Cosmetologist


Location:    Mane Street Styles, Littleton; Fresh Salon and Day Spa, Littleton


Generic Description:
Barbers and cosmetologists focus on providing hair care services to enhance the appearance of customers.  Other personal appearance workers, such as manicurists and pedicurists, shampooers, and skin care specialists, provide specialized beauty services that help clients look and feel their best.
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists offer a wide range of beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling of hair.  They may advise clients on how to care for their hair at home.  In addition, cosmetologists may be trained to give manicures, pedicures, and scalp and facial treatments; provide makeup analysis; and clean and style wigs and hairpieces.
A number of workers offer specialized services.  Manicurists and pedicurists, called nail technicians in some States, work exclusively on nails and provide manicures, pedicures, polishing, and nail extensions to clients.  Another group of specialists is skin care specialists, or estheticians, who cleanse and beautify the skin by giving facials, full-body treatments, and head and neck massages, as well as apply makeup.  They also may remove hair through waxing or, if properly trained, with laser treatments.  Finally, in larger salons, shampooers specialize in shampooing and conditioning hair.
In addition to working with clients, personal appearance workers may keep records of hair color or skin care regimens used by their regular clients.  A growing number actively sell hair, skin, and nail care products.  Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers who operate their own salons have managerial duties that may include hiring, supervising, and firing workers, as well as keeping business and inventory records, ordering supplies, and arranging for advertising.


Tasks Performed on Site:
If you have an interest in a career in the profession of beauty and enjoy helping others with their hair and makeup, an internship in cosmetology may be good for you. Cosmetology is a field that has excitement, fun and prosperity for those that study and work hard.
This internship will allow the student to observe and participate in the following aspects of this business:
  • Sanitation and sterilization
  • Cold waving and the chemistry of cold wave solutions, relaxers and reaction on hair. Technique of placing cold wave rods on patron’s hair will be covered.
  • Coloring of hair: Chemistry of color, the chemical action of hair color, and technique of applying hair color
  • Hair and scalp treatments and conditioning
  • Hair shaping and proper handling of instruments
  • Proper procedure of shampooing
  • Styling
  • Shop department, consisting of instruction in courtesy, neatness and professional attitude in meeting the public


Expected outcomes:
By the end of the internship, the student will:
  • Know how to keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
  • Understand how to cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
  • Understand how to analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
  • Observe how to schedule client appointments.
  • Learn how to bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
  • Know how to update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
  • Learn how to shampoo, rinse, condition and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
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