I started talking about this idea of “beauty labor” last week — all the varying kinds of effort that women put into their personal grooming routine (often without even viewing it as work), plus the labor that beauty consumers hire …
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I started talking about this idea of “beauty labor” last week — all the varying kinds of effort that women put into their personal grooming routine (often without even viewing it as work), plus the labor that beauty consumers hire …
Have I told you guys about the Beauty U dress code? It’s not too draconian: Black shirt, black pants or skirt, black Beauty U apron. The list of what we can’t wear is longer: No open-toed shoes (a state health …
Tonight we finish clients early, so Miss Stacy does a mini-lecture about different kinds of spa employment.
Booth renters (which make up a majority of hair stylists and nail technicians) pay a spa owner weekly or monthly for their chair …
Ever since we gave Brooke her Brazilian, I’ve been thinking about possible pro-woman interpretations of this practice. I know it’s a common feminist response to view take-it-all-off waxing as a form of genital mutilation that Western women partake in …
Inside Beauty Q&A: Where we talk to someone in the beauty industry trenches. Know someone I should interview (maybe you)? Email me at beautyschooledproject [at] gmail [dot] com.
So, remember Client Seven, the 70-year-old lady getting her first facial, despite (or perhaps because of) a host of medical problems including fake knees and high blood pressure?
Well, I must have done something right, because tonight she’s back.…
The New York Post is reporting on how Brazilian devotees come to view their waxers as “mothers without the baggage.” Says one loyal client:
…“Meeting her made me realize how two women, complete strangers, can be nice to each other
It’s official: Meg, Blanche, Stephanie and I are all Beauty U Seniors. We’ve waded our way through all 21 chapters of Milady’s Standard Fundamentals for Estheticians, and passed all four practical exams (makeup, facials, body treatments…
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Paycheck Fairness Act (currently pending in the Senate) is a little off topic for a blog about the beauty industry, seeing as the vast majority of beauty industry workers are female. In fact, …
Despite the fact that the New York Times found two anti-shaving celebrities last week, (Mo’Nique and Amanda Palmer, who, I am pretty sure, can only be considered “famous” because of this article) and decided to build a whole story …
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