Hair and Beauty Careers Guide

About Hair And Beauty Careers

Are you visually creative? Then you’ll know it takes time and skill to get a look just right. Take your talent to the next level with training and qualifications to make your career prospects look as good as your hair and makeup.

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With time and experience you could progress into management, focus on specialist skills (like beauty therapy or cosmetic special effects) or start your own beauty business.

Hair And Beauty Career Guides

Get into hairdressing, hairstyling and beauty careers with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!

Get Into Hair And Beauty Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers

These employers and organisations are here to help. They care about your potential and desire to learn, not just your qualifications and experience. They may be able to offer traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate schemes, first jobs, careers advice, wellbeing support and much more.

How Much Can You Earn With Hair And Beauty Careers?

These LMI Job Trends give you a sneak peek of how much you could earn starting out for certain jobs, and how much your salary could grow with experience.

List of Hair And Beauty Careers

Here's a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!

Hair and Beauty Career Tips & Opportunities

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Career Resources

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