CONVERSATIONS WITH LUCINDA ELLERY Lucinda, it seems to have been a busy few months for the Lucinda Ellery Consultancy. What has been the highlight for you over the last quarter? I have to say that I am so excited to announce that we have secured our Lucinda Ellery NYC location, it is getting done up as we speak and all should be ready within the next few months. It looks amazing, a cool, trendy, NYC warehouse style space which I am so excited to go and style up in the Lucinda Ellery way. It has been such a dream for me and my team to be able to expand our services across the pond and this new addition is one of our most exciting ventures yet. At this moment in time we are focused on hiring and training our NYC team who will be on hand to give our fabulous clients the 5* LE experience something we would love to hear your feedback on once we are up and running. We will be offering all the same services as in our other locations including, new Intralace applications, adjustments, realignments, washes, styling and extensions. I really hope our clients will drop by when in this amazing city and let us know what they think. Wow. That is great news. I heard you held your annual TTM evening in London in May, how did this go and is This an event that will transpire across to the States? The TTM events we hold are always a joy and it just fills me with such happiness when I see the girls sharing their stories, experiences and making new friends in which they find support. This year we had the privilege of some amazing and inspiring guest speakers including Debbie Moore (OBE) of Pineapple Dance Studios, Karen Hayns (life coach and a pull free LE client now for 4 years) and Flo, a lady dear to my heart. Flo has been pull free for over 10 years and still comes to see me for her luscious blonde extensions and she is a constant reminder to us all that you can www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk and www.lucindaellery-hairloss.com

indeed live, thrive and survive with TTM. The theme of the event was cocktails and cupcakes but I also made my famous tropical punch which certainly helped loss of inhibitions and got the conversations in full flow. The purpose of these events is to shine a light on TTM and remind our ladies experiencing it that there is support out there for them. Lucinda Ellery has worked in conjunction with TLC (Trichotillomania Leaing Centre) for many years and in our own ways we contribute to their vision which is to get TTM into the main stream whether that be with doctors, NHS or even within families. Taking these events to the States is a MUST. I am aware that the Los Angeles studio is currently organising their first TTM event and NYC will follow suit once up and running. If you are interested in hearing about our upcoming TTM events please register your interest with erin@lucindaellery.com believe me we have a lot of fun, here are some pictures of the London event. www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk and www.lucindaellery-hairloss.com

Well I can’t express in words my admiration and love for the work of Professor Jon Grant and that of the TLC organisation. People who care and who are working to give a voice to those trying to make sense and seek help for their compulsive behaviour. I will be meeting with Jon when he is back over in the UK to do some one to one interviews on the condition, rationale, reasoning and aids. I am very excited to get that particular project underway which I will of course share with you all once completed. I am also just starting to pen the book I am writing about TTM, this book follows those clients of mine that have experienced TTM within their lives and also extends its insight into the lives of their families and friends with a special section regarding how parents deal with this. If you are a parent reading this with a child managing TTM please do get in touch with us at erin@lucindaellery.com we would love to hear your story. Of course all information such as names or specifics will be treated as confidential but please do get in touch to get your story heard. Coupled with all of the above is the TLC ‘Inteational no pull week’, this is held in October and at Lucinda Ellery we see this week as an opportunity to really push to shine a light on this condition so we will be sure to be busy within that specific week, to find out more please visit http://www.trich.org/     www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk and www.lucindaellery-hairloss.com