MID Cheshire 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 nine Mid Cheshire 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
Lissie Wright Hair
Lissie Wright Hair
Lissie Wright has been a hairdresser for six years and she’s still only 24!
Having worked at salons in Knutsford and Middlewich she decided to open her own salon at her parents’ home in Leftwich.
Lissie, who won Best for Hair in our Best of 2022 awards last year, tells us about the thriving business and how the customer base continues to grow each day.
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Meet the “hard working hair queen” offering the personal touch
Elegnace Hair and Beauty with Kelly
Elegance Hair and Beauty with Kelly
39-year-old Kelly Barlow tells us what it was like trying to launch a new business – Elegance Hair and Beauty with Kelly - during the Covid-19 pandemic, opening her salon just a week before the second wave of lockdown restrictions, and what sets her salon above others in the area.
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Clare Jones Hairdressing
Clare Jones Hairdressing
36-year-old Clare Jones tells us what it’s like having her business at The Salon Cheshire in Northwich with more than two decades of experience in the industry.
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Two decades of hairdressing experience and thousands of happy clients
Oliver Gibney Hairdressing
Oliver Gibney Hair
Oliver Gibney was just 19 when he opened his own business and nearly 20 years on the Barnton salon is still thriving.
There’s always a warm welcome in the salon on Runcorn Road and Oliver prides himself on the business ‘living room’ feel where customers can make themselves at home.
Oliver, who is 38, tells us what it was like during the Covid-19 lockdowns and how he’ll never take his loyal customers for granted.
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The busy Barnton salon welcoming customers for a hair cut and a chat
Angel Beauty
Angel Beauty
22-year-old Amy Parker tells us about starting her own business inside the premises of another successful salon and how one day she hopes to have a salon of her own.
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Young business owner has dreams of opening her own beauty salon
First Impressions Hair Salon
First Impressions Hair Salon
Abbey Whitehead was just 20 when she took over a new business but she had big designs on a successful future.
Abbey, who is now 22, bought First Impressions Hair Salon in Davenham almost two years after working there as an apprentice stylist and gaining her level two and three qualifications.
Abbey tells us why she wanted to have her own salon despite only being in the business for four years and what plans she has for the future.
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Meet The Salon Owner: First Impressions Hair Salon
The Studio Hair and Beauty Salon
The Studio Hair and Beauty Salon
Emma Oleszczuk, who is 40, tells us what it’s been like running a salon for 15 years, how they survived the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns and why it’s important to keep us with growing trends.
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Meet The Salon Owner: Emma Oleszczuk The Studio Hair and Beauty Salon
Blue Beauty Cheshire
Blue Beauty Cheshire
Siobhan McDonald has been in the beauty industry for seven years, building up a loyal client base, many of whom she now counts as friends.
She opened the business – Blue Beauty Cheshire – five years ago finally fulfilling her dreams.
Siobhan, who is 37, tells us how she’s always been interested in nails and makeup and beauty – even as a little girl - and what her plans are for expansion in 2024.
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Meet The Salon Owner creating gorgeous glow ups and perfectly polished nails
House of Quirk
House of Quirk
With a tagline of #HairMusicMischief, House of Quirk sounds like a great place to spend a couple of hours.
Whether that’s having your hair done while you enjoy a good chat with your stylist or being entertained by the live musicians who perform bi-monthly raising money for charity you’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face.
Husband and wife team Tom and Rae Mann, owners of House of Quirk, tell us how they started in the hairdressing industry, why music is so important to their ethos and brand and how invested they are in future stylists.
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Meet the salon owners training future stylists and hosting charity music gigs
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