Scissors Sisters & Manic Panics. Ellie Phillips

      

      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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       About the Publisher

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       Manic Panic

      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