WARRINGTON is full of hair and beauty salons transforming, treating and pampering their customers so they shine from head to toe with a new-found confidence.
Our hair and beauty features give business owners and managers, stylists and beauty therapists the chance to shine a spotlight on their salon and showcase some of their best work.
In 2023, we’ve heard from five Warrington business owners in the hair and beauty industry and they’ve shared their career journeys, passion for their work and their hopes for 2024.
If you would like to appear in one of our Meet The Salon Owner, Meet The Stylist, Meet The Makeup Artist or Meet The Beauty Therapist features email heidi.summerfield@newsquest.co.uk
Creme de la Crème Hair Boutique
Crème de la Crème Hair Boutique
Kathryn Carney was just 15 when she completed her work experience in a Warrington salon and she knew then that hairdressing was the career for her.
Now, the 40-year-old mum-of-three, who lives in Westbrook, has a successful salon in Widnes - Creme de la Crème Hair Boutique - where she employs a talented team of hairdressers and beauty therapists and trains the next generation of young people hoping to make a name for themselves in the hair industry.
Kathryn shared how she started her own business and what her plans are for another successful year.
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Salon 89
Salon 89
With more than 30 years’ experience in the hair and beauty industry, the owners of Salon 89 in Orford have clearly mastered their trade.
Clare Darbyshire, who is 38, and 48-year-old Julie Roberts opened the business in May 2019 and through the Covid-19 pandemic treated their clients like movie stars, opening up the salon for one-to-one appointments when lockdowns ended.
The co-owners told us about their warm space amid the cost-of-living crisis and their plans to open a training academy to nurture the hairdressers of the future.
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Talented team at Orford salon treat clients like movie stars
Livs Lox
Livs Lox
Olivia Morrissey may only be 21 but she is already making waves in the hair and beauty industry.
She started working in a salon at just 15 – after school and at weekends – and this was the first step in the journey to starting her own business – Livs Lox.
Olivia told us how the Covid-19 pandemic affected her studies and plans to open Livs Lox and how she has her sights set on taking home some top industry awards.
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Young stylist is making waves in the hair and beauty industry
Perfect Polish by Karen
Perfect Polish by Karen
Karen Wesson is a successful nail specialist working with clients natural nails to make them shimmer, sparkle and shine.
She opened her own business six years ago and welcomes clients to her home-based salon in Chapelford for appointments and a catch up.
Karen shared with us how she’s always been interested in nails – even as a little girl - and how she enjoys keeping up with the ever-changing trends.
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Meet The Salon Owner creating perfectly polished nails for any occasion
Oh So Hasty Nails
Oh So Hasty Nails and Beauty
Della Jones has been in the nail and beauty industry for 21 years.
She ran her own business – D Nails and Beauty – for nine years before suffering a crisis of confidence.
But she missed her work and in October 2019 she launched Oh So Hasty Nails and Beauty.
Della, who is 39, told us why she loves her job and what her plans are for a successful 2024.
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“I missed doing nails and opening a new business has boosted my confidence”
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