When you’re giving a client a facial behind one curtain, but you can still hear everything that’s happening behind all the other curtains,* here’s a conversation you don’t want to overhear:
…Beauty U Student #1: Why are you on all
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When you’re giving a client a facial behind one curtain, but you can still hear everything that’s happening behind all the other curtains,* here’s a conversation you don’t want to overhear:
…Beauty U Student #1: Why are you on all
The Three Month State of Beauty U Report continues.
Okay, I’ve told you that we’re sleep deprived and living on junk food. Now let’s talk wardrobe. The first few weeks at Beauty U, we took the dress code seriously: …
The Three Month State of Beauty U Report continues.
The other thing about being in school every weeknight from 6 to 10 PM? That used to be when dinner happened. As in, a meal, often containing vegetables, which I cooked …
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project or catch up with weeks 1-10.
This, for the uninitiated, is a paraffin foot dip.
At Beauty U, we keep blocks of paraffin wax constantly melting in a warmer, …
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Learn about the project or catch up with weeks 1-9.
Stephanie and I are talking about how she did just fine with Monday’s alpha hydroxy acid peel, while I cried like a little …
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Learn about the project or catch up with weeks 1-9.
Here’s how Milady’s explains a chemical peel, which is where an esthetician paints your face with glycolic acid (a kind of alpha hydroxy …
An excerpt from our packet on “People Skills:”
…WHY CUSTOMERS QUIT
1% DIE
3% MOVE AWAY
5% OTHER FRIENDSHIPS
9% COMPETITIVE REASONS
14% PRODUCT DISSATISFACTION
68% QUIT BECAUSE OF ATTITUDE OF INDIFFERENCE TOWARD CUSTOMER BY SOME EMPLOYEE.
REMEMBER, YOU REPRESENT
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project or catch up with weeks 1-9.
I think we’re all getting itchy about facials. It feels like we’ve been doing them for 100 weeks (reality: about five) but we …
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project or catch up if you’re behind on the reading.
Everyone is in a flutter about this new survey by the Daily Mail, which found that 1 in 5 men …
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