Mimosa and Beauty at the Gate among Babtac Awards winners

Mimosa Beauty (pictured), Beauty at the Gate and OMG Hair & Beauty were among the winners of the annual Babtac & Cibtac awards, held yesterday (June 12) in London.

The awards included categories for salons, specialist therapists, education providers and students.

The Hurlingham Club, London, was the venue for the event, which was hosted by Elaine Stoddart and had a James Bond theme.

22 trophies were presented. The winners were:

Business categories
New Business 2016: Honey Therapy
Small Salon 2016: Mimosa Beauty
Medium Salon 2016: Beauty at the Gate
Medium Salon 2016: The Foot Health Clinic
Large Salon 2016: Beauty at the Bay
Best Social Media: Bello The Salon
Best Website: Beauty at the Bay
Best Marketing Strategy: OMG Hair & Beauty

Therapist categories
Lash Technician 2016: Stacey Nathaniel
Nail Technician 2016: Melanie Lewendon
Beauty Therapist 2016: Diana Jenner
Holistic Therapist 2016: Sarah Jlil
Specialist Therapist 2016: Martine Jarman
Male Therapist 2016: Peter Rixham
Waxing Therapist 2016: Iulia Bujorean
Mobile Therapist 2016: Toni Harding
Hair & Make-Up Therapist 2016: Charmaine Gittens

Training and education categories
BABTAC Centre 2016: Solis Nail & Beauty Training
Best New Cibtac Centre: Believe – Julia Leone
Cibtac Centre 2016: Marbella Beauty Academy
Cibtac Tutor 2016: Jane O’Brien (Marbella Beauty Academy)
Cibtac Student 2016: Erika Copeland

Inspirational (Recognition) Gold Award: Diana Jenner

Babtac and Cibtac chair Jason Phillips said “I’d like to offer huge congratulations to both the award winners and the runners up – they should all be very proud of themselves and the standards that they are achieving are phenomenal."