Angels’ mother and daughter duo

< MIRIAM KERINS

There’s a growing, almost overwhelming, appetite spreading right across the country for trusted, professional, qualified practitioners to administer non-invasive cosmetic treatments.

Local lady Ciara Raftery is one such trusted professional, who, along with her daughter Angel Delaney, has pledged to satisfy this demand by launching Aesthetic Angels, a salon providing an array of luxury therapies and services. It’s located at The Square, Roscommon.

The resourceful pair, who already come from a healthcare background – running contract cleaning company Raftery’s Cleaning Solutions Limited – decided to put their transferable skills and knowledge to good use and retrain as aesthetic practitioners, providing treatments for both men and women.

“We’ve always had an interest in beauty and felt that we’d love to do it. We felt that last year, the timing was right for both of us, so we went for it!”, said Ciara, an advanced aesthetic practitioner, who specialises in an array of treatments from carbon peeling to anti-wrinkle injections to tattoo removal, etc.

Complimenting those treatments is Ciara’s daughter Angel, a professional lash and brow technician specialising in Phi Brows.

This mother and daughter work well together for the simple reason they’re the best of friends: “Myself and Angel get on so well it’s ridiculous. We’re both likeminded, with similar tastes in everything, and we laugh so much, which is important.

“We’ve been toying with going into this line of business for a while. We found the premises in The Square in Roscommon town in November, and we’re still refurbishing it; ripping everything out to create beautiful private treatment rooms ahead of our February 3rd opening”, said an excited Ciara.

Making a positive change in clients’ lives by placing them and their expectations at the very heart of what they do will be central to Aesthetic Angels’ business ethos. As Ciara says: “I love when I can make someone feel good about themselves; it’s just lovely to see people happy. It’s also important to build up a relationship with clients because it’s not just about giving someone large lips, you need to have a thorough consultation with a client and develop a treatment plan with them. I find people like to go to the same person and build up a rapport with them”.

While the ladies offer a range of luxury treatments across the board, including lash extensions and brow lamination, etc., Ciara wishes to make it clear that “all clients availing of aesthetic treatments must be over 18 years of age. We will also be offering discounts on packages and operating a loyalty scheme”.

In their bid to provide patrons with the complete head-to-toe, feel-good experience, this enterprising pair have managed to convince, what Ciara teases is “a wellknown barber” to join them.

“We also have a nail technician who’ll provide a full nail service, and we have two more openings available, so we’re hoping that people in the industry will join us so that we can provide people with a full service”.