A YOUNG beauty therapist has been short-listed for two national awards.

Emma Steel, a therapist at Saks Guisborough, has been named as a finalist for the Saks National Awards in March.

The 22-year-old, from Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, has been nominated for the Saks Skills Therapist Award and Manicurist Award.

She took part in regional heats in November and is now one of 12 Saks beauty therapists nationwide taking part in the finals, at the Saks London Academies, in Covent Garden, on Sunday.

Emma will find out if she has won on March 6 at the national award ceremony.

Debbie Earl, beauty franchisee at Saks Guisborough, said: "We are delighted Emma is though to the finals."