Top Beauty Skills to Add to Your Portfolio in 2024

As a beautician, you’ll know that you can never rest on your laurels in a field where trends, technology and techniques are constantly updating. With over 500,000 people employed in the UK industry alone, it’s important to keep pace with change so that you can stay competitive with a skill set that meets client demand.

If you’d like to bolster your repertoire, here are four services that are particularly worth getting to grips with right now.

Spray tanning

Spray tanning has seen a remarkable recovery in popularity in recent years and it’s definitely something that can be valuable for you to offer, with people eager to get bronzed for holidays, special events or just for an everyday look.

It’s a practice that appeals to customers because it can give them a customisable, natural-looking tan that’s safer than sun exposure or tanning beds. As a beautician, then, looking into spray tanning courses could bring opportunities for additional business.

Lash extensions

Lash treatments are perennial favourites with a great many clients, so they’re a useful club to have in your bag. Being proficient in administering classic, volume and hybrid looks allows you to cater for the widest range of preferences and help your customers make a perfect impression.

What’s particularly valuable about lash extensions is that they require regular upkeep and touch-ups, which means that they can be quite lucrative if you establish a good relationship with your clients so that they keep coming back to stay looking their best.

Brow lamination and tinting

Well-defined brows continue to be on trend in 2024, with lamination and tinting proving popular as low-maintenance, high-impact treatments to achieve a pristine look.

Lamination is a semi-permanent treatment which restructures eyebrow hairs to create a more uniform shape while tinting darkens the hairs to create a bolder, fuller effect. Both are quick and straightforward procedures, which makes them a cost-effective service to offer, and both last for up to eight weeks, so you can expect regular appointments if your clients like their looks.

Dermaplaning

For those frustrated by peach fuzz or skin blemishes like acne scars, dermaplaning is an attractive choice. Most commonly a facial treatment, although it can be applied anywhere on the body, it involves shaving away the very top layers of skin to create a smooth, silky appearance – as well as glow thanks to its exfoliating effects.

All of these are treatments that show no sign of a waning in popularity in 2024 so it’s a great time to get yourself acquainted with them in order to offer your clients the best possible service.