Beauty care and cosmetology

Lili N. Yabut

WE need to maintain our physical appearance and take care of ourselves, especially now that everything is all about glam.

It is never wrong to want to learn more about such fields since of skills in order to perfect.

Given that, this field has had more and more people wanting to learn about it. That's why there are different tips and skills that we may obtain by enlisting and enrolling ourselves into a course that would teach us about self care.

Beauty care will enhance one's performance to a wider range of beauty care services. Here, one may learn a variety of beauty tips and activities that will surely maintain and enrich one's looks. One may also use these skills to make a living as well. Not only we can use these to beautify ourselves but we can also earn from it by establishing a salon, for example.

The core competencies that one may acquire upon enrolling in this course are performing manicure and pedicure; performing hand spa; performing Body scrub; performing Facial treatment; performing foot spa; and applying facial make-up.

One may find employment as a junior beautician, Wedding make-up artist, and Beauticians at salons.

Meanwhile, hairdressing and doing makeup can both be a passion/hobby and a profession.

Cosmetology encompasses a lot of lessons, targeted on learning how to take care of hair.

There will be lessons on the basics of performing different hair procedures such as treatment, coloring, perming, cutting, curling, etc, including the do's and dont's in using make up.

It will teach the simple and necessary steps that anyone using makeup should know in order to be a master.

It teaches a lot of skills that others can try to apply in basic level positions in the beauty industry.

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it does require a lot

The author is Teaacher II at San Vicente Pilot School for Philippine Craftsmens,

Bulaon Resettlement, City of San Fernando(P)