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About Us

Highly skilled and motivated, the team here at Cornwall Hair and Beauty Academy are driven to providing you with high class salon experience, value for money and getting the most from your learning experience.  Friendly and supportive, all members of our training team are fully qualified, have in salon experience and most importantly years of professional knowledge to help teach you the finer details of your chosen course as well as pass on those all important tips and secrets.

Our Team

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Kim Martin

Salon Owner & Hair and Beauty Educator
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Kim Martin

Salon Owner & Hair and Beauty Educator

Kim is our salon owner. She has been working within the hair and beauty industry for over 20 years. Her main passion is hairdressing and teaching her practical skills in the academy. Kim is also qualified in lashes, nails, make up and various other beauty treatments. She is the proud owner of her successful hair salon Blush for over 15 years situated next to us. Kim trained in various venues around the country and worked back stage for London fashion shows, photo shoots and hair shows.

Opening an academy feels like a natural step in her career to share her passion, expand the salon and train students to a high standard.

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Laura Henwood

Educator & Beauty Therapist
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Laura Henwood

Educator & Beauty Therapist

Laura has thrived in the beauty industry for over 10 years, starting at college and gaining valuable experience from salon, spa and mobile beauty therapist settings. She is qualified in all beauty treatments but has a strong talent for eyelash extensions. With this she went on to complete her certificate in teaching, allowing her to share her passion with other budding students at the start of their beauty career. She has previously been the widely recognised, Lash Perfect’s, south-west trainer, travelling as far as Bristol to teach on a regular basis.

Qualified in:

  • Acrylic nail extensions
  •  Gel nail extensions
  • Gel polish
  • Individual lashes
  • Russian lashes
  • Pedicure
  • Manicure
  • Lash lift and tint
  • Brow lamination
  • Waxing
  • Tinting
  • Facials

 

 

 

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Lenni Laity

Educator & Beauty Therapist
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Lenni Laity

Educator & Beauty Therapist

Lenni is our salon manager and educator.  She has been working in the beauty industry for over 15 years previously working in salons, nail bars and spas. She has trained with many leading and well known brands including Elemis, Lash Perfect and NSI.

Lenni is experienced in all things beauty but specialises in acrylic nail extensions. Nails has always been her passion completing many extra masterclasses to stay ahead of today’s nail art desires.

Qualified in:

  • Acrylic nail extensions
  •  Gel nail extensions
  • Gel polish
  • Individual lashes
  • Russian lashes
  • Pedicure
  • Manicure
  • Lash lift and tint
  • Brow lamination
  • Waxing
  • Tinting
  • Dermaplaning
  • Facials

 

 

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Jenna Lapping

Beauty Therapist
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Jenna Lapping

Beauty Therapist

Jenna has been in the industry for 5 years. She is qualified level 3 in beauty and has gained extra qualifications on top of her NVQ. She has worked in a couple of different salons gaining knowlegable skills along the way.

Jenna’s next goal is to work towards her teaching qualification.

Qualified in:

  • Individual lashes
  • Russian Lashes
  • Waxing
  • Tinting
  • HD brows
  • Acrylic nails
  • Gel polish
  • Lash lift and tint
  • Brow lamination
  • Pedicure
  • Manicure
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Holli Darch

Beauty Therapist
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Holli Darch

Beauty Therapist

Holli is the newest member of the team. She is qualified level 2 in beauty and is achieving more qualifications in beauty with us in the academy.

Holli works part time in the salon but her goal is to build her clientele so she can work full time doing what she loves.

Qualified in:

  • Gel nails
  • Manicure
  • Pedicure
  • Waxing
  • Tinting
  • Facials
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Issy Kearn

Beauty Therapist
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Issy Kearn

Beauty Therapist

Issy joined us from a college placement. Working one day per week in the salon she was able to experience salon life and learn new skills from college.

She is now fully qualified and working in the salon creating beautiful brows and everything else she loves.

Qualified in:

  • Gel polish
  • Individual lashes
  • Pedicure
  • Lash lift and tint
  • Brow lamination
  • Tinting
  • Waxing

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