Boots Beauty Specialist

Boots Opticians; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading beauty retailer as a Beauty Specialist in Carlisle, where you will engage with customers to provide expert advice on skincare, makeup, and haircare products. This sales-driven role emphasizes teamwork and customer satisfaction rather than competition. You will have access to a generous product allowance for personal use and benefit from comprehensive training both in-store and online. The role requires a flexible attitude towards working days across the week and involves hands-on experiences with a variety of premium beauty brands.

Benefits

Quarterly product allowance up to £1000

Generous employee discounts

Ongoing training from beauty experts

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free 24/7 counselling

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm and passion for make-up, skincare and haircare.
• Ability to start conversations with customers.
• Proven ability to exceed sales targets.
• Good communication skills for understanding customer needs.
• Proactive approach to learning about new products.

Responsibilities

• Connect with customers and guide them to suitable products.
• Provide expert, unbiased advice across premium beauty brands.
• Maintain cleanliness and stock levels of beauty counters.
• Take part in training and beauty conferences.
• Opportunity to create social media content for events.

Skills

Enthusiasm & passion for make-up

Good communication skills

Ability to achieve sales targets

Warm and approachable manner

Proactive learning approach

Job description

Job Description

We’re shaking up the beauty scene at Boots, and our Beauty Specialists are leading the charge. This isn’t your average retail role – it’s a unique position at the heart of our beauty halls, where you’ll connect with customers and guide them to the best skincare, makeup and hair products for their needs. From cult favourites to the latest viral must haves, you’ll share honest, expert advice and help customers find what really works for them – all whilst driving sales through genuine, feel-good service. Whether it’s a glow up or a game changing product, they’re after, you’ll be part of making every customer feel their absolute best.

About the role

• Reporting to the Assistant Manager, you’ll work across all premium/luxury beauty brands, offering expert, unbiased advice to customers giving them the best experience in store.
• This is a sales-based role. You'll have targets to meet and we're about working as a team (not competing against each other for sales!) so you won’t be on performance-based commission. Instead, we provide up to £1000* annual product allowance for you personally test, love and recommend our products.
• This is a fun place to be, so you'll really get to use your sales and communication skills as you approach and interact with lots of customers with a variety of needs throughout the day.
• We’re proud of our stores, so you will always keep the premium beauty hall and make up counters looking their best. You will take pride in ensuring all counters and testers are well stocked, cleaned and tidied throughout the day.
• You'll have access to expert hands‑on training with premium brands in store, plus a comprehensive learning programme through our online learning platform to keep building your beauty expertise.
• You'll attend our famous virtual and in‑person conferences where we bring our Beauty Specialists together for an immersive education experience.
• As a Boots Beauty Specialist there may be opportunities to get involved with creating social media content, supporting with events or even the chance to be involved in some of our exciting campaigns.

What you’ll need to have

• Enthusiasm & passion for make-up, skincare and haircare
• A warm, approachable manner and the confidence to start conversations with customers.
• A passion for achieving and exceeding sales targets or goals
• Ability to work at pace.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to understand customer needs.
• A proactive approach to learning about new products, techniques, and services

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working towards sales or targets in beauty retail
• A creative flair or interest in social content

Career development

Are you thinking about your future career goals? There are plenty of opportunities to continue your career with us; whether you progress within beauty to become a Senior Beauty Specialist or Beauty Assistant Manager, move into store leadership as a Store Manager, or even join our Support Office.

Our benefits

• Quarterly product allowance totalling up to £1000 per year* (*subject to number of hours worked per week.)
• Generous employee discounts
• Ongoing training from our amazing brands and beauty experts
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
• Flexible benefits scheme
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you – find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third‑party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots?

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next?

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we look forward to receiving your application. If your application is successful, you'll be invited to complete an online assessment before attending an in‑store assessment. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part‑time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Information about the role

We are now recruiting Boots Beauty Specialists for our Carlisle store. We are looking for candidates to join us onwards and who can be flexible to meet our customers needs. Your basic hours will be 36 hours per week, and your days of work will be across Monday to Sunday. The exact shift patterns will be discussed at interview stage.

Business Area

Retail

Function

Store Colleagues

Keywords

Beauty, Skincare, Cosmetics, Beauty Advisor, Sales, Retail, Counter Sales, Beauty Consultant, Makeup Artist, Make-up Artist, MUA, Makeup, Beauty Specialist, Blogger, Vlogger, Influencer

Hours per week

36

Latitude,longitude 1

54.893218892,-2.934468905

Shift Pattern to display to candidates (displayed externally). Please select one:

Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

3 - North and NI

Area

119 - Lakes

Store

1278 - CARLISLE

Req Posted Date

04-Dec-2025

County

Cumbria

Country

UK

Address 1

43-49 English Street

Address 2

Carlisle

Address 3

Cumbria

Post Code

CA3 8JU

Source

Boots