What advice would you give skin care students?
- If you were mentoring a skin care student, what's the one best piece of advice you would share with them?
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Permalink Reply by iskyn for me on
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LOL Pamela - yet so true !
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The advice I would like to dispense would be...... Okay so it is not one :)
Now your adventure begins ! Your newly obtained Esthetic License gives you several tools to gain knowledge and grow into a Seasoned Esthetician :). Learned so very much from each and every position held in the last eighteen years and still loving our ever growing industry of skin care.
A few of the avenues that were most helpful in getting my feet wet :)
First and foremost pay special attention to your Ergonomics !!!!!
*Medical Esthetician for Dermatologists
* custom blending foundation for post operative patients
* be sure to take notes for product line training ( help your communication with your client)
* when deciding to rent a room or work for an employer be sure you have enough clientele to sustain your rent
* Makeup Artistry for Special Events may be able to pick up financial slack
* if you can - do become laser certified
* take classes on all machines ( even if your place of business does not have them)
*speed waxing classes
* ingredient chemistry class was ever so useful
* post grad classes are far more helpful than Esthetic Schooling
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Permalink Reply by ASCP on
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Some great tips here! I hope all the students are tuning in and paying attenion!
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As do I Jesse ;) So many avenues available with an Esthetician License.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Franklin on
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I have worked in this industry off & on for the last 30 years as a cosmetologist and as a sales consultant for a distributor for, I am now attending school for esthetics, a few things I would say in answer to this is, put away your cell phones during school and once you are out of school only use it between clients or on breaks, there is nothing worse than having your hairstylist or esthetician working on you and being on the phone or using facbook or other aps, another is learn how to promote yourself, learn how to create flyers, newsletters or even business cards for yourself, take them with you and hand them out to people, if you are in school you should already be doing this to bring clients in while you are there, also if you are working in a salon or spa and are slow offer to help clean rather than sit and do nothing, our instructor was just saying today how important that aspect is and I totally agree with her, don't leave your clean up for someone else to do. Continue your education after you graduate, if you are using a skin care line and they offer classes take them, it is well worth it! go to the trade shows and take classes there also, learn all you can while in school you only get out of it what you put into it, so get everything out of it while you can.
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Permalink Reply by Monica Grajales on
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WOW! great question and great answers!
I would say, like someone already mentioned, get some business, marketing and accounting training. Some counties offer these courses for free or low fee through their small business division.
Learn as much as you can of social media. You will save thousands of dollars by doing it yourself or having someone helping you with it. Think twice about hiring a social media "guru".
You may want to start working for someone else while you get experience. Some things might be thought as common sense or easy to remember, but unless you are doing them and getting in the habit of things, you won't do them. Examples are how to greet clients, how to charge, how to accept tips, how scheduling works, the flow of a skincare business, etc. If you want to learn the hard way, start your own business right away, but you will save yourself some suffering and undue stress if you get acquainted with the busines first working as an employee. You can then decide what things you will do and which ones you won't.
network network network. Did I mention network? What area of skincare would you like to specialize in? connect with folks in the field. In addition to this association, linkedin.com is very good. Connect with people in your geographical area (potential clients such as business folks, wedding planners, etc).
Keep your ethics intact and remain professional always - including your personal FB page. I had a product rep who "befriended" me on FB. Her personal postings were highly political and such a turn off! I, not only de-friended her, I also don't want to do business with her.
And last but not least, just because you get your license, doesn't mean that you're done :-) The aesthetics field is never ending and once you get something down, they've already come up with something newer and better.
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Permalink Reply by Katleen Brown on
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Balancing the demands of work and life make you healthier, happier and a better student or psychologist. Mentors can provide the support and guidance you need to achieve your skin care goals. Start with self-care, and the rest will come, a mentor advises their students.
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It is a great honor to be asked for advice, but it is also a big responsibility. Good advice can help people make sound decisions or find the right path in life, while bad advice can have disastrous consequences.
You are important to us...Take care…Stay healthy..
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