A Minute With SpaBeautySchools

Cosmetologists in training: take note. If you aspire to be THE hair stylist to the stars, to see your name in lights at your very own salon on the likes of fancy schmancy Madison Avenue, or to see your work all over the Red Carpet, then take a look at the story of Julien Farel. He’s made $3,600 in the past for completing only 30 minutes of work. Of course, he was styling a celeb’s hair at 2 a.m., but that’s just a minor detail…

MSN CareerBuilder had an article up today about this hair stylist and how he got to where he is today. Seems like it took a lot of training, practice, and mentoring. But eventually Farel was able to open up his own salon. Dreams do come true. While he was star struck at first when he started styling celebrities, he now claims that this job comes second nature to him and that his goal is making all his clients look like celebrities.

Says Farel in the MSN article, “Opening my own salon and seeing my name on Madison Avenue was always a dream,” Farel says. “To see it happen still fills me with such pride.”

And you can do it too. It’s not impossible at all. Farel started out at beauty school, worked in the field, and was noticed by someone with more experience. He just continued to move up from there.

“There is no secret to success,” points out Farel in the article, “there’s just determination.”

So turn that determination into some motivation for a beauty program so you can own your dream salon and make thousands of dollars in just minutes.

-Amanda Fornecker

You already know beauty pros are cool, but here are 7 more reasons why a career in beauty is the way to go.

1. Free samples
Why pay retail when you can get the latest and greatest products for a deep discount, or for nothing at all? If you’re into beauty products (which you are, of course), you may as well save money on ‘em.

2. Beautiful people
Let’s face it–when you make it to the top of the beauty chain, you get to meet some pretty beautiful people, celebs and civilians alike. Not only do beauty pros get to stargaze, they get to go behind the scenes and find out what makes the beautiful people tick, and what kinds of products they prefer. They hold the secrets to the beautiful looks.

3. Service for yourself
When you’re in the beauty business, you can get high-quality beauty services as well as you can give ‘em. That’s because your best friends are fellow beauty pros who can work their magic on you, and vice versa. Never pay top dollar for beauty services again.

4. Time to trendwatch
Some people read celeb and fashion magazines as a hobby, but beauty pros get paid to trendwatch. After all, the pros who stay on the cutting edge of cool are the ones who get the best word of mouth and the most business.

5. Spa work
Wouldn’t it be great to spend your days at the spa? According to the International Spa Association, 74 percent of U.S. spas–that includes club spas, day spas, medical spas, and resort/hotel spas–offer salon services. It’s an ideally luxurious work environment.

6. Always hiring
As long as the world turns, there will be a need for salons and spas filled with hair stylists, makeup artists, nail technicians, and more. There will always be work, in every city, in any economy. Not many people can cut and style their own hair, or do their own nails, or apply makeup professionally.

7. Never boring
Unlike the traditional desk job, beauty pros get to work with different people every day. There’s always someone new coming through your door, and there’s always a new look to try, or a challenge to meet. You have to be alert and proactive to do this job.

Now just try to come up with 7 reasons not to be a beauty pro….

-Robyn Tellefsen