They have a variety of beauty and cosmetic products in here. If you are looking for an inexpensive…read morecurling iron or just a curling iron period for your hair, then I would suggest to head right over to Tigota'. Customer service is friendly professional and they even speak English, which can be very helpful when your Italian is not the best or non existent. You should see a chain of these stores located in Bologna, so no worries.

Cosmoprof Worldwide (Bologna) is the world's largest beauty exhibition. The event is truly…read moreinternational with companies and visitors coming from across the globe. Online tickets are considerably cheaper than tickets at entrance, better buy them on the website. You can also get a free invitation by one of the exhibitors. You need at least a couple of days for this event, it's really huge (it's a 4 day event). They also offer events, workshops and conferences, check them out when planning your visit. There's another event devoted to cosmetic packaging (Cosmopack) at the same location, it opens one day before the main event. It's common sense but do yourself a favor and download the list of exhibitors in advance to plan whom to talk to. Sure you will stumble on something exciting and unplanned too while there Cosmoprof wouldn't be Cosmoprof without its transport problems and every evening ritual of trying to get a taxi or get on a bus. The buses are jam-packed with make-up artists, hair stylists, estheticians and other beauty pros - keep calm and consider it another team-building/networking event :) All in all, this is the cosmetic mecca! I'm a regular visitor and I recommend it to the beauty industry professionals no matter where your business is located

Great customer service, did a great job of explaining all the different products and helping me…read morefind the right one for myself. Also made the VAT refund process seamless. Highly recommended.