Entries from October 2009

October 29, 2009

Step 1: Check Your Appearance

My 600-hour adventure learning to apply makeup, excavate pores, and wax, um, everything. (Learn more about the project, or catch up with Orientation.)

From the “Graduation Requirements” workbook, which Barb says we should carry with us at all times:
When you’re made aware that a client is here you must:
1. Check your appearance.
2. Go out [...]

October 29, 2009

Orientation: The Professional Must Constantly Strive for Excellence

My 600-hour adventure learning to apply makeup, excavate pores, and wax, um, everything. Read more about it here.

Barb is the admissions director at Beauty U. She’s a whole different ball game from Sal over at Beauty College, and I’ll admit, a major reason that I chose to enroll in Beauty U’s Esthetics Program over BC’s [...]

October 9, 2009

The Interview is also a Sales Pitch.

My 600-hour adventure learning to apply makeup, excavate pores, and wax, um, everything. Learn more about it here.

Sal is a big guy, with the thick, golden mane of a man who knows hair is his business, and dyed eyebrows to match. His office is decorated with motivational posters that say things like “Leadership” and “Positivity,” along [...]