beauty trends

  • How to achieve Glass Skin?

    How to achieve Glass Skin?

    Glass skin is everywhere right now as clients seek to achieve a fresh, ‘better than natural’ aesthetic. The glass skin trend evolved in the K-beauty scene deriving from Korea. It refers to skin that is smooth, flawless and luminous with a sheen that literally resembles glass. The look is achieved through a skincare regime that prioritises intense hydration, exfoliation, and nourishment to create a radiant, pore-less finish that appears as refined and reflective as glass. Many people opt to go make up free once they have achieve the glass skin look for their skin to help maintain the clarity of their skin. Note that creating the full translucence and refinement of the skin this look requires, also requires clients to be healthy from within both in their water intake, diet and lifestyle choices.

    Now let’s look at how to begin achieving this look…

  • What are Angel Lashes? The Hottest Lash Trend for 2023!

    What are Angel Lashes? The Hottest Lash Trend for 2023!

    With 8.5 billion views on TikTok as of May 2023, #lashextensions are one of the most searched for and in-demand beauty treatments right now, however experts in the lash industry believe clients are looking for a more natural look than in previous years. With the the ‘no make-up make-up’ or ‘skinimalism’ trend now moving into the lash industry, clients are making a return to classic individual lash styles or more natural hybrid looks, with full-on volume becoming less popular.

    L-curl lashes have grown in popularity as they give the look of a natural lash that has received a lift, while still providing the extra length of extensions.

    We are also seeing less use of thicker lashes, typically 0.20mm or 0.25mm were the most common lashes in use but with increased use of low-volume fans or ‘spikes’, thinner lashes as low as 0.03mm are growing in their use to create a range of enhanced but still natural looks.

    So… what are Angel lashes? The technique combines classic (individual) lashes with wispy light closed-volume lashes. 0.03mm lashes are used to create closed fans which are mapped around one on one, classic lashes to create a light, wispy but volumised look that imitates a more natural lash growth pattern and mapping with choppy lengths used, rather than uniform lash mapping. The angel lash technique can be used to create a range of styles from doll eye to cat eye to suit a wide range of clients.

  • Top Nail Trends for 2021

    Top Nail Trends for 2021

    The catwalks may have been digital this autumn, but the trends for spring 2021 are out including all the latest predictions for top nail trends for next year. Get ahead with practising your nail art skills and updating the polish shades within your kit, ready to promote your nail services as one step ahead of other nail techs and set your work apart from the competition. Eye catching nail polish shades and distinctive nail art can be real conversation starters and get word of mouth out about your work so don’t miss out…

  • How to choose which beauty treatments to learn?

    How to choose which beauty treatments to learn?

    We get so many calls from prospective students excited at the idea of jumping into a new career in beauty but totally unsure where to start – which treatments should they learn and which to offer first? Our wonderful team of Course Advisors are all fully qualified, experienced beauty professionals and have experienced the beauty sector first hand whether that was previously through working in salons, running their own beauty businesses or as beauty training professionals so they certainly know a thing or two about what sells to clients, what is in demand right now and how best to get started. Our blog this week focuses on how to decide which beauty treatments to learn, based on what is most in-demand with beauty clients right now…

  • Browse the options… Which brow service is best?

    Browse the options… Which brow service is best?

    With so many new brow treatments launching, it is easy to fall behind in knowing the differences and how best to market your brow services to clients. Our blog this week focuses on whether to highly define or laminate brows…