Scissors Sisters & Manic Panics. Ellie Phillips
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First published in Great Britain in 2013
by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK Limited
The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN
Text copyright © 2013 Ellie Phillips
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
ISBN 978 1 4052 5820 3
eISBN 978 1 7803 1329 0
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EGMONT
Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment.
The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.
One for the girls: Bette, Jo, Tilly & Gail, and
‘The Writing Ladies of the Royal Festival Hall’
Contents
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It is essential for the hairdresser (or barber) to have a part-time apprenticeship, at least one day a week, in a registered salon.
Guideline 1: Thames Gateway Junior Apprentice Hairdresser (or Barber) of the Year Award
I was having a bad hair day when this whole thing started.
Up until that point everything had been pretty peachy. I mean, I’d been feeling like my life was totally sorted for once: I had a cool boyfriend, I had a dad-type figure in my life who actually listened to me and I was following my ambition to be a greatass hairdresser. Unfortunately this last bit meant working every Saturday in my Aunt Lilah’s