your questions and comments!

The DepiCool team



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DepiCool visit us at The Franchise Show – London!

Jan 13
2010

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Friday 12th February – Saturday 13th February sees the arrival of the London Franchise Show!  Exhibitors will be attending in all trades, but most importantly the DepiCool team will be there to offer support and guidance in person to explain how YOU can be part of the DepiCool team and open your own DepiCool centre.

The team will be explaining the benefits of choosing us and also the opportunity that the DepiCool franchise can provide, by filling the niche in today’s health and beauty market from assessing the current market conditions.

Franchising is a tried and tested way of working for yourself, but not by yourself, and with DepiCool we provide you with the support, expertise and guidance that any novice or experienced franchisee would find invaluable. We have several years’ worth of experience in running IPL centres, which has allowed us to create a business opportunity that enables our franchisees to quickly and professionally put successful DepiCool centre into operation. Want more reasons why to choose us? We have them all lined up…

If you are seeking market or demographic research on a location for your store, if you need help viewing premises or selecting a suitable property, if you like a personal and tailored service where you will reap profit – then DepiCool is the Franchise for you! For more information on our “Franchise Support” click here

We invite you to come and meet the team and see for yourself at London’s ExCel this February, tickets are FREE and you can apply directly online
You will also have the opportunity to attend dozens of free seminars designed for potential franchisees, providing the knowledge for all you need to know about the franchise industry, in just one day.

DepiCool will be located on stand number 414, near the International Lounge.

We look forward to seeing you there! And having the opportunity to tell you more about our exciting franchise opportunity!

For more information about the DepiCool franchise please click here

See you in February!

Author: Lauren Taylor DepiCool



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The differences between Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Treatment & Laser

Dec 21
2009

With one click on an Internet search engine for ´´laser and IPL´´ you can have approximately 1,120,000 results in under half a second.  The other thing I find quite concerning is the fact that some of these results are for what appear to be prestigious clinics offering their services for “IPL Laser Hair Removal”.

Quite clearly to the uninformed consumer these services look like appealing methods of hair reduction.  It was in 1997 IPL was officially approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) as a valid and safe technology for permanent hair reduction and in spite of common belief – Laser treatment and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) are in fact quite different.

If a clinic cannot recognise this one clearly defined difference, it does make me question what position they are to be treating me and giving clearly informed advice both pre and post treatment.

At DepiCool we pride ourselves on specialising in effective “IPL” permanent removal hair reduction, you will not find us advertising our services as anything else and we are fans of clear, concise information with no hidden costs. One thing is certain – we definitely know the difference between laser and IPL.

One of the key differences is the absorption of light by hair and skin; this is dependent on the wavelength (colour) of the light. IPL uses a much broader spectrum of light than laser. Thus IPL is suitable for a wider range of hair colours and skin types than laser. The broad spectrum of IPL light also results in the light penetrating skin across a wider range of depths resulting in a greater number of hair follicles being treated.

Aside of the technical differences, there are also some other noticeable differences, and some good reasons why you should not confuse laser and IPL.

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How painful is the treatment? Clients´ pain thresholds are individual; some report a stinging like being flicked with an elastic band whilst others say it is like a strong pinching affect. The darker the hair can mean it hurts more, but it is more effective. DepiCool clients report that IPL treatment is in fact less uncomfortable than laser.  Often associating the feeling to a very light ´pinching´ effect.
Can it treat dark skin types? Laser treatment is recommended to treat skin types I –IV (1-4) IPL can treat skin types I – V (1-5). So in fact one skin type more than recommended for laser, making it open to more clients. For more information visit our blog “IPL and darker skin Phototypes”
Long term Results? IPL and laser both offer permanent hair reduction. IPL is also considered the most cost efficient of the two treatments, although to maximise the effect of your treatment we do stipulate you respect the recommended time frame between your appointments. Your practitioner can discuss this more for your individual needs.
How long does each treatment take? Lasers cover a small surface area compared to IPL, so therefore taking longer time to apply treatment to any given area and the longer time a client will be waiting for treatment to be completed. Generally IPL treatment “heads” are up to 8 times larger than the small spot produced by lasers and therefore treatments are much quicker.
Can it damage my skin? IPL causes less damage to the surrounding skin than lasers and, therefore, the risk of skin pigmentation / depigmentation is much lower.


If you would like more information on the services we offer please contact a member of the team!

Author: Lauren Taylor DepiCool



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