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Hello Beauties
I am writing this post for any of you who may not know what
career path they want to take, or someone who isn’t quite sure about becoming a
beauty therapist. I finished my Certificate IV in Beauty Services in late
November 2012, I studied for just under two years which I would have preferred
to finish earlier but I will get to that later.
After finishing high school I studied Business which was
just something to fill in my time, I haven’t always been interested in beauty
and makeup but for the past few years that has been my passion.
Where I live there are only two beauty schools which one
being further away from me and being more expensive, so I applied to the
cheaper and closer school to where I lived. Like any study you do it’s going to
be expensive but luckily my wonderful parents helped me with the fees, now I’m
a very shy and quiet girl so becoming a beauty therapist where I have to be
around clients every day was amazing for me.
I was brought out of my shell as I learnt quickly that I
needed to talk with clients, not just for the treatment they were having but so
they would comfortable and want to come back to me. A therapist needs to be
this friendly, warm person that clients want to come back to see.
Now when I started my beauty course I had a teacher who was
only a few years older than me, which was good as she was new in the industry
herself but she wasn’t the best teacher. She left after a few short months and
then came in a second teacher who was older and had more experience, she
actually lived down the road from me and we’re still close friends to this
time. She was a wonderful person and teacher who pushed all of the students
when they needed it.
Being in a beauty school you learn on both clients and other
students, mostly for me it was on other students which could have been worked
better by the owner of the school. Being in the beauty industry you need to
have a strong passion for the treatments you do otherwise the clients will pick
up on it, sometimes I don’t feel like talking to clients but I do because I
know that’s part of the job.
There will be those clients who become to trust you and will
want to tell you private things about themselves, you have to listen to them
and keep whatever is said in that treatment room to yourself.
That is how you make a good reputation for yourself which is
especially important if you live in a small town like I do, also getting
treatments done in other beauty salons will help you learn other techniques and
you’ll feel how certain techniques feel.
This is also a great opportunity for you to meet people in
the same industry as you are in or will be entering, this could lead to so many
things such as getting a job or getting extra training. Which leads me onto
extra training, you want to get as much training as you can even if you have to
pay more money. Having more skills will help you getting a job and will work
out better in the long run, just make sure that any training you do get is a
skill you want to learn and use.
For me in my training I learnt how to do nail enhancements
which I really don’t enjoy doing and having since leaving beauty school, also
don’t let other people in the industry talk you into doing something you aren’t
interested in.
You are going to meet a variety of different people with
different backgrounds to you, which shouldn’t scare you away because this has
formed me into being an even better beauty therapist. However there will be
times when you have to be slightly thick skinned, there will be clients who
come to see you and for many reasons aren’t going to be the nicest or most
pleasant to deal with but just keep in mind that you did the best treatment
that you possibly could and if they don’t appreciate the work that you put in
than that is their loss.
I have even had a beauty therapist that the school used for
a short period of time for the students to get more hands on experience, tell
me that because I have acne scars mainly on my cheeks that I would find it hard
to get a job because of it.
Not only did she have no right in saying this to me or
anyone else, but she was completely wrong. People especially younger teenagers
will see my scars and know that I have my own experience dealing with acne,
that will put the client at ease knowing it will get better in time.
Now I am a shy quiet person and always have been but being
in this huge world hasn’t overly changed me, but I have learnt to stand up for
myself and make people listen to me. The last teacher that I studied with at
beauty school wasn’t the best in my eyes, she dragged her feet a lot with me
especially towards the end of my course.
Now I said I wanted to be finished before my birthday which
is in October and that was fine, I only had massage and facial to be marked off
on. But the teacher dragged her feet so much that it took me three months to
finish when it was only meant to take me a month, she would forget that I had
asked her to come in with me on treatments and once she did come in for a
massage on a client she continued to leave the room.
I honestly couldn’t believe it, I was the only student that
was close to finishing and yet I felt like I was the last person on her mind. I
had to stay back late once for a client and had asked to be marked off on a few
things which the teacher agreed to, instead of coming in with me she didn’t and
then she just left once school hours were over which left me to not be marked
off.
I usually don’t get angry but there were so many times when
I felt like walking out of that school, but thankfully I finished and had the certificate
in my hands. I was free to start my career which I love and to start a new
chapter in my life.
For all of you who are thinking about becoming a beauty
therapist then please don’t let my experience scare you away, because being in
the beauty industry is so rewarding and you get to meet new people every day
while also gaining clients that will only ever come to see you and that feeling
is wonderful.
So that it my story of how I became a beauty therapist, if
you have any questions than please ask me because I’m more than willingly to
help any of you out.
Love Leann
xxx
