The Making of an Esthetician

On Thursday night, my friend, April, came in for an eyebrow wax. When we finished, I walked her up to the reception desk so that she could pay. On our way up, I ran into the difficult client that I wrote about in my entry called ‘What Kind of Operator Am I, Anyway?’ More…

School on Saturday started off really slow. It was taking me awhile to feel fully awake, so I was happy to have some down time. We did get a few clients and pretty soon I was next on the rotation. More…

Last night at school I had a client who wanted a spa facial, but after looking over her health form, I saw that she checked that she was pregnant, and I knew I could only give her a basic facial.  More…

Sandra and I covered the front desk at school today while the girl whose desk day it was ate her lunch. We were really busy with clients. I recognized a woman who walked in; I had had her as a client the week before. She was an incredibly sweet woman who was really into skin care and really appreciated the facial I gave her. Our personalities really clicked and I enjoyed chatting with her throughout the treatment. My goal is to get my clients to return and request me. More…