Professional Beauty Awards 2026 shortlist revealed

Professional Beauty Awards 2026 shortlist revealed

Updated on 24th Oct 2025

The finalists for the Professional Beauty Awards 2026 can now be revealed. 

The Professional Beauty Awards are the most prestigous and long-running awards in the industry and celebrate salons, spas, clinics, teams and individuals who set the standard in customer service, business and treatment delivery. This year, there are 15 categories. 

Professional Beauty Awards 2026 finalists

Large Salon of the Year sponsored by Zemits

B-unique Beauty and Aesthetics
Beauty and Aesthetics at The Gate
Brow Envy Plymouth
Esqué Beauty
Mary Haworth Beauty Culture 
Springs Health, Wellness & Beauty Clinic

Boutique Salon of the Year 

Diva
Mayflower Spa
Olive Tree Wellness
The Parlour Spa
Polished Nail and Beauty Boutique
Skin Loft 

Skin Clinic of the Year sponsored by Dermapenworld

The Beauty Room 
The Courtyard Aesthetic Clinic
Elite Skin Studio
Hampton Clinic
Mi:Skin Laser Clinic 
Your Beauty Doctor

Mobile/Home-based Beauty Business of the Year

Beauty at Yours
Haven House
Nail Bus
Nicola Sanderson Holisitc therapy 
Nourish Skin + Wellbeing
Skin Health Studio
Viktoryia Health

Nail Salon of the Year

Brazilian Soul Beauty
The Hyde
The Nail Designer
Shine nails

Large Spa of the Year 

Eden Hall 
Glass House Retreat
Hoar Cross Hall
The Malvern
The Spa at Carden

Boutique Spa of the Year 

Calcot Spa
The Falls Spa
The Grange Spa
The Spa at Breedon Priory
The Spa at Manor House Alsager 
Verbena Spa

Salon Team of the Year

B-unique Beauty and Aesthetics
Beauty and Bubbles
The Hyde 
Polished Nail and Beauty Boutique
Pure Bliss Sunderland
Si Belle Beauty

Spa Team of the Year

Afon Spa
The Bath House – Banya London
Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall Hotel
Mana Spa
Riverhills Health Club & Spa 
The Spa @ hub26
Verbena Spa

Therapist of the Year 

Abigail Oleck Hewett
Kamila Koziara
Rosie Kefford
Corina Mihalache
Lauren Gill
Kelly Edges

Electrologist of the Year sponsored by Elite Probes

Claire Filby
Cherie Harding
Corina Mihalache
Amanda Painting
Rebecca Travis 
Debbie Wilkins

Educator of the Year 

Kelly Clark
Nelia Felicio
Andrew Hansford
Sarah Hussey
Sarah Tipple
Louise Wendt de Oliveira

Employer of the Year 

B-unique Beauty and Aesthetics 
Beauty and Bubbles 
The Hyde
NKD waxing Leicester
Pulsar Laser Studio 

Marketing/Social Media Award

Aqua Sana Forest Spa 
Barons Eden
Betsy Makeup Academy
Renew Medical Aesthetics
Shxdy Skin Clinic

The Retail Excellence Award

Donnington & Co.
Hoar Cross Hall
Leaf Spa at Tortworth Court
Mayflower Spa
Pure Day Spa
Skin Health Studio

Winners will be announced at the Professional Beauty Awards 2026, which will be held at The Royal Lancaster hotel in London, on March 1, 2026. The awards will be a standalone event, held in the evening following day one of the Salon Growth Summit 2026. 

Eve Oxberry

Eve Oxberry

Published 24th Oct 2025

Eve Oxberry is head of editorial for Professional Beauty and Aesthetic Medicine magazines and editor of Professional Beauty. She oversees the company's print, web and social media content and writes reviews, news, features and more. Eve has been a business journalist for over 20 years and has specialised in the beauty, spa and aesthetics sector for the majority of those. She also organises conference and live stage programmes for the Professional Beauty shows and regularly hosts live panel discussions, webinars and interviews, as well as hosting The Pro Beauty Pod podcast. Eve has also authored a book on makeup techniques and appeared on TV, radio and in print as an expert on the professional beauty and spa market.

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