See inside the House of Calm - South Shields' newest beauty salon - video Dailymotion

Shymaa Sword, a registered mental health nurse, has opened her own beauty salon in South Shields.

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00:00So what we've created here is what we're hoping to be known as a safe space in South Shields.

00:05I know it's a salon but we kind of wanted it to be something different.

00:09My background is mental health nursing.

00:12I do aesthetics but I didn't want to just leave the mental health nursing behind.

00:16The House of Com has come from toying with a couple of ideas around the name we wanted House of

00:23and then when we actually came into this building if you have a look on that wall behind you

00:28it actually has, hashtag House of Com and it just felt that the way things were happening

00:32everything just fitted in together.

00:34So coming into this salon what you can expect is honesty, nothing but honesty.

00:41I'm a registered mental health nurse, we've got a nurse prescriber on the site.

00:45All the guys that work in here from the hairdressers to the beauty therapists they've all got the same ethos.

00:51It's around boosting self-confidence, it's a safe space again people might want to come in

00:57and might have additional needs, doesn't want to have a quiet time.

01:00Everything can be totally tealad so the same as you would go to an appointment at the NHS

01:04if you've broken your arm you would get a tealad care plan to what you need

01:09and that's exactly what we want to push in here.