Careers in Hair and Beauty Studies FROM ANCIENT CULTURES TO SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Do you have a passion for fashion? Could you make someone look ten years younger? If so, Hair and Beauty studies may be for you!
There are many career opportunities in the Hair & Beauty sector, and here are just a few of them:
Armed Forces Barber Nail Technician
Spa Therapist African Caribbean Hairdresser Salon Trainee Sales & Marketing Executive
Develop your skills for the Hair & Beauty Industry Learn:
The UK Hair and Beauty sector is growing rapidly and offers great job opportunities if you want to be part of it. Spa tourism in England alone is worth £1.4 billion a year! So you could find yourself managing a spa, styling celebrities and models for magazine photo shoots or even using your skills to help people recover from disfiguring surgery, illness or accidents. To work in the hair and beauty sector you’ll need great people skills and have lots of stamina. Most importantly, you’ll need to be excited and enthusiastic about your job!
Explore how ancient cultures influence today’s style trends. Investigate the science and technology behind hair and beauty product design and manufacture. Develop your creativity and come up with new looks and products!
A Dainty Doll who went back to school...
Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts took up the challenge of creating her own foundation range for girls with fair skin like herself. Nicola went back to college to study beauty, to the learn the basics about skin and make up.
She met with directors from the cosmetics company Jelly Pong Pong to create her Dainty Doll make up range, which is now available to buy from:
www.asos.com
l How an individual’s personality or culture can be expressed through their appearance.
l The importance of nutrition for the care of hair, skin and nails.
l What affects consumer spending.
l Cultural issues involved in working in the hair & beauty sector.
l Science, technology, anatomy and physiology involved in the beauty sector.
l Business management and marketing for the sector.
Example career pathway: Hairdresser
n Trainee hairdressers usually start on the National Minimum Wage which varies depending on age.
n Fully trained hairdressers can earn up to £20,000 a year.
n At the top, hairdressers can earn £30,000 or more, depending on employer and/or location.
Hairdresser at Toni & Guy, Westfield Stratford City
Advanced Apprenticeship in Hairdressing Working at Toni & Guy
Studying an NVQ L3 in Hairdressing
NVQ L2 in Hairdressing City & Guilds Award L2 in Make Up at NCFE
Newham Borough-wide Hair & Beauty Course Volunteers to do make up and hair styling at NewVIc’s annual fashion show
WHAT NEXT ... UNI? l Foundation Degree in Beauty Therapy and Health Studies – University of the Arts London
In partnership with the University of Arts London, professional make up artist Sam Walker, showed Newham students how to create the horror effects seen in films such as Twilight, check out this vampire look…
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l Foundation Degree in Salon and Spa Management – Havering College of FE and HE
l BSc (Hons) Complementary Therapy
– University of East London (UEL)
l BSc (Hons) Cosmetic Science – London Metropolitan University
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WANT TO KNOW MORE? For more info on Hair & Beauty careers go to:
www.habia.org Electrologist Make-up Artist
Skin Care Consultant Cosmetic scientist
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