Beauty and wellness, balance, personal hygiene

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Chapter 3

• Beauty and wellness, balance, personal hygiene
  grooming

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Beauty and wellness

• The spa culture
• This new culture requires us to integrate beauty
  and wellness
• We provide services to make others look good and
  FEEL good.
• We are professional touchers.
• We must develop a caring, healing quality that we
  transmit to others
• We become care givers
• Before we can do that for others, we must pay
  attention to our own health

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Defining health

• The word health is derived from Old English hal,
  meaning whole
• When our body, mind, and spirit are all working
  together and cooperatively, we can enjoy the
  pleasures of life and work creatively and
  productively.

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Creating balance

• Make right choices for ourselves
• Eating correctly
• Being tobacco and drug free
• Drinking in moderation only
• Exercising
• Letting go of toxic emotions
• Having a sense of purpose

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Sense of purpose

• Achieving a balance between what we want for
  ourselves and what others want for us, between
  work and play, between self interest and
  sensitivity to others are all key in living a
  happy, productive life

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Looking your best

• Our clothing is our packaging
• Personal hygiene basics
• Daily maintenance of cleanliness and
  healthfulness through certain sanitary
  practices
• Daily bath or shower
• Wash hands frequently
• Before and after each client after each visit to
  the bathroom

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Personal Hygiene

• Use deodorant/antiperspirant
• Brush and floss teeth
• Use mouthwash breath mints as
  needed
• Skin care
• Cleanse, moisturize, exfoliate, and protect body
  and facial skin with a regular skin-care regimen
• Well-groomed hair
• Serves as an advertisement for your styling
  skills

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Personal Hygiene

• Well-manicured hands
• Fragrance care
• Many individuals are sensitive
  
• or allergic to chemicals and
  fragrances.
• Perfume may be best left off
  during work
  
• hours.

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Personal Grooming

• Maintain wardrobe
• Clothes clean, smell fresh, wrinkle free. Whites
  should be white shoes should be cleaned,
  polished, and in good repair with well-tended
  heels. Clothing should not be ripped or torn.
• ACTIVITY
• Divide into 2 groups, line up behind each, walk
  past each group x 2. ( think of the most
  professional image you observed ) ( candy )

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Personal Grooming

• Dress for success
• Wardrobe consistent with the image of the salon
• Classic selections
• For women, an A-line skirt in simple muted
  colors, with no patterns worn with a white or
  black silk T-shirt
• For men, a shirt and tie with clean, tailored
  khakis
• Remember-tune in to your salons energy and
  clientele to make appropriate clothing selections.

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Personal Grooming

• Clean, fresh clothing
• Also appropriate for your height, weight, and
  body shape
• Functional aesthetically pleasing
• Clothing should be comfortable and allow you to
  move with the physical demand of the job
• Clean undergarments daily
• Keep undergarments, straps, or edges totally out
  of view

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Personal Grooming

• Simple accessories
• Socks/hose free of runs
• They should also harmonize with rest of attire
• Shoes clean/comfortable
• Shoes should have good support and lower heels if
  you stand all day
• Use foot powder
• Feet tend to perspire over a long day. Use foot
  powder in shoes and alternate shoes from one day
  to next so they can air out

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Personal grooming

• Hair care
• Consider comfort and utility
• Cut for texture and wave pattern
• Cut every 6 to 8 weeks to maintain line and
  shape. That can be as often as ever 4 weeks for
  men
• Use appropriate styling aids
• Use haircolor and texture services as appropriate
• Using these services will help serve as
  advertisements for your clients as well

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Personal grooming

• Facial hair for Men
• Keep regularly trimmed
• The art of make-up
• Accentuate best features
• Minimize less flattering features
• Be consistent with salon image
• Discard unused makeup after 6 months.
• Makeup is a breeding ground for bacteriakeep
  freshdont share with others

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Summary

• What do we expect?
• Clean, well-manicured hands
• Clean, properly fitted clothing
• Clean teeth
• Properly cared for shoes
• Our clients expect the absolute best from us
  because we represent their perception of style,
  beauty, and image