About Radar Beauty
Radar Beauty is an online directory that helps people across the United Kingdom find the right person for a beauty or aesthetic treatment. Most of the people it lists work for themselves — independent beauty therapists, nail technicians and lash and brow artists with a home studio, a rented room or a mobile kit — alongside salons and clinics, in 13 cities. You compare treatments, prices and qualifications, then contact the one you choose directly.
Whether you want a facial before a big week, a new set of BIAB nails, a course of laser hair removal, or a make-up artist who will come to your home on your wedding morning, the directory is organised so you can get there in two clicks: by type of listing, by treatment, or by city and neighbourhood.
How it works
Every listing shows the treatments offered, the areas covered, the prices by treatment length, whether appointments are at their studio or salon, mobile to yours, or both, the qualifications and licences declared, and a phone number that appears when you ask for it. You contact the therapist or business yourself, agree a time, and pay them directly. We are not a booking platform and we take no commission.
Before a listing shows the verified badge we check who is behind it: photo identification for an independent professional, business details for a salon or clinic, evidence of qualifications and insurance, and any local authority licence or registration the treatments listed legally require. You can read exactly what we check on the verification page.
What you will find
- Beauty therapists — independent beauty therapists make up the largest part of the directory.
- Nail technicians — independent nail technicians specialise in hands and feet: gel polish, BIAB builder gel, acrylic and gel extensions, nail art, manicures and pedicures.
- Lash and brow artists — lash and brow artists are specialists rather than all-rounders: classic, hybrid and volume lash extensions, lash lifts, brow lamination, threading, henna and tinting, and, for those with the extra training, microblading and powder brows.
- Salons and clinics — beauty salons, nail bars and aesthetic clinics with a fixed address and, usually, more than one practitioner on the rota.
Across those listings we cover 24 treatments, each with its own guide to what it involves, who it suits and what it usually costs in the UK. Start with the treatments guide if you are not sure which to book.
Why we built it
Finding a good therapist usually means trawling social media, review sites and booking apps that each show a slice of what is out there and take a cut of every appointment. We wanted one place that lists the whole market in a city — the nail technician working from a home studio and the lash artist renting a room above a hairdresser as well as the skin clinic on the high street — with the information that actually decides a booking, and no middleman between you and the person who will treat you.
For independent professionals in particular, who have no shop front and no reception, that means a place to be found by people already looking for what they offer, a flat monthly fee instead of a commission, and a dashboard that shows what the listing is doing for them.
For beauty professionals
A basic listing is free, whether you work alone or run a salon. Paid plans add placement on the home page and at the top of search, badges, more photos and a link to your website, billed monthly and cancellable at any time. See the plans and how to get listed, or read the frequently asked questions.