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With Ruby Wax on stage in her show, Losing It, Zara Baker looks at why we should talk about depression

Ruby Wax has spoken openly about her battle with depression. The popular comedian has been on our radar for years, yet it is only recently the star has talked openly about her illness. And who would have thought that Ruby, an excitable, assertive and sharp witted woman, would have been battling with this illness since childhood? With depression affecting one in four of us, depression is more common than you think.
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Zara Baker finds a hub for newly qualified stylists and excellent value for customers at the newly opened Pod in Kemp Town

Pod is the brain child of Jonathan Harries from the North Laine’s Shine salon. Taking a concept similar to Jamie Oliver’s London restaurant, Fifteen, Jonathan has created Pod to offer newly qualified hairdressers the chance to develop their skills.

Pod – Professional Ongoing Development – is a ‘place of development’. Jonathan’s Shine salon in Gloucester Road is an established haven with a loyal clientele and the partnership with a great ethical beauty brand, Aveda. Opening Pod has let Jonathan expand to another part of the city (in a convenient location off St James’s Street). The new salon opens doors to stylists who may otherwise spend a few years ‘climbing the ladder’, working under professional stylists and often just washing hair or offering drinks to clients. By giving the newly qualified stylists their own environment, they can develop and experience every day life as a hairdresser in their own, busy working salon.
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Kirsty Taylor from Uniquely Organic EcoSpa, Hove

New chakra-based treatments
And now for something completely different. We at Uniquely Organic EcoSpa have launched Chakrosanct, a selection of seven special holistic treatments and seven sumptuous certified organic chakra therapy oils, blended to harmonise with the seven chakras (etheric energy centres) of the body.

Intrigued by eastern teaching of there being seven major chakras located on a line from the base of the spine to the top of the head which need to be open and balanced to achieve full consciousness and optimum health, the seed of an idea has been growing inside me.

Could my passion for both organic lifestyle and holistic healing somehow be combined with my growing knowledge of chakras to develop an original treatment system, focused on the opening and balancing of these energy centres?
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Following their recent win in the L’Oreal Colour Trophy Award (Southern Regional Winners) Haircult in Brighton is offering readers the chance to win a fantastic cut and colour package worth £100, plus gorgeous products from the Davines range for runners-up. It’s the ideal way to see in the new season in style…

First prize – A complimentary colour and cut package worth £100 including:
• In-depth styling and condition consultation
• Half head of highlights or permanent colour
• High quality cut and polished finish
• A unique Shiatsu head massage
• A tailored conditioning and rejuvenating hair treatment
 
Runner-up prize: Davines Essential Haircare products – shampoo and conditioner tailored to your specific hair type (www.davines.com)

For the chance to win, just tell us:
What was the name of Disney’s 50th animated film featuring Rapunzel?

Haircult, 35 North Road, Brighton, BN11YB, 01273 688311, www.haircultuk.co.uk

Email your answer to competitions@thelatest.co.uk with ‘Haircult’ in the subject box and the answer to your question in the body of the email. Don’t forget to leave your name and contact details. T&C: This prize may only be redeemed Tuesday to Thursdays, 9.30am–5pm. Closing date for entries:
26 September 2011.