A HAIR and body piercing specialist has opened its second business in Bolton.

Capelli Remi, which has a shop in Deansgate, has moved into an empty unit next to Boots in Crompton Place Shopping Centre.

It is a welcome boost for the centre which recently lost the BHS store from its portfolio of shops.

Capelli Remi has more than 10 years experience with the latest hair and beauty trends selling hair extensions, wigs, hair pieces and also body piercings.

Danny Kynaston, shop manager, said: "We opened our first store two years ago and since then we have grown massively, extending the business into Chorley, Lancaster, Preston and Bolton.

"We have gone to great lengths to branch out into a shopping centre, so it is a huge achievement for us to have a store in Crompton Place in addition to our shop on Deansgate in the town centre."

The shop stocks its own range of hair must-haves including extensions and hair care products.

Mr Kynaston added: "The Capelli Remi collection is exclusive to our stores and website, so we really pride ourselves in being experts in the products our customers buy.

"We exclusively offer wigs too, which are NHS approved along with our professional wig fitting service.We are also experts in body piercing, which has proven very popular in our store. Plus, we host a widely recognised, certified Body Piercing Course, for budding professionals to train alongside our master piercers.

"Since we opened in the centre, we have had lots of shoppers coming in to check out the new store and we are looking forward to welcoming new customers to Capelli Remi."

Paula Wood, centre manager at Crompton Place Shopping Centre said: "We are really happy that Capelli Remi has opened at the centre. With four stores around Lancashire and an exclusive Capelli Remi hair range, Dan and his team are really popular for shoppers around the county. This is the first store of its kind to open at Crompton Place, so I am sure it will be a huge success and we wish the team the best of luck."