SALON & SPAS
Nail & beauty apprenticeships: salons share benefits, their experiences & advice
In a recent poll on Scratch’s Instagram, almost 80% of respondents shared that they’re considering taking on apprentices. Here, two UK salons share how they’ve reaped the rewards of the apprenticeship process.. Nailspa, West Yorkshire “As a business owner, I believe that when it comes to employees, you cannot beat…
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Get inspired: Nail pro, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her journey to dominating the nail industry
Natural nail specialist, OPI educator, salon manager & multi-award winner, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her career story and how she balances various industry roles… Tell us about your journey into the nail industry… While I was at school, I worked at my mum’s nail salon, Nailspa in Huddersfield, on Saturdays, assisting…
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Scotland home salon: the pro offering a one-stop shop for nails, hair & beauty services
Emma Saunderson, the owner of Angus-based salon, GlamEm, has made a name for herself as a versatile beauty professional, offering an impressive range of beauty treatments from her home salon. Having trained as a nail technician in 2019 with Young Nails, Emma initially worked on a mobile basis. Though as…
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Established in 2016 by Kelly Crawley, Kelly’s Beauty Box outgrew its roots as a home salon and expanded into a new premises in May 2021. “Opening our new premises has been very exciting for us. Our aim is to provide the most relaxing and friendly service to all our clients…
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Qualifying as a nail technician during the lockdown of 2020 around the same time as having her baby, Rachael Dorrity was initially unable to build a clientele. “Since restrictions have been relaxed, I decided to just go for it and start my nail journey. I’m so excited to see what…
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Aged 32, Lisa Sheehan decided to go back to college in the evenings to study for her level 2 and 3 qualifications in beauty theraoy, after working in childcare for 14 years. “I loved the idea of making people feel good about themselves and being able to pamper others, and…
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Selling her share of her previous salon to set up her own, Marie McFarlane and her husband fully converted a ground floor one bedroom flat into Kulture. “I was inspired to open my own salon as I have recently qualified in teaching, so will be running Kulture School of Beauty…
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Juanita Huber-Millet, founder and creative director of Townhouse, never knew that she would go into nails as a child. “My background is a little eclectic – I grew up wanting to do nothing other than dance and I spent my teenage years in ballet school, training every minute I could…
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Stacey Cox worked in banking for 15 years, but was seeking more flexibility around her family. The lockdown gave Stacey the push she needed to start her new nail business. “My studio was built in November, and we opened May,” she explains. “My husband Mark played a big role in…
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