Hair, beauty parlours and dentists in Cumbria are battling it out to be named among the best in the region.

Businesses across the county have been nominated in the North West Beauty Industry Awards 2019.

They will find out whether they have won at an awards ceremony tipped to be held at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on July 21.

"I didn't enter it so someone has obviously nominated us," said Joanne Marwood, who owns Scissor Sisters, in Grange, which has been nominated for the awards for the county's Five Star Hair Salon.

"I've no idea who did it, I wish I did so I could thank them. I am still a bit flabbergasted.

"I opened the business three-and-a-half years ago and it's just grown and grown. I put everything I had into it."

The salon employs four people.

As well as cutting hair for men and women it also offers sun beds, manicures and other beauty treatments. It has recently installed a collagen bed.

Other businesses in the county which have been nominated are:

Five Star Make Up Salon of the Year: Bucks Fizz Make Up Studio by SWA (Carlisle)

Dental Team of the Year: Ghyllmount Dental (Penrith)

Dentist of the Year: Stricklandgate Dental Practice (Penrith), Fitz Park Dental Practice (Keswick)

Dental Practice of the Year: Stricklandgate Dental Practice (Penrith)

Aesthetic Team of the Year: VL Aesthetics (Carlisle)

Aesthetic Clinic of the Year: VL Aesthetics (Carlisle)

Barbers Team of the Year: Duke Hair (Carlisle)

Barbers of the Year: Wade & Co Barbers (Penrith), The Barbers of Windermere (Windermere)

Spa Team of the Year: Lakeside Hotel & Spa (Lakeside)

Luxury Spa of the Year: The Wordsworth Hotel & Spa (Grasmere)

Resident Spa of the Year: The Swan Hotel and Spa (Ulverston), Lakeside Hotel & Spa (Lakeside), Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa (Windermere), Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa (Keswick)

Nail Technician of the Year: Karla Beth Andrews (Barrow)

Hair Styling Team of the Year: Dimension Hair Studio (Whitehaven), Coco Hair & Beauty (Barrow-in-Furness)

5 Star Hair Salon, Cumbria: Greg Malloy Hairdressing & Wedding Hair (Penrith), Zoes Hair Salon (Carlisle),

Angel Hair Studio (Carlisle), Hairport (Brampton), Scissor Sisters Hair Salon (Grange), Kacuzi Hair Studio (Kendal),

Technique Hair Studio (Wigton)

Five Star Beauty Salon, Cumbria: Pure Holistic & Beauty Lounge (Carlisle), Brockles Hair & Beauty Salon (Penrith),

Amethyst Beauty (Cockermouth), Hailo Beauty (Keswick), Pure Touch (Cockermouth), Face To Face Beauty Studio (Workington), Solo Beauty Ltd (Whitehaven), The Lotus Beauty Room (Brampton)

Karla Beth Andrews (Barrow-in-Furness)

Daffodil Hotel & Spa (Ambleside)