Digi-guide - Hair and Beauty

Beauty and Spa

In beauty, it’s your job to leave people looking good and feeling great. As the industry is so vast, you could also use your talents in more specialist areas including make-up for fashion, film and theatre, cosmetic treatments in hospitals or clinics, or even branch out into alternative therapies.

At West Notts, beauty and spa students train in our commercial salon and spa, Revive, and learn up-to-date techniques and treatments using the latest products. You’ll gain business and enterprise skills, communication skills, build up a client base and get ready for employment.

Beauty students practice on one another to ready themselves for working with real clients in the salon environment.

Spa therapy students work on real clients to perfect their practical skills.

A range of massage techniques are studied on the beauty therapy courses to best-prepare our spa therapists for industry.

Manual and electrical facial techniques are studied, using well-known products that students will use in the beauty industry.

Tutors who have worked in salons and spas are on hand to pass on their valuable experience and techniques to learners.

Students have the opportunity to work with clients in a real commercial setting at the college’s salon and spa.

Innovative, new therapies are learnt at Revive, including dry floatation body treatments and Rasul mud wraps.

Holistic treatments such as reflexology are taught at the college.

Course Spotlight Hair and Beauty

Whether you choose to work in hair, beauty or spa therapy, our facilities at Revive rival those in the local area, and give students the opportunity to use industry-standard equipment – getting them ready for the world of work.

Careers in beauty can be both challenging and rewarding. You’ll need good communication skills as you’ll be working with people from all walks of life.

As a beauty therapist you will provide a range of treatments and procedures to your clients, from hair removal to non-surgical procedures.

Jobs in beauty can be varied. You could choose to train in one specialist area or expand your knowledge across several sectors. Potential roles include beauty therapist, nail technician, waxing therapist and mobile beauty therapist or massage/spa therapist.

Many people also choose to start their own business, whether it be opening a salon or going mobile. This not only allows you to enhance your beauty skills, but to gain business and enterprise skills, too!

As the industry is so vast, you could also use your talents in more specialist areas including make-up for fashion, film and theatre, cosmetic treatments in hospitals or clinics, or even branch out into alternative therapies.