Ms. Z's Cosmetology Page: March 2017

HOW TO GET AN EDUCATION IN ANY ENVIRONMENT

HOW TO GET AN EDUCATION IN ANY ENVIRONMENT

1. Don't expect to be appreciated. Your only expectation should be to learn.

2. Don't come to school to have personal relationships. Keep your eye on the career you are here to achieve.

3. Don't allow others or your environment to affect who you are.

4. Look for opportunities to improve the classroom atmosphere without commenting on the challenges. Influence your environment in a positive way, don't let your environment infuence you negatively.

5. Each day is an opportunity to learn to work with different personalities. This is a blessing, even when it does not seem so.

6. Do your classwork and services well, remembering your mission is to be a daymaker, not a daybreaker. A cosmetologist is in their career to serve others.

7. Remember to do your best, where you are. Complete your education in a timely manner, without rushing. Keep in mind you are building your career. This building is done in steps, as on a ladder. Learning is done one step at a time. You must place your foot on the step firmly. If you skip a step or place only a part of your foot on the step, you will fall.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Duty list for 3/29 - 4/4

Duty list posted. Please check to see if you have a duty assigned and/or are an alternate.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Adult Class:

By today, you should have beginning knowledge of the following:

Nail Consultation
Massage
Water and Hot Oil Manicuring
Pedicuring
Applying forms to fingers, then sculpting, filing/buffing acrylic nails
Drilling or nipping out the back of your sculpted nails and filling down to prepare for a fill-in
Mini Manicure
Gel polish application
Acrylic Nail Removal

Please remember, do not ever cut acrylic from your nail brush. It will destroy the brush. Always soak in acetone and push acrylic off of the brush with an orangewood stick.

Gel Polish can be cleaned off the skin with the 99% alcohol using a nail brush or an orangewood stick. You MUST do this before curing the polish under the light. If you have any gel polish overlapping on the cuticle or the sidewall of the nail it will cause lifting. If you have need of a gel nail brush, I do have them for you to use. We will use a gel brush later in the course but I am bringing the topic up now "just in case." Gel nail brushes are synthetic, not natural, and must be cleaned with 99% alcohol. Acetone will dissolve a synthetic brush.

I have been showing you how to drill out and perform fill-ins/soak-offs/polish clean-up as needed. If you have not learned how to do so, then please let me know.

I would like to show you how I do a French Polish. Please let me know when you have fingers, plastic or human, available, and I will demonstrate.

You're a great group and I love working with you. Thank you for being positive and focused. :) Remember to take pictures of each set and watch the improvement. I would like for you to create an album to show your progress in the course. You can also take pics of nail art for your album. It's your album, so add in whatever you would like. More on the album later. Beautiful nails take practice, practice, practice. This course is just the beginning. You will need to do hundreds of sets to be an expert. As always, if there is anything I can help you with, please let me know.

Questions? Someone else probably has the same question, so post in the comment section and I will answer. If my answer is not clear, of course you can ask for clarification when we are together in class.