beauty therapist

British

noun

a person whose job is to carry out treatments to improve a person's appearance, such as facials, manicures, removal of unwanted hair, etc

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Zoe Nicols, a mobile beauty therapist and former salon owner in Dorset, says she's had customers asking for a "sweaty makeup" look.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

By speaking out, the beauty therapist said she hoped to find a surgeon who might take on her case.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

Last year, a beauty therapist who draws tattoos for women and men who have lost breasts through a mastectomy was stopped from posting pictures of her work on Facebook ads.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2021

Online, fans on both sides of the Atlantic have circulated memes featuring Michael Griffiths, a firefighter, brandishing a plastic wineglass as he calls Amber Gill, a beauty therapist, “childish,” in a thick Liverpool accent.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 10, 2019

In addition to the captain, mates and engineers, she carries nine in the steward's department, a chef plus three in the galley, a nurse, a masseuse, a beauty therapist and two laundry staff.

From Time Magazine Archive

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