
Premiere Orlando 2026 Sets New Benchmark for Beauty Education and Engagement
Premiere Orlando 2026 welcomed more than 54,500 visits from beauty professionals and students.
Demonstrate your dedication to providing safe services in the salon, spa or barbershop by becoming BARBICIDE® Certified.

BlueCo Brands, also known as King Research Inc., is a classic collection of many iconic vintage beauty and barber brands like BARBICIDE, Lucky Tiger, Triple Lanolin, CLIPPERCIDE, Ship Shape and Dy-Zoff.
BARBICIDE, the company’s largest brand and a leader in its category, was launched in 1947 in New York and has represented the industry standard for safe services in salons and barbershops for more than half a century. Professionals have used the vibrant blue BARBICIDE to protect themselves and their clients over the years.
As a partner in the beauty industry, Barbicide is committed to educating beauty industry professionals to ensure they are providing a safe service. They offer free certification after completion of a free course, with a printable certificate to display in your salon space.
Completing this free course takes less than an hour earning you a portfolio-ready certificate showing your dedication to infection control in salons, spas, and barbershops. After you pass the course, you will have the option to instantly print your portfolio-ready certificate with your name on it.

"BARBICIDE® kills the Human Coronavirus, " explains the President of King Research, the makers of BARBICIDE, Alan Murphy. "Third-party independent labs have completed the test and these lab reports can be seen here. We have received documentation from the EPA that BARBICIDE® is approved for efficacy against Human Coronavirus, including COVID-19. While no company has been able to receive actual COVID-19 samples and put them through the rigorous testing required, the EPA considers efficacy against Human Coronavirus to include COVID-19."
MORE INFORMATION can be found here: https://barbicide.com/covid-19/
Originally posted on Modern Salon

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