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Clare Rogers (@treatmentroom): Excited to say my first samples of face and body oils arrive this week for me to try. Here’s why I went this route @pro_beauty.

THIS MONTH WE ASKED YOU…

Do you trust online reviews
as much as personal
recommendations?

39% YES

61% NO

Katie Barnes (@KatieBarnesAcademy): How exciting to open up this month’s Professional Beauty magazine and find this wonderful spotlight feature on our #katiebarnestoolrange

Hot topic

Beauty therapists among UK’s top 10 lowest paid workers

Emma Ginever, salon owner and manager at The Essentials, Birmingham, commented: “Costs need to be less. Rates, rent, products, insurance, licences, waste disposal, HR, legal – it all adds up. Plus, the drop in retail sales…salons are more limited to what they can earn per hour only in treatments. I would love to pay more to my staff; they work super hard and deserve it. I just can’t afford to.”

Donna Thuesday, beauty lecturer, commented: “I have been a therapist for 15 years working in salons and I have temped as well. I have worked at home and I lectured for two years. I can categorically say this year I seriously thought about leaving this industry because it is poorly paid from the bottom straight to the top!”

Hot topic

University of Derby to close spa management courses in 2022

Hannah Briggs, social media assistant at Gerrard International, commented: “As a graduate of the International Spa Management course, I think this is a true shame. To see the course go breaks my heart and raises concerns for the future of the industry. It is imperative that we are reaching out to the younger generations, educating them in the possibilities the industry can provide.”

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