Hair & Beauty

The hair and beauty industry is a thriving and fast paced industry that welcomes people with the right skills and knowledge to further enhance its good reputation.

As a student you’ll learn how to provide a range of treatments, as well as realising people’s wishes, raising customer self-confidence and how to run an efficient salon that turns a respectable profit.

Everything you need for a rewarding career.

Follow us on Instagram to see how creative and skilled our current hair and beauty students are! @hsdc_salon

Please note that Hair & Beauty courses are only available at our South Downs Campus.

What are you interested in?

Take a look at our Beauty Therapy courses at South Downs

a woman getting a facial

Beauty Therapy

Browse the Hairdressing courses available at South Downs

the college salon with students and their hair clients sitting down

Hairdressing

Take a look at the Production Arts courses at South Downs

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Production Arts (Theatrical Hair & Makeup)

WorldSkills UK

Sophie Linter and Katie Bird, two HSDC Level 3 Theatrical and Media Makeup students, have been selected to go through this autumn to the Commercial Makeup National Qualifiers as part of the WorldSkills UK competition.

The WorldSkills Competition takes place every other year in one of the 60 member countries. If all goes to plan, the next event will be held in Shanghai in September 2021. Read more about their amazing achievement here.

Follow us on Instagram

Want to see what our current students are doing in the Salon? Intrigued about what you would be doing if you studied with us? Follow us on Instagram to find out!

@hsdc_salon

Careers

Everyone at the College was really helpful, and there’s lots of facilities, meaning it’s very easy to get your work done on time, and get good grades. The teaching and support was excellent, they were always on top of it, and made sure you got work done on time and you were challenged. Everyone is friendly and its really diverse, meaning you can get involved in lots of different things.

Conor Ward, BTEC student

You’re here to learn and you want to learn, and the lecturers make it fun. You don’t have to come to college but you want to come to college.

Natalie Thorpe, A Level student

My time at the college was definitely life changing, I have learnt a lot of new skills, and obviously it’s a completely new experience. The support was great, there was always people there to help and try make it as easy as they can for you. The college is really fantastic, it has helped me on the way to get to what I want to achieve within my career goals.

Erin Morgan, BTEC student

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