Scottish Beauty Industry Awards 2023 has announced its finalists
The Scottish Beauty Industry Awards 2023 is set to honour the finest professionals and businesses that have showcased exceptional talent, dedication, and innovation in the beauty sector across Scotland.
Following the overwhelming response from the public and the phenomenal number of nominations received, we are thrilled to announce the outstanding finalists who have made it to the pinnacle of recognition in this year’s prestigious awards. Each finalist exemplifies the highest standards in the industry, contributing to the advancement and success of the beauty community.
Now in its 5th year, these awards aim to celebrate the exceptional contributions of individuals, salons, spas, and beauty brands that have left an indelible mark on the industry. This year’s awards have drawn an impressive pool of talent, demonstrating the resilience and creativity that embodies the Scottish beauty community.
The winners of the Scottish Beauty Industry Awards 2023 will be announced during a gala awards ceremony in Glasgow this autumn, where the industry’s finest will gather to celebrate excellence and network with peers.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Beauty Industry Awards said: “We were overwhelmed by the caliber of entries we received this year. The passion and dedication displayed by the finalists are truly inspiring and reflect the vibrant and ever-evolving beauty scene in Scotland.
We congratulate all the finalists for their remarkable achievements.”
Amongst fierce competition, the finalists for the Scottish Beauty Industry Awards 2023 are:
5 Star Beauty Salon
North
The Loft (Inverness)
Aberdeen Academy of Beauty Therapy (Aberdeen)
Chic Nails & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Beauty by Elaine (Montrose)
Pretty Woman (Inverness)
Saks Hair & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Sundar Beauty Clinic (Aberdeen)
Sleeping Beauty Salon (Inverness)
Bodycare (Inverness)
Bella Femme (Inverness)
Central
Beau Skin & Beauty (Stirling)
Honey & Violet (Stirling)
Lala Beauty (Kirkcaldy)
Chic Hair & Beauty (Stirling)
Be Lush Hair & Beauty (Stirling)
Elegance Hair and Beauty (Dundee)
Jeff Buchan Hair & Beauty (Stirling)
The Sunflower Room (Dundee)
McIntyres Hairdressing (Dundee)
South West
Cameron Spa (Alexandria)
Aleighya’s Hair & Beauty Salon (Rutherglen)
Get The Look (East Kilbride)
Desiree’s (Kirkintilloch)
River Beauty (Paisley)
Aesthetics Ayrshire Ltd (Ayr)
A Cut Above (Ayr)
Vanity Studio (Kilwinning)
Hollywood Glamour Salon & Training Academy (Kilwinning)
Aurora Beauty Health & Wellbeing Studio (Kilwinning)
South East
Sarah Murray Beauty + Skin (Edinburgh)
Sparkle by Elle (Clackmannan)
Novella Beauty Clinic (Edinburgh)
Simply Beauty (Glenrothes)
Bare Beauty (Edinburgh)
Permanent Perfection Hair and Beauty (Edinburgh)
The Secret Beauty Garden (Edinburgh)
Natrabrow (Livingston)
Pure Spa & Beauty (Edinburgh)
Yuu Beauty (Edinburgh)
Beauty Therapist of the Year
Lynda Stirratt (Bodycare, Inverness)
Katie Murdoch (Painted by Katie, Kirkmuirhill)
Elaine Graham (Beauty by Elaine, Montrose)
Claire Collie (Chic Nails & Beauty, Aberdeen)
Claire Ramsay (The Vanity Room Salon & Training Academy, Whitburn)
Marie McFarlane (Kulture, Lochgelly)
Sarah Murray (Sarah Murray Beauty + Skin, Edinburgh)
Zoey Shirlaw (Zoey’s Hair & Beauty, Alva)
Erika (Yuu Beauty, Edinburgh)
Beauty Team of the Year
ART by Antonia Robertson (Glasgow)
Be You Hair and Makeup (Glasgow)
Temple Beauty Clinic (Lancashire)
Lala beauty (Kirkcaldy)
Deja Salon Hair & Beauty Salon (Auchterarder)
The Studio Aberdeen (Aberdeen)
3-Twenty One Nails, Hair& Beauty (Grangemouth)
The Sunflower Room (Dundee)
Beaumac Salon (Glasgow)
Vanity Studio (Kilwinning)
5 Star Hair Salon
North
The Therapy Suite (Inverness)
Ego Hair Design (Inverness)
Ellee’s Hair Design (Aberdeen)
Ultimate Hair & Beauty (Elgin)
Saks Hair & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Revive (Nairn)
Low & Co Hair Designs (Westhill)
Avalon Hair & Beauty (Oban)
Aurora Hair Salon (Inverness)
Central
Rod Smith Hairdressing (Stirling)
Lindsay Murray Hairdressing (Stirling)
Reflexions Hairdressing (Leslie)
Deja Salon Hair & Beauty Salon (Auchterarder)
Mayfair Hair Stylist (Alloa)
Nirvana North Hair Studio (Bo’ness)
Chic Hair & Beauty (Stirling)
Faith Hair and Tanning Studio (Stirling)
Lime Salon (Falkirk)
Lusen’s Salon Barber Shop (Stirling)
South West
Pele Hairdressing (Glasgow)
Ellen Conlin Hair & Beauty (Glasgow)
VIP Hair & Beauty Salon (Glasgow)
Aleighya’s Hair & Beauty Salon (Rutherglen)
Flawless (Glasgow)
HQC Hairdressing (Glasgow)
Bespoke Hair Lounge (Clarkston)
Boveda Hair and Beauty (Glasgow)
THE SALON 145(Glasgow)
Alan Edwards Salon (Glasgow)
South East
Dune Hair Nails and Beauty (Edinburgh)
Neil Maclean Hair Studio (Edinburgh)
Leanne Reilly Hair & Beauty (Edinburgh)
Zoey’s Hair and Beauty (Alva)
Muse Hair (Edinburgh)
Permanent Perfection Hair and Beauty (Edinburgh)
MacGregor Hairdressing (Edinburgh)
Urban Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Dudes & Divas Hair Studio (Edinburgh)
Bleu (Alloa)
Hair Stylist of the Year
Eileen Halpin (Belle & Blackley, Glasgow)
Heather (McGills Hairdressing, Edinburgh)
Leanne Reilly (Leanne Reilly Hair & Beauty, Edinburgh)
Lauren Pow (LP Hairdressing, Falkirk)
Jeff Buchan (Jeff Buchan Hair & Beauty, Stirling)
Ellen Conlin (Ellen Conlin Hair & Beauty, Glasgow)
John Gillespie (John Gillespie Hairdressing, Perth)
Deborah (Kallys Hair, Glasgow)
Kerri Macaskill (The Cutting Room, Perth)
Calum Maguire (Calum Maguire Hairdressing, Ayr)
Hair Styling Team of the Year
Shannon Bonner Hairdressing (Alva)
McIntyres Hairdressing (Dundee)
Jennifer Thomson Hair (Alexandria)
JD Wedding Hair and Makeup (Edinburgh)
McGills Hairdressing (Edinburgh)
Sara Mann Hair Salon (Huntly, Aberdeenshire)
Clare M Hair & Beauty Ltd (Perth)
Flawless (Glasgow)
Hair Design (Airdrie)
Lime Salon (Falkirk)
5 Star Nail Salon of the Year
Five Star Nails & Spa (Bathgate)
No Nonsense Nails & Beauty (Lindsayfield)
Ocean Nails and Spa (Airdrie)
Dilly Delight (Montrose)
Get The Look (East Kilbride)
Nail Amor – by Adelle (Sauchie)
Sparkle by Elle (Clackmannan)
NAF! Salon (Glasgow)
Hollywood Nails & Spa (Whitburn)
Avenue Nails & Beauty Salon (Edinburgh)
Nail Technician of the Year
Nadia (Rusea Nail Art, Glasgow)
Amy (Pure Spa & Beauty, Edinburgh)
Claire Watters (Cutie Patootie Nails, Thornton)
Dorota Palicka (Dorota Palicka – International Nail Artist & Educator, Fort William)
Hayley Martin (Nail Diamond, Perth)
Sarah Macintyre (New Beauty, Inverurie)
Danielle (OMG Nails & Training Academy, Glasgow)
Jackie Flett (Hepburns Nail Lounge, St Andrews)
Carly Robertson (buff, Edinburgh)
Nail Team of the Year
NAF! Salon (Glasgow)
The Studio Aberdeen (Aberdeen)
Desiree’s (Kirkintilloch)
Chic Nails & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Em Team Beauty (Crieff)
Avenue Nails & Beauty Salon (Edinburgh)
Sparkle by Elle (Clackmannan)
Dilly Delight (Montrose)
House of Boujee (Falkirk)
Five Star Nails & Spa (Bathgate)
Resident Spa of the Year
The Balmoral (Edinburgh)
Isle of Eriska Hotel, Spa & Island (Benderloch)
Cameron Spa (Alexandria)
Taymouth Marina Holiday Resort (Aberfeldy)
Gleddoch Golf & Spa Resort (Port Glasgow)
Inglewood House & Spa (Alloa)
Old Course Hotel – Kohler Waters Spa (St Andrews)
MacDonald Crutherland House (East Kilbride)
Mar Hall Hotel (Bishopton)
Stobo Castle (Peeblesshire)
Luxury Spa of the Year
Westfield Day Spa (Mauchline)
One Spa (Edinburgh)
Macdonald Inchyra Hotel and Spa (Falkirk)
Park West (Glasgow)
Atholl Palace Hotel (Perth)
Old Course Hotel – Kohler Waters Spa (St Andrews)
Spa at Blythswood Square (Glasgow)
Stobo Castle (Peeblesshire)
The House Spa (Aberdeen)
Aspen Spa (Tain)
Spa Team of the Year
The Coach House Spa (Kinross)
Inglewood House & Spa (Alloa)
Spa Twenty Six (Glasgow)
Lotus Spa and Leisure Club (Alloa)
The Marcliffe Hotel and Spa (Aberdeen)
Kingsclub Spa (Inverness)
Bannatyne Health Club & Spa (Edinburgh)
Isle of Eriska Hotel, Spa & Island (Benderloch)
One Spa (Edinburgh)
Hollywood Nails & Spa (Alloa)
Day Spa of the Year
MacDonald Crutherland House (East Kilbride)
Lan Thai Massage & Spa (Glasgow)
Inglewood House & Spa (Alloa)
Westfield Day Spa (Mauchline)
The Beauty Room & Day Spa (Glasgow)
The Gin Spa (Glasgow)
Spa at Blythswood Square (Glasgow)
Tiger Lily Thai Spa (Glasgow)
Taymouth Marina Holiday Resort (Aberfeldy)
Park West (Glasgow)
Aesthetic Clinic of the Year
Visage Glasgow (Glasgow)
Beaumac Salon (Glasgow)
The Aesthetic Clinic by Fiona Sutherland (Stirling)
Aesthetics Ayrshire Ltd (Ayr)
By Amy (Glasgow)
RP Diamond Aesthetics (Inverness)
SW Aesthetics (Kilmarnock)
Laura Haig Aesthetics (Glasgow)
Etre Beau Medical Aesthetics Clinic (Stirling)
The Lab Beauty & Aesthetics (Grangemouth)
Aesthetic Team of the Year
Altruderm Minor Surgery & Aesthetic Clinic (Glasgow)
Espacio Clinic Led by Dr Liliana (Edinburgh)
RP Diamond Aesthetics (Inverness)
Georgina Fairley Aesthetics (Edinburgh)
Aesthetics Ayrshire Ltd (Ayr)
Dermal Clinic (Edinburgh)
Etre Beau Medical Aesthetics Clinic (Glasgow)
Julia Hart Skin Clinic (Dunfermline)
Altruderm Minor Surgery & Aesthetic Clinic (Glasgow)
The Lab Beauty & Aesthetics (Grangemouth)
Dental Practice of the Year
Dental Studio Scotland (Croftfoot)
The Dental Clinic Broomfield (Glasgow)
Kilmarnock Smile Studio (Kilmarnock)
G1 Dental (Glasgow)
Shawlands Dental Care (Glasgow)
Vitality Dental Care (Edinburgh)
Dental Care Perth (Perth)
Links Dental Practice (Edinburgh)
Dental Scotland (Glasgow)
Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry (Glasgow)
5 Star Make Up Salon of the Year
Colette Casher Make-Up Artistry (Edinburgh)
Makeup & Beauty Bar (Edinburgh)
Caroline Stewart Makeup Artistry and Hair Stylist (Edinburgh)
Mei Beauty (Alexandria)
RICH Hair & Make-Up Lounge (Glasgow)
Saskia Su Makeup & Nails (Edinburgh)
Jasmin French (Edinburgh)
AMM Hair & Makeup Team (Edinburgh)
Louise Ballantine Makeup Artist (Edinburgh)
Sandra Cormack Professional Hair & Makeup (Dundee)
Make Up Artist of the Year
Chloe McBride Make Up Studio (Bathgate)
Nik Makeup Artist (Paisley)
I do makeup by Geo Kane (Kilmarnock)
Makeup by Debbie (Helensburgh)
Laura Elizabeth Make Up (Perth)
Helen Cameron Bridal Hair & Makeup Artist (Edinburgh)
Audrey McCarthy Makeup Artist (Argyll)
Desiree’s (Kirkintilloch)
Lyn McKenzie Make Up (Edinburgh)
Suzanne Christie Makeup Artist (Edinburgh)
Make Up Team of the Year
GlamCandy Makeup Agency (Edinburgh)
The STUDIO (Falkirk)
Pamper and Polish (Wishaw)
Flawless Make Up Studio (Hamilton)
AMM Hair and Make Up Team (Cambuslang)
Sandra Cormack Professional Hair & Makeup (Dundee)
Paintbox Make up Studio (Hamilton)
Beauty Haven (Glasgow)
Makeup & Beauty Bar (Edinburgh)
Helen Cameron Bridal Hair & Makeup Artist (Edinburgh)
Freelance Hair & Make Up Artist of the Year
Kirsty MacPherson Hair & Make Up Artist (Perth)
Sarah Clarke Makeup (Perth)
Suzanne Christie Makeup Artist (Edinburgh)
Aidan Paterson Hair & Beauty (Alloa)
Jackie Cormack Make-up Artist (Glasgow)
By Louise Makeup (Ayrshire)
Kim Boyd Makeup Artist (Glasgow)
Lauren Gollan Studio (Edinburgh)
Leanne Reilly Hair & Beauty (Edinburgh)
JD Wedding Hair and Makeup (Edinburgh)
Semi / Permanent Make Up Salon of the Year
North
Beautex Clinic (Aberdeen)
Permanent Make Up Aberdeen (Aberdeen)
GLAM – Hairdressing Beauty Sun Beds (Aberdeen)
Hailey Dallas Brows (Lhanbryde)
Hayley Allen (Dundee)
Perfect Beauty (Aberdeen)
Ombre Brows Perth (Perth)
Moya Wren (Doune)
Abby’s Beauty Secrets Perth (Perth)
Kirstin Barnes-Forgan | Laser, PMU & Beauty (Crossgates)
South
Skulltec (Paisley)
Pure Beauty (Kirkcudbright)
Misty’s Brow Specialist (Galashiels)
Christina McLean (Edinburgh)
Jo-Dee Gault Permanent Cosmetics & Aesthetics (New Cumnock)
Cher Blush (Lanark)
Kathryn Moore Permanent Eyebrow Specialist (Hamilton)
Esteem Beauty (Glasgow)
Vikki Elliot Semi Permanent Makeup &Training Academy (Motherwell)
Zeste Beauty (Hamilton)
Hair Loss Clinic of the Year
Seneca Medical Group (Glasgow)
Skulltec (Paisley)
A & A Studios (Edinburgh)
The Glasgow Clinic (Glasgow)
Dr Epameinondas Bonaros (Glasgow)
Hair Transplant Glasgow (Glasgow)
Vinci Hair Clinic (Glasgow)
Evolution Hair Clinic (Grangemouth)
Scalp Micropigmentation Glasgow (Glasgow)
Restoration U (Glasgow)
Tattoo Removal Surgery of the Year
Laserlight Clinic (Bridge of Weir)
G1 Tattoo Removal (Glasgow)
Valhalla Laser Tattoo Removal (Kilmarnock)
SkinteX Laser Clinic (Glasgow)
Novella Beauty Clinic (Edinburgh)
Highland Laser Clinic (Inverness)
Dermal Elite (Musselburgh)
Advance Laser Tattoo & Hair Removal (Falkirk)
Clinique De Visage Limited (Dumfries)
DRVICTORIA™ Clinic (Edinburgh)
Tattoo Artist of the Year
Andrew (Extreme Tattoo and Piercing, Inverness)
Thomas (Sugar Skull Tattoo Studio, Glasgow)
James (Timeless Tattoo, Glasgow)
Debby (Studio XIII Gallery, Edinburgh)
Danny (Insider Tattoo Studio, Edinburgh)
Carl (Ink Dependent Tattoo Studio, Edinburgh)
Scott (Sanatorium Tattoo, Edinburgh)
Phillip (Semper Tattoo, Edinburgh)
George (Tribal Body Art, Edinburgh)
Pedra (Shamanic Tattoo Studio, Perth)
Body Piercer of the Year
Angie (Piercing By Angie, Glenrothes)
Andrew (Extreme Tattoo and Piercing, Inverness)
Tommy (Cherry Pie Tattoo & Piercing, Hamilton)
Alison (Forevermore Tattoo Parlour, Glasgow)
Stive (Nirvana Piercing, Glasgow)
George (Tribal Body Art, Edinburgh)
Marco (REB3L STUDIOS Tattoo & Piercing, Aberdeen)
Joe (Body Piercing by Jo, Hamilton)
Pedra (Shamanic Tattoo Studio, Perth)
Terry (Blancolo Tattoo, Glasgow)
Beauty Training Academy of the Year
The Vanity Room Salon & Training Academy (Whitburn)
Scottish Beauty Expert Training Academy (Glasgow)
ART by Antonia Robertson (Glasgow)
The Lab Training Academy (Grangemouth)
Aberdeen Academy of Beauty Therapy (Aberdeen)
OMG Nails & Training Academy (Glasgow)
Jane Bryan Beauty Training (Wakefield)
Vikki Elliot Semi permanent makeup & training academy (Motherwell)
Beyond Beautie and Training Academy (Livingston)
Tanning Salon of the Year
Desiree’s (Kirkintilloch)
Tan Oz (Glasgow)
Indigo Sun (Perth)
Sunset Beach Tanning Salon (Glasgow)
Lala beauty (Kirkcaldy)
MMV Nails, Beauty & Tanning Ltd (Stirling)
Easitan – Sunbeds & Spray Tanning (Falkirk)
Tanz (Edinburgh)
Afterglow Tanning Salon (Glasgow)
HOT! Tanning Salon (Glasgow)
