January 2025
Starting Over?
Are you starting over in a new city and/or state and trying to find your Esthetician? If you’re new to an area, you know how challenging it can be to find new providers for all your necessities. How should you go about finding someone for your skincare, waxing and makeup needs? Do the research, Google and Bing are great search engines. Word of mouth, driving by and seeing signage, networking groups, business cards and flyers you see up, asking people you come across in your local circles. Remember to ask questions to make sure your Esthetician knows what they are[...]
July 2024
What it takes to become a licensed Esthetician
I’m asked quite often, to my surprise, if Estheticians have to go to school or have a license. The answer is absolutely! The average amount of hours needed in most states is 600, some require more some require less. What is the difference between and Aesthetician, Esthetician, Cosmetologist, Nail Tech, Barber? Think of Cosmetology as the tree and all the other categories are the branches, Cosmetologists go to school for quite a bit longer but their education focuses more on cutting and chemical services on the hair with a small emphasis on the other areas. They are licensed to do[...]
Manscaping: taming the mongoose
The crew from "I Am Athlete" break it down. You don’t have to be an NFL player to tame the Mongoose. Removing your pubic hair via waxing has many added benefits.
The new normal of hair removal services
"Is a woman willing to perform intimate services involving nudity for women obliged to perform the same services for any male who claims to be a woman?" This article in The Economist brings to light the gray area when it’s comes to services like waxing. You need to be highly experienced to offer hair removal for the genitalia area for any sex. I made sure that I had plenty of experience and felt confident in the service I would be providing. Tattoo artists and piercers have to pierce all kinds of body parts that are in intimate areas but they[...]
Pilonidal (tailbone) cysts
If you’re reading this more than likely you’ve heard of this and may have actually been diagnosed with it. If you haven’t heard of this, it’s a cyst that’s typically located near the tailbone at the top of the cleft of the buttocks. This happens in Men and Women and can be irritated by long periods of sitting. The cysts usually occur when the hair punctures the skin and then becomes embedded. The best way to avoid this painful cyst from appearing is to wax the hair on and around it. I have seen these over the years of[...]