I am Bal, the the Senior, Beauty Consultant, Make-Up Artist and Hair Designer at Silk Powder.

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Silk Powder operate in four core areas: 

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(1) HD Hydrafacial by Silk Powder: Our specialist Hydrafacial and Crystal Clear Facials + Bodycials. This division of our company focuses on results based skin treatments. 

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(2) Beauty + Aesthetics: Here we offer our micropigmentation services, eyebrow lamination, Lashes, Dermaplanning, threading, and your everyday beauty treatments.

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(3) Make-Up & Hair Services: These are the services that our company were built on and where we offer our renowned Occasion & Bridal Hair & Make-Up Services; and

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(4) Skin Camouflage Services: This is our specialised skin camouflage service which helps our customers to build up confidence and self-appreciation, through the use of highly pigmented camouflage creams, to assist with reducing the appearance and affects of various skin and body conditions.

 

ABOUT ME, BAL

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Since I was a young girl, I always had an artistic flair and a passion to apply my creativity at every opportunity. I grew up in England and moved over to Canada when I got married. As the years went on, I decided to embark on a make-up course and pursue my artistic nature. I took course after course in different parts of the world and developed a sense of belief that I could help people.

 

My experience includes working as a skin camouflagist for the Red Cross, Changing Faces, Catwalk, Magazine and Television work. I eventually moved back to England and set up my own mobile Make-Up, Hair & Beauty company. I started building up a portfolio of clients and business was going really good. I made the all important move to carry on the business in a little shop on Narborough Road in Leicester. I remember the everlasting task of deciding on a company name - but then out of the blue, my brother in law came up with 'Silk Powder'. It was perfect! I am very much a family kind of person and love having everyone involved. My daughters even helped to chose the font of my new company name.

 

Silk Powder was doing really well and after a period of time, we made the decision to move to the gorgeous Stoneygate Shopping Centre of Leicester. It just complemented the type of company I ran as many of the shops were niche, independent and family run. The business was doing really well and we ended up moving across the road to a double fronted shop so that we could expand our services to include other offerings within beauty therapy. 

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Following COVID-19, we changed our business model to a pop-up style salon, with a permanent base in Ansty. Accordingly, you will find Silk Powder offering its services in various locations, in and around the Midlands., 

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People often ask me what my favourite part of the job is - my answer is always 'making people smile'.

 

I hope to see you soon  - Bal Gill