Beautician or Beauty Therapist
Job Description
- Advise the clients of beauty salons on skin care and provide a wide range of beauty treatments for them. These include elimination of wrinkles, facial mask, application of beauty packs and bleaches, removal of unwanted hair/depilatory waxing, facial, hand and arm massage, eyebrow shaping and perming of eyelashes, manicure, make-up, treatment of pimples, acne, blackheads, etc.
- Employ sophisticated electronic devices in beauty treatments, such as the use of laser for elimination of wrinkles
- Pay home visits to provide services to clients
- Some beauticians give lessons in beauty salons
- Beauticians working in modelling companies may be required to train models in deportment and to provide make-up services in fashion shows
Professional Qualifications
- To be a beautician, it is advisable to receive formal training in anatomy, physiology, nutrition and cosmetic science and obtain the qualification of professional beautician, such as the City & Guilds (United Kingdom), CIDESCO (Switzerland), ITEC and CIBTAC (United Kingdom) qualifications
- You may find more details of the professional training courses in the part on ¡§Training¡¨