True Beauty Ltd started in 2010 with a quaint vintage inspired salon in Wakefield town centre by Elizabeth Speight. With a staff of 3, the salon offered popular treatments and products by Orly, Decleor and Crystal Clear.In September 2013, Liz decided she wanted to take the business in a new direction and recruited manager Chelsy Holland. It was in January 2014 that True Beauty Academy was born offering short intensive day courses accredited by the Britsh Association of Beauty Therapists and Cosmetology or BABTAC. True Beauty Academy offer small, private training facilities with a personal approach to adult beauty. The Academy is easily accessible either by train, car or bus. Our lessons have a relaxed, yet highly professional atmosphere. Our flexible, modern teaching methods are designed to keep up with the rapidly expanding beauty profession. Our staff and tutors are all very friendly and happy to help and assist you towards a stress-free and enjoyable experience. We specialise in teaching short, intensive courses to both the absolute beginners, for those who wish to work for themselves and qualified therapists adding modules to their CVs.
In 2015 True Beauty Academy partnered Intuitions Ltd in delivering NVQ’s and Apprenticeships. Intuitions have an amazing long standing reputation in their hometown of Harrogate and indeed the North Yorkshire district. True Beauty Academy now offer courses accredited and endorsed by BABTAC, The Guild and City and Guilds as well as being a GTI centre.
We are highly qualified! Our highly trained educators have years of experience in the industry
SALON LED COLLEGE – We listen to what the industry wants thus making sure you are salon ready
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME – Catered to you helping to decide which path to take in your career with taster days and guest speakers.
Chelsy originally started her career as a hairdressing apprentice but quickly decided it wasn’t for her and enrolled at Wakefield College’s Whitwood campus in Castleford to do her Level 2 & 3 beauty therapy qualification. It was at Whitwood, Chelsy was entered into the VTCT World Skills competition representing the Wakefield district. Chelsy won the regional finals, travelling to London as a representative of Yorkshire at the finals. After qualifiying as a beauty therapist Chelsy spent some time in London whilst training for the cruise ships with prestigious company Steiner. She went on to work for Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas and during her break worked in Harrogate at a hotel spa. Chelsy returned to sea this time to work for Onboard Spa onboard the Thomson Celebration. She worked her way up from therapist to spa manager but by 2011 Chelsy wanted to return to the UK. She came home and worked for a gold award Clarins & Decleor salon in Wakefield whilst studying for her Certificate in Education and TAQA award at Huddersfield University. Chelsy has worked for Wakefield College, Wakefield Council and our sister college Intuitions in Harrogate but decided it was time to embark on her own adventure opening up a school with True Beauty founder Elzabeth Speight. Having covered most aspects of the beauty industry including salons, spas, cruise ships, makeup and working on photoshoots, Chelsy is keen to inspire the next generation of Beauty Therapist and help guide them on their way!
