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Hair & Beauty

• SALON MANAGER • HAIRSTYLIST • HOLISTIC THERAPIST • SELF-EMPLOYMENT • BEAUTY THERAPIST • NAIL TECHNICIAN • IMAGE CONSULTANT • FASHION & PHOTOGRAPHIC MAKE UP

Have you got the touch? Customer care skills and creativity will take you a long way in this expanding industry. Own your own business, work in local and international salons or travel and work in health clubs, hotels or on cruise liners.

Thanks to our experienced staff, Boston College has long been associated with high-quality training of Hair and Beauty professionals. Excellent facilities support the training needs of hundreds of people every year: the department boasts three specialist hairdressing salons, three fully equipped beauty rooms, a wet room and a large reception area, all open to the public.

For those specialising in Hairdressing, practical skills and techniques covered will include: cutting, colouring, perming, dressing long hair, temporary hair setting and team building, alongside reception skills. Beauty Therapy involves a wide range of skills including manicure, pedicure, skincare, massage, holistic therapies, use of electrical equipment and make-up. There are regular, friendly competitions, giving you the opportunity to experiment with new styles and techniques. All the courses include study of background theory and business skills.

From Strength to Strength

When it comes to teaching, our staff are still very much working in the real world, and updating their skills all the time. Tutors come from a variety of industry backgrounds; from Hairdressing Salon owners, to Beauty Therapists with cruise-liner experience. They all strive to keep up to date with new techniques and technology by taking part in training and continuing professional development.

Success

Hairdressing and Beauty students achieve great success at Boston College, with achievement rates being above national benchmarks. Students also have the opportunity to undertake work experience and have a selection test with large employers such as Steiner cruise lines and Ragdale Hall Health Spa.

Sasha always knew she wanted to study Beauty Therapy and after finishing her GCSE’s at John Spendluff Technology College in Alford.

Sasha worked her way up through the Salon Services Introductory course to the NVQ in Beauty Therapy Level 3. Having made lots of friends and spent almost 4 years at the College she will be sad to leave us this year. But at 19, Sasha is on to bigger and better things. Having already opened her first salon in Spilsby, which currently she opens 3 days a week, due to her College commitments, she hopes to open another shop this year.

With the continued support of her College tutors, who have been able to advise and offer guidance from their own experience as Salon Owner’s, and the abundance of professionally qualified friends she can now recruit from her time at the College, we are sure Sasha will go from strength to strength.
 

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