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Hair and Beauty

A beauty therapy student applies eyelash extensions to a mannequin head under a magnifying lamp in a professional training environment.

About The Hair and Beauty Department

Welcome to the Hair & Beauty Department at Glasgow Kelvin College. We offer a variety of courses in hairdressing, barbering, creative beauty, and holistic therapies for those interested in developing practical skills for the hair and beauty industry.

Our programmes cover areas such as nails, brows, facials, massage, hair cutting, colouring, barbering techniques, and client care. Learning takes place in professional training salons, where students gain experience working with real clients and receive guidance from experienced staff.

The department provides a supportive and realistic environment to help you build both technical skills and professional confidence. Many students go on to further study or employment in salons, barbershops, spas, or as self-employed practitioners.

A beauty student holding a microphone and introducing the creative beauty class at Glasgow Kelvin College.

Our student, Amy, takes us through a day in the life of a Beauty student at Glasgow Kelvin College 💅

Our 18 week Creative Beauty short course will teach you everything you need to know for a successful career in the beauty industry.

You can learn both the Creative & Holistic side of beauty. Areas covered include: Nails, brows, massages, facials and more.

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Hair and Beauty Courses

The  below pictures (taken by Natalia Kazmierczak, NQ Photography (Level 6) student, are from an Avant Garde competition. The group were SVQ3 Hairdressing students, this was an assessment for unit Develop enhance and evaluate your creative hairdressing skills J7P3 04.

  • The winner was Claire Conroy
  • 2nd was Christopher Tierney
  • 3rd was Chloe McInnes
Smiling person with curly hair, a small cowboy hat on top, bright makeup, and yellow and blue hair accents.
Person with dramatic upward-pointing spiked hairstyle, dark braids, bold makeup, and a serious expression.
Side view of a person with a braided and twisted hairstyle decorated with green leaves and white flowers, plus leaf face paint.
Back view of an elaborate hairstyle decorated with a cardboard house, yellow chicks, tiny nests, and pastel butterflies.
Person with an extravagant, towering hairstyle featuring bright blue and red wool, green leaves, pearls, and orange braids, wearing bold green makeup.
A beauty student in a black uniform sharing their journey into the beauty industry, seated in front of a green floral backdrop.

Joanne from our Creative Beauty course chats us through everything you need to know about studying on the course.

From lashes, brows, nails and makeup to social media skills, customer care and health and safety

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A student carefully applies individual eyelash extensions to a mannequin head, practicing precision techniques in a beauty therapy training session.
A close-up of a beauty therapy student applying eyelash extensions with tweezers to a mannequin head, focusing on precision techniques.
A student beauty therapist performs a back massage on a client in a relaxing, professional treatment setting with red curtains.
A beauty therapy student consults with a client in a skincare treatment room, wearing a professional uniform and holding a clipboard.
Hairstyling student carefully styling a mannequin’s hair in a salon.
Smiling client getting their hair blow-dried in a salon.
Close-up of a hairdresser preparing hair dye in a bowl.
Hairdresser weaving an elaborate braid into a mannequin's hair.
Hairstylist straightening a woven braid hairstyle on a mannequin.
A smiling student in a black cap presenting a mannequin head with a fresh haircut inside a barbering academy.
A barbering student using a spray bottle on a mannequin head while another student trims a different mannequin in the background.
A mannequin head with a beard and a partially completed haircut in a barbering academy, with a hand spraying water onto the hair.
A female barbering student in a black hoodie carefully cutting the hair on a mannequin head inside a training facility.
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