LCBT Students Discuss Why They Chose the Beauty Industry on the BBC

10 Benefits you can gain from a Hairdressing role

If hairdressing is a role that has always interested you there are some very good reasons to consider it as a career. From the opportunities it offers for travel and learning, to the skills you’ll acquire, the benefits of a hairdressing role are many.

Good job security. Especially with Brexit looming, job security has become a top priority for many people. One of the benefits of hairdressing is that people will always need haircuts. So, if you’re looking for a role that offers positive job security it’s a great one to consider.
Opportunities to work anywhere. Hairdressing is a very transferable skill, which means that you can work pretty much anywhere. From salons in the UK to New York Fashion Week or jobs in holiday hot spots you’ll have lots of options when it comes to work locations.
A positive experience. If your day-to-day experience of life is important, hairdressing has a lot to offer – it’s regularly voted one of the happiest jobs in the world. Why? Well every day you’ll have contact with people and be able to use your skills and creativity for job satisfaction.
It can be a very flexible role. If you’re a hairdresser then you have a lot of options in terms of the way that you design your life. From renting a chair in a salon to setting up a mobile hairdressing business where you travel to clients you can choose the lifestyle that works best for you.
There are opportunities to earn. Just like any job, when you’re starting out you might find that getting established requires working long hours and sometimes with not much pay. However, once you start to build your reputation it’s possible to begin making some serious money. Whether you build up a regular client list or move into a position like salon manager, the salaries can be very competitive.
You’ll be able to make a name for yourself. Whether it’s entering industry competitions, creating an influencer style social media profile or working on photo shoots or fashion weeks there are lots of ways to build profile and reputation.
It’s a people-focused industry. From the regular client contact to interactions with salon staff, the range of people you’ll meet as a hairdresser is broad. That means it’s simple to build your contacts book and there’s plenty of socialising on offer too.
No day is dull. If you’re looking for variety then you can create it with a hairdressing role, from the places that you work to the people that you meet.
There are lots of ways to improve and learn. From training courses to qualifications you can continue to improve and grow throughout your career.
It’s hard to beat for learning interpersonal skills. Client psychology and customer management are as important as cutting skills in hairdressing. This type of career will teach you a lot about how to interact with, and manage, customers. This is essential knowledge whether you stay in this industry or choose to move on.

For anyone looking at a carer in hairdressing, the benefits are clear.

LCBT @ IMATS LONDON 2017

STAFF RECRUITMENT EVENING

THE LCBT PAMPER LOUNGE AT THE IDEAL HOME SHOW

After a full day of browsing and shopping why not take some relaxing time out to treat yourself to a free treatment at our Pamper Lounge?

The Pamper Lounge is new to the Ideal Home Show and is running in association with the London College of Beauty Therapy. We will be there for the duration of the event, offering free treatments for all, and head over to our stand in the Style section, between 24th March – 9th April to receive a free treatment from our Pamper Lounge.

Men if your other half has been testing your ability to carry as many shopping bags as possible we will be offering free massages to relieve that strain!

LCBT @ PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY

LCBT will be at the Professional Beauty show this February 26^th and 27^th! Hosting a stand during the entirety of the show we’ll be there at N1 to speak to you about our diplomas in Beauty Therapy, Hair and Media Make Up and Hairdressing and not to forget our Fitness provision if you’re looking for a career change.

We’ve got exciting new courses we’re bringing to the show, now a Sterex Academy we have courses in Advanced Electrolysis and partnering with Sally Durant to deliver Advanced Aesthetic courses including training across Derma Rollering/Micro Needling, Chemical Skin Peels and Blemish Removal, come and find out more from us throughout the show from stand N1.

Looking to add some CPD or extra qualifications to your Beauty Therapy Diploma, check out our short courses on offer in Gel Polish, Threading, Tanning to name a few.

We’ll also be on the education stage on Monday 27^th for 15 minutes to speak to you about course options and continuing your training in the industry, come and hear form our CEO, Christianne Cavaliere at 1.20pm, Education Stage, Monday 27^th February 2017.

We can’t wait to see you all at Professional Beauty, Sunday 26^th and Monday 27^th February 2017, stand N1!

LCBT @ 100% OPTICAL SHOW

So you’re training to become a Make-up artist and you’ve taken up the chance to be part of some enrichment at college to practice your skills outside of college. Packing your kit, wondering what’s in store for the day? What the exhibition will be like?

We offered enrichment to all our Level 2 and Level 3 Beauty Therapy and Hair and Media Make Up learners to attend the recent 100% Optical show working as part of the William Morris London stand. A beautifully laid out show, with tons of networking opportunity, meeting business owners and optologists, offering advice about day make up all while carrying out make overs at the highest point in the entire exhibition.

Little did we all know when we arrived that we would be offering make overs to visitors and exhibitors of the show on top of the open roofed double decker bus that William Morris had on their exhibition stand! What an exciting time we had, meeting the lovely William Morris NAME, founder of William Morris, we felt honored to be part of such an exceptional event and met some wonderful clients who taught us various things about the optometrist industry.

Thank you to everyone we met at the show and we hope to see you all again next year for more make overs!

LCBT RECRUITMENT EVENING

Current Positions

Beauty Therapy Lecturer (Full time, Part time and Sessional)
Beauty Therapy Lecturer (1x Part time/fixed term - based in Leyton)
Hair and Media Make – Up Lecturer (Full time, Part time and Sessional)
Hairdressing Lecturer (Part time)
Fitness Lecturer (Part time)
Salon Receptionist (Full time)
IT Support Engineer (Full time)
Executive Assistant to the Executive board (Part time)
Apprenticeships Co-ordinator (Full time)

If you are interested in any of our vacancies, please come down to the College to speak to our team and find our more.

Please contact LCBT on 0207 208 1300 or email recruit@lcbt.co.uk to confirm your attendance and find out further details.

TREATMENTS THIS MONDAY AND TUESDAY @ LCBT

LCBT @ SALON INTERNATIONAL

Salon International is the number one destination for hair professionals, inspiring hairdressers in the industry today, what better place than to take our Level 2 Women’s and Men’s Hairdressing Diploma group!

We took an exciting college trip down to ExCel London for the Salon International show where we spent the day speaking with industry professionals like Crazy Colour, Tangle Teezer and Diva for the latest products and tools to assist in creating the newest trends in the industry.

The British Hairdressing Awards gallery sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional showcased the work of the stars of the awards, giving our budding hairdressers access to the very best in inspiration and education. The gallery showed the very latest in colouring techniques, cutting trends, Afro styling and Avant Garde categories giving our learners the inspiration and creative ideas to build on for their next creative hair projects.

Visiting the new features for this years show including the HJ Stage, the HJ Men Stage, the Wahl stand demonstrations we got inspired by our hairdressing hero’s and learnt how to take the latest in hairstyling from the catwalk to our clients in our college salon.

Kate Bryant, our Level 2 Hairdressing lecturer said “The show gave us the opportunity to see the industry under one roof outside of the classroom. With the chance to meet the people, brands and learn about the products that are having the biggest impact on this ever growing Hair industry at the moment. It’s the perfect place for new Hairdressers to gain inspiration and motivation to do great things and be part of this amazing industry.”

We ended the day by building on our kits with some great show discounts and learning more about latest product innovations as we brought them. Our Hairdressing group where able to build their own knowledge on the industry growing their confidence in being up to date with the latest Hairdressing news and trends, putting their knowledge on British Values into practice throughout the day.

A great day out with some very talented new hairdressers, we can’t wait to see their own creations throughout the rest of their time on course…..watch this space!