Damla Osman Interview

Award-winning London beauty student shares her education journey & career dreams

By Rebecca Hitchon | 30 January 2024

London College of Beauty Therapy (LCBT) student, Damla Osman, scooped the Level 2 Technical Beauty Therapy Student of the Year title at the college’s Star Awards 2023. Awarded in October, she shares that winning the accolade, which was sponsored by Scratch, still feels incredible. “It’s a huge accomplishment for me,…

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CEW UK partners with John Bell & Croyden to launch independent beauty brand award

By Helena Biggs | 28 November 2022

CEW UK partners with John Bell & Croyden to launch independent beauty brand award CEW UK, which serves to develop careers and knowledge of the beauty industry for its members, has teamed up with luxury London pharmacy, John Bell & Croyden, to launch a 225th Anniversary Award. This initiative is…

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Nail Bar Boys TV series nominated for award

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 October 2022

BBC Three documentary, Nail Bar Boys, which follows the lives of six nail techs in Liverpool, has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The Royal Television Society North West Awards 2022 will take place on 26 November in Manchester, and sees Nail Bar Boys up for the title…

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Nail artist announced as one of British Fashion Council’s most innovative young creatives

By Rebecca Hitchon | 25 November 2021

Berlin based nail artist, Lisa Mård, has been announced as one of the British Fashion Council‘s 2021 New Wave: Creatives, a list of the 50 most innovative and inspiring young creative talents from around the world. Voted for by the 2020 New Wave: Creatives lineup, the list features trailblazers from…

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Michelle Humphrey scoops Glamour Beauty Power List 2019 award

By Sophie Nutt | 20 September 2019

Session tech, Michelle Humphrey, has scooped the Glamour Beauty Power List 2019 award for Best Nail Artist/Influencer. The Glamour Beauty Power List 2019 saw nominees across 100 categories chosen by the Glamour beauty team alongside a panel of beauty experts and influencers including Diipa Khosla, Gary Thompson and more. The…

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Nouveau Lashes founders collect Queen’s Award for Enterprise

By Helena Biggs | 10 December 2018

Nouveau Lashes has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade and a ceremony was held to present the brand’s co-founders, Bridgette Softley and Karen Betts, with the official award and scroll. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise recognises British businesses and other organisations that excel at international trade, innovation…

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Business and beauty therapy expert receives outstanding achievement award

By Helena Biggs | 28 December 2017

Gill Morris, who has been involved in the beauty therapy industry for over 35 years, has received an FHT President’s Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the sector. Initially training at North Warwickshire College in Nuneaton, she was among the first wave of students to receive an IHBC…

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