Applied Therapies
Including Beauty Therapy and Make-up Artistry
Today’s beauty and applied therapy industry is an ever‑expanding, ever‑changing and ever‑fascinating sector. If you are innovative and ambitious, there is no limit to your potential, whether your ambitions lie in becoming a salon owner, a beauty therapist, founding your own beauty company, working in make‑up artistry or becoming a college tutor.
No other industry has such a constant worldwide demand for qualified, creative and highly trained professionals. Our courses combine hands‑on practical training with industry knowledge, helping you develop confidence, creativity and professionalism in a salon‑style environment.
The beauty and applied therapy industry offers bright opportunities, including careers within the fashion and media industries, or the independence to start your own salon or spa. You could even progress into education and inspire others to enter the industry.
What will I do?
As part of the Lee Stafford Academy Hairdressing, Barbering and Applied Therapies, you will be taught in industry‑leading salons by highly skilled professionals with a wealth of beauty industry knowledge and experience.
Courses cover a wide range of practical and technical skills, including make‑up artistry, massage therapies, manicure and pedicure treatments, waxing, eyebrow shaping, eyelash and eyebrow tinting, as well as anatomy and physiology, skin analysis and hair growth.
At Level 3, you will develop more advanced skills and techniques, including face and body electricals. Massage pathways may include Swedish massage and stone massage therapy, alongside single lash treatments and make‑up artistry, depending on your course and location.
You will work in realistic salon environments, building professional skills and confidence while developing creativity, precision and attention to detail.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities within applied therapies are wide‑ranging and can include:
- Make‑up artist
- Beauty therapist
- Eyelash technician
- Nail technician
- Spa owner
- Freelance beauty therapist
- Beauty writer
- Beauty vlogger
- Aesthetician
These courses can also provide progression routes into higher‑level study or teaching within the beauty and applied therapy sector.
Sports Therapies
Sports therapists use their knowledge and skills to treat sporting injuries, advise on injury prevention and support rehabilitation, using a range of physical techniques and therapies. Day-to-day, as a sports therapist, you can be working with a range of different clients. Depending on whether you are employed or freelance, you could be working with sports professionals or everyday gym goers. You could be treating injuries, which may be longstanding, identifying problem areas early, or helping to prevent injuries before they occur.
What will I do?
Our courses aim to provide students with the opportunity to learn a range of practical skills that are needed in the field of managing and preventing sports injuries. These skills include sports massage, strapping and taping, fitness testing and the rehabilitation of common sports injuries. The underpinning knowledge includes anatomy and physiology, working in a sporting environment and first aid pitch-side duties.
Career Opportunities
Sports therapy and sports massage have become sought-after skills within the fitness industry. Sports massage therapists can help anyone – from athletes to occasional gym users – and will need to prevent injuries as much as treat them.
