At Beauty U, we’re told this all the time. Like, don’t think that you can diagnose a mole as skin cancer. Just suggest your client see her dermatologist for a check-up. And, don’t expect to learn lasers or …
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At Beauty U, we’re told this all the time. Like, don’t think that you can diagnose a mole as skin cancer. Just suggest your client see her dermatologist for a check-up. And, don’t expect to learn lasers or …
Salon’s David Marchese has an essay up today about our secret addiction to pimple popping which is worth reading, though I can also summarize it for you in one line: Squeezing your zits is gross, but everyone does it anyway …
In my defense: We were at PopFest.
What is PopFest, you’re asking? It’s okay, I hadn’t heard of it either because I don’t listen to Pop98.3, the local radio station of choice for the 11 to 14 set. Of course, …
There is a very important hyphen in the title of today’s post, because we’re not talking about makeup (as in cosmetics, as in, the word that doesn’t usually have a hyphen), for a change. We’re talking about Make-Up Hours at …
Client Nine is a tiny girl with big eyebrows.
When I go out to the reception area to get her, she jumps right up when I call her name. And the woman sitting next to her says to me, “Don’t …
Over the past few weeks, I have concluded that there are two types of people in this world: People who blister and burn at the merest suggestion of hair removal via waxing (that would be me) and people …
Client Eight is a shy 16-year-old girl with a small bit of acne around her hairline. (Hair products, people. Hair products.) I ask if she has any concerns about her skin and she immediately starts talking about her break-outs: “I …
Yesterday, we talked about my daily routine and Amy had the most interesting comment: “…what I do each day comes down to cost, time and guilt.”
Ah.
Yes, exactly.
Over on Feministing, Hollywood Marie said “Basically, …
So, traffic tripled yesterday with Part One of this here series on beauty labor. Which makes me think I’ve either touched a nerve here, or you’re just the type of folk who like to snoop in other people’s bathroom cabinets.…
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 …
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