Beauty and Wellbeing - Beauty Consultant
Beauty and Wellbeing - Beauty Consultant
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Beauty consultants sell beauty products and help customers choose which ones to buy.
- Talk to customers and recommend the best products for them
- Give advice on how to use and apply products
- Meet sales targets
- Keep up to date with new product ranges
- Monitor stock levels and re-order items
- Keep customer and product records
- Handle cash and card payments
You could work at a store, on a cruise ship, in a beauty clinic or from home.
You may need to wear a uniform.
Beauty Consultants tend to work between 38 to 40 hours a week. You could work evenings and weekends on a rota.
Starting: £14,000
Experienced: £25,000
You could work in retail sales then apply for a consultant's position with a beauty stall in a department store. You may be able to apply directly if you have experience in a retail sales, beauty therapy or a customer service role.
You could study for:
- a Level 2 Certificate in Beauty Consultancy
- a Level 2 Certificate in Cosmetic Make-Up and Beauty Consultancy
- a Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy
- a general qualification in retail, sales or customer service
You'll usually need 2 or more GCSEs at grades 9 to 3 (A* to D), or equivalent, for a level 2 course.
You could do an intermediate apprenticeship as a beauty make-up consultant.
This typically takes 12 months to complete as a mix of workplace learning and off-the-job study. If you have an EHCP you may be able to apply under the DfE exemption which allows the apprentice to use Entry level 3 English and Maths qualifications. The apprentice would have to be component enough to successfully achieve all other aspects of the apprenticeship requirements, become occupationally competent and achieve Entry Level 3 in English and Maths before the end of their apprenticeship.