Shona Bradley, owner of Doll Beauty & Aesthetics, New Road Side, Horsforth, Leeds, has been nominated in a top beauty award 'Best UK Salon 2025' after months of campaigning 'to make a difference in domestic violence' by holding charity days.
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00:00So I've been nominated for Best Salon 2025 from the UK Hair and Beauty Awards.
00:06And you've been nominated in this as well?
00:08Yes, so I was nominated for Best New Salon in 2022 and I came fifth place in the UK.
00:13And also you do charity, is it work or fundraising?
00:17So I like to do fundraising for domestic violence. I think it's something that's
00:21really important. So in October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
00:25I dedicate one day of my diary and all proceeds made in that day go straight to
00:30a charity for domestic violence. Last year it was Staying Put,
00:34which is one that's helped family members of mine. So it was really important for me to do that.
00:38And you think that when you've got clients and they obviously talk to you
00:41personally about certain things that you can help?
00:44Yeah, I feel in a beauty salon you have close relationships with your clients.
00:49They speak to you about a number of different things that could be something like domestic
00:53violence. And I feel it's really important to raise awareness in something like the beauty
00:57industry for when people tell you about things like that that are going on in their life,
01:02that you know the resources of where to go when they've told you stuff like that.
01:06And when you were raising these funds for charity, did you donate money for that week?
01:11On one day in particular. So I dedicated one day to my diary and all of the proceeds
01:16made in that day went directly to Staying Put.