Hair and Beauty
Over 200,000 people work in hair and beauty across the UK. You’ll find them in nail bars, spas, salons, barbers and specialist establishments.
Some of the careers available in the industry are ones you’d expect. They might include working in a hairdressing salon as a stylist, for example, or in a barber’s shop shaping and trimming facial hair as well as cutting hair. Within those locations there are other roles, too – you might specialise in colouring hair, putting in extensions or even managing the salon.
Similarly, you could be shaping, polishing and decorating nails in a nail bar, or offering a range of services in a spa. They might include massages and therapies, hand and feet treatments or body waxing. Alternatively, you might focus on facial treatments or makeup, or spray tanning.
As well as these roles there are more specialist areas where you can use your skills. For example, some makeup artists go on to work in the fashion industry, helping models prepare for photo-shoots or catwalk shows; or they can be found in film, TV and theatre, giving performers the right look.
Eco Hair and Beauty
Eco Hair and Beauty have developed an online ‘salon’ and is for hairdressers and trainees to explore. By clicking on different areas of the salon you will learn about eco-friendly/sustainable techniques and products. You will learn how to save time, water, energy and your money! Over 500 trainee stylists have completed the virtual salon training programme and received sustainable stylist certificates since we launched it in Oct 2016.
It will take you between 20 and 60 minutes to complete, and if you need to quit you can log back in later to resume from where you were. Click on the button below to start the course:
Eco Hair and BeautyiCould
As part of the Education and Employers charity, the icould.com platform helps draw links between school subjects and jobs. It encourages you to discover opportunities you may not have known about before. It shows what is possible in the world of work. The site features over 1000 videos of real people talking about their careers – explaining their job role, career path and how different factors have shaped their choices. Click on the link below to look at the 23 Hair and Beauty videos:
Hair and Beauty