A beauty apprenticeship is all about enhancing people's well-being by helping them feel and look better inside and out. Beauty Therapy includes a variety of treatments, ranging from basic facials and make-up to hair waxing.
When you become a beauty therapy apprentice you are likely to help a senior therapist with her daily work, usually in a salon. You could also work in holiday resorts, hospitals, department stores and even cruise liners! You may get involved in a number of different tasks such as performing hand and foot treatments or applying make-up. When you work beside a senior therapist you may carry out some treatments in addition to watching and learning from someone who has experience meaning you will learn all the necessary skills to be a successful beautician.
You will learn different skills and techniques during your apprenticeship such as: how to do spray tanning, improve facial skin conditions, wax body hair, shape and colour brows, perform hand and foot treatments and apply make-up.
Once completing the apprenticeship you can progress to the advanced apprenticeship, where you'll work as a beauty therapist, learning techniques like body massage as well as more complicated electronic treatments to remove unwanted hair or improve skin condition. After a successful completion of the apprenticeship, you may decide to go on to study specialist areas like massage, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy or reflexology. This can further increase your chances of finding work in the health and beauty sector.
Notgoingtouni.co.uk believe that there are a number of essential traits needed to succeed in this industry. You must enjoy and be able to interact effectively with others as you will spend a lot of your time with your clientele. Therapists work closely with their clients so you have to be able to put them at ease and generally be pleasant and sociable. You have to look after your own appearance as no-one wants to be served by someone who looks like they could do with a bit of time in the salon chair themselves. You will also have to keep up with all the latest fashions and styles and have a creative flair so you are able to suggest the best treatments for a client.
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