Entries Tagged as ‘week 3’

November 20, 2009

placenta. on your face.

I had my first Beauty U facial last night — whenever we don’t have any regular customers in the spa, the senior students borrow one of us freshman girls to practice on — and it reminded me to tell you about this. Jezebel is pretty sure that the Daily Mail is over-hyping this placenta facial [...]

November 19, 2009

the fantasea face.

My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Learn about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1 and 2. We’ve been practicing the daytime face for two weeks now, so tonight, Meg and I are messing around in our FantaSea makeup kits. They’re filled with clever compartments and secret drawers, all fitted with perfectly pressed cakes of [...]

November 18, 2009

career opportunities.

During a back wax, pants should be worn. (This guy is not Frank. And he did it for charity.) Miss Jenny asks us to go around the room and talk about which field of esthetics we’re most interested in pursuing. Everyone is deciding between being a makeup artist or “medical esthetics,” which is where you [...]

November 17, 2009

esthetics is a science. see: skin transplants.

My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1 and 2. So, it’s not all trips to the mall and fancy eyelashes, kittens. Tonight we studied the history of skin care. Oh, those Egyptians and their wacky kohl eye shadow — great for making eyes look larger and [...]