Loved by Professionals, Open to Everyone.
Sally Beauty, Salon Services, or ‘Sally’s’ as we’re fondly known has always been the place where people who are serious about hair and beauty come to shop. As a trusted destination for the professional, that’s open to everyone, you can rely on us to only stock the biggest brands, the best products and the beauty must haves that can bring the salon or to your home. Sally Beauty is where anyone can access professional brands and transformative products and we welcome and encourage everyone to Shop like a Pro with us.
If you’re in the hair and beauty industry already, or training for a career in the best industry in the world, then head over to Salon Services, our trade site, where you can access trade only pricing, exclusive brands and a whole host of other professional benefits.
Salon Services - Our Story So Far
60 Years of Beauty. Inspired by You.
Sally Beauty is part of the Sally Europe family; the UK and Continental Europe operating arm of Sally Beauty Holdings Ltd. Collectively we are proud to be world’s largest distributor of professional hair and beauty products. If you want to choose the best products, invest in brands you can trust and get insider access to the world of hair and beauty, you’re in the right place.
We’re a huge team and together an unbeatable community. The Sally Europe group brings together Sally Beauty and Salon Services plus three other businesses across Europe and we cover every corner of the hair and beauty industry from supporting apprentices starting out, our trailblazing independent hair and beauty business owners, at-home DIY beauty fans, big salon groups, students, hotels, spas, and more. Serving both the trade and retail customer, we provides an unmatched service in beauty and no one can match us in scale, experience or expertise.
Our reach is huge, here are a few of our headlines:
• 5 Businesses
• Stores in 7 markets: UK, ROI, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands & Spain
• Over 400 stores in the UK & Central Europe
• Over 235 UK stores in the UK and Ireland
• 4000 stores worldwide
Where it all started
1964 - Sally Beauty Supply opens as a standalone store in New Orleans, and so our adventure begins.
1987 - Time for ‘Sally’ to conquer the UK & Ireland and in the process we opened our 500th store worldwide.
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2007 – We acquired Salon Services; a UK business with a strong European presence that allowed us to reach more people and go BIG!
2007 - Sally acquires Beauty Express, a top supplier to the beauty and spa industry which was what we needed to connect with more beauty specific customers than ever before.
2013 – London calling! We opened our three-story UK flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. Today we have multiple stores in every major city in the UK and ROI and pride ourselves on making sure we’re wherever our customers need us.
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2017 – We hit the 5,000 store milestone and we’ve added more since. We believe in the power of our stores because it’s where our passion comes to life through our people and our breadth of range is unmatched. But also, if you want to shop online, grab and go, we do that too with our easy to shop websites.
2018 - Beauty Express and Salon Services merge together to become one destination for all of your Beauty and Hair needs.
2024 – 60 Years! At the heart of our story is our love and passion for hair and beauty. We’re a big company that’s part of something bigger still. Over the past 60 years we’ve built and evolved to become a trusted partner to every one of our customers and we’re thrilled to celebrate the milestone and look forward to what’s to come.
What’s the difference between Sally Beauty and Salon Services?
Where you shop depends if you’re a hair and beauty lover shopping for yourself or an industry professional. Which one are you?
I’m shopping for me
No trade card, no problem! You’re in the right place. Whether you’ve been recommended a product by your hairdresser or beautician, need to upgrade your haircare routine or are practicing perfect at-home nails, Sally Beauty has the solution. Here at Sally Beauty everyone has access to all the best professional brands, products and advise and you can shop with confidence knowing that there is nowhere more trusted than where the pros shop.
I’m in the trade
Are you a Colourist, Stylist, Nail Technician, Barber, Beautician, Make-up Artist, Masseuse? Anyone working in the professional hair and beauty industry, as business owner or employee, can apply for a Salon Services trade card. Your trade card gives you access to trade only products, trade prices and exclusive brands so that you can stock up on professional essentials and everything you need for your career and business big or small.
I’m a pro in training
If you’re studying, an apprentice or taking a course you can sign up for a Student Trade Card and shop as a professional whilst you’re on your journey. Not only can you shop with your professional student trade card, you will also get access to our exclusive student offers, Industry news and updates.
Our Mission and why Beauty Matters.
Hair and beauty is our business but to us it’s more than that. The hair and beauty industry is driven by the desire to make people look, and more importantly feel great. There’s nothing like a fresh nail or a great hair day to lift spirits and we live for that joy. You’ll find no group more vibrant, creative, passionate driven and energetic than the group we’re proud to call our hair and beauty community and that is infectious. As a Sally beauty customer, if you visit us in one of our 230 plus UK and Ireland stores you will feel that passion and expertise, we’ve been crafting it for over 60 years so we know our stuff.
Our store teams are all trained product experts and around 50% of them are working professionals themselves. There is no better place to be advised and inspired than a Sally Beauty or Salon Services store.
Our Top FAQs
Yes! Our Sally Beauty stores and website are open to everyone. Almost all of our stores, both Sally Beauty and Salon Services are open to everyone, despite Salon Services being our Trade brand. The only difference is that trade customers use their trade card to access trade benefits. There are a few exceptions so check your local store on our store finder. In store you will find that selected products and brands are trade only, but your store team can advise you on great alternatives from our selection of hundreds of brands and you might just discover your newest must-have product. Our Click & Collect service allows you to buy online at Sally Beauty and collect from both Sally Beauty Stores and selected Salon Services stores.
You don’t need a card to shop with Sally Beauty, we’re open to everyone. You only need a trade card to shop on our trade site Salon Services. The Salon Services trade card gives you access to trade pricing and trade-only products. You can apply for a trade card with Salon Services here.