Tonight I perform my first salt scrub. In case you’ve never had a salt scrub, here’s what it involves: Your client takes off all her (or his) clothes and maybe puts on a disposable thong, then lies down …

I’ve decided to start a new blog category called “Tip Jar,” where we’ll track how much I make in tips working on clients at Beauty U. And because tips make up such a significant portion of the average salon worker’s …

With Miss Jenny gone, things are starting to change at Beauty U.

“Laundry needs to be put away in the closet, ladies,” Miss Lisa says, gesturing to a pile of four folded bath towels behind the waxing station. The …

So are you guys sick of facials yet? I’ll admit, I am — and I still have 59 more to do before I graduate. But this week, we’re taking a hiatus from cleanse-exfoliate-massage-mask-tone-moisturize to learn about body treatments. Which means: …

Last week, when I was finishing up my Three Months Down report, commenter Kate Ashford asked:

I have a question: How does the working-on-not-fellow-students clients thing work? Do people know you’re students? Do they get a discount? Does the beauty

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 …

My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Click here to read about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1-5.

Tonight we’re summoned over to the cosmetology classroom to find out exactly what Simon Scott was up to the other night…

My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Click here to read about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1-5.

We’re continuing to practice our cleansing and toning, so tonight I work on Meg, who is wrestling with two milia that …

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In case you haven’t noticed, eyelashes are having a bit of a moment right now.

Brooke Shields is very concerned about them. …