Personal Narrative: A Career In Cosmetology

I have chosen cosmetology as my research career. This career particularly interest me because it is something I would like to do with my life. I feel this career is filled with opportunities that can be very beneficial to me financially and emotionally. One specific goal I have in my life is to one day open my own salon.

​Every since I was a child I have had a passion for doing other people’s hair. When I was little I would use my baby dolls as clients and work on their hair until it was perfect and neat. I have chosen to be in the cosmetology field because I like to help other people with their needs and wants as well as mine. I am aware that while working in this industry I will work with many different ethnic groups and many different hair types. I feel I can do anything as long as I have the determination to do so. Many people go to cosmetology school to work for someone else, but I would like to open up a mini-salon out of my own home someday.

The education for becoming a licensed cosmetologist is the first step I need to complete in order to have the job I want. Right now I am close to being half way through this process. To become a licensed cosmetologist I need to complete the number of

When I graduate from high school, I plan on going to college for Cosmetology, and if you are not aware of what that is it is basically when you do hair, and get paid. Cosmetology is a very interesting career. You will learn many things from taking up that career.

Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty includes hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures. And a Fine Artists are artists that include painters, sculptors, and illustrators. In fine arts I would be doing painting/ body painting. For schooling I would love to go to University of Arizona or Eastern Arizona Collage. I have wanted to go to U of Arizona since I was 10. Eastern Arizona Collage offers the cosmetology class I need and University of Arizona has the Fine arts class I need. A lot of people have an interest in arts or something of the field. But the whole arts, makeup, and hair has been my escape from reality when ever I'm having a hard time at school or even in life. I've been doing (cutting and coloring) my own hair and doing my own makeup for 4 years. I have done other peoples hair and makeup before and gotten nothing but positive feed back. School will cost money so, I am going to be applying for scholarships.

According to Texas Career Check cosmetologists need to make sure they clean all tools after using them, also they need to get appointment times correct so they don't have everyone coming in all at once, and most importantly, they need to make sure of what the client wants before cutting their hair, doing their nails etc. (Texas). Additionally, in the Career Discovery Encyclopedia article, "Cosmetologist," cosmetologists spend their time making people feel better about themselves by: doing their makeup, nails and hair. They mainly spend time doing peoples hair and/or

Cosmetology is a very artistic career. Cosmetology is the study and application and the beauty treatment. Branches of specialty ranges anywhere between hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures and electrology. A person that is employed in this career would cut, style, dye and wash their clients hair the way that the client wants it. Plus, they have the skills to do professional manicures and pedicures with a special design if that is what the client wants.

It is like a painting, I begin with a bare canvas and I turn it into art. I like that I can make someone's eyes pop and make them look beautiful just by using certain colors on their eyelids. I can change the look of a person just by changing one small detail of their hair or makeup. I think that is amazing. My love for this industry gets stronger every year and that's part of the reason I want to start sooner. I would like to attend cosmetology school so that I have the chance to make others feel beautiful everyday. I think part of the reason I was interested in this career was because my mom went to a cosmetology school herself. She decided that it wasn't for her and decided to go into massaging. So instead she attended a school for massage therapy. She is very happy doing this job

The courses with the Academy are run in a similar way to a TAFE Course, with face-to-face lectures, tutorials, self-paced learning, demonstrations and hands on experience provided by highly trained and skilled trainers, in a fully equipped beauty salon with live clients as models to provide students with the best experience possible.

From the moment I looked at my friend's brush pile in the bathroom, my intimidation towards make-up grew larger. I was trying to approach it from the angle of painting lesson's in my childhood: small brush for small strokes and big brushes for wide strokes? But it didn't end at that! The more I looked the more a realized that some of the big, thick brushes were angled, some of them pointy... I didn't find peace by studying small brushes either. I felt dumbfounded, lost and couldn't even begin to think about make-up itself, blocked off at the very doorstep to beauty.

My instructor said, “no, but you don’t have to go to a college or university, you can still go to school for it. They make trade schools for cosmetology. Think about it.”

I always had my heart set on teaching third grade. I previously worked at the YMCA for the before and after school program when I was attending community college. I worked with middle school children, and I loved it. Prior to this, I had been contemplating studying international business and Japanese. However, these kids impacted my life. As a result, I decided to pursue a career in education. After finishing community college, I traveled to China, Thailand, and Japan. In Japan I had the opportunity to help at a language school there. This experience bolstered my newly acquired goal to become a teacher, and I decided to focus on improving my ability to teach English. After obtaining my degree in teaching English as a second language, I wanted

There was one time where I had to fight myself to not give up. That was when I decided to become a teacher.

I have always been fascinated with the military and its history since a very young age. I considered the military as a career briefly growing up, but I became very serious about the possibility in my senior year of high school. I began doing extensive research of each branch, along with the jobs offered within each branch. The Navy instantly grabbed my attention with the wide range of opportunities within the technical and engineering fields. From there, I did more research on the opportunity to become and officer. Leadership is an important quality in my life. I was involved in leadership groups throughout high school, and I am currently seeking ways to be a leader in the university I attend. I have always loved taking on the responsibility,

I have been trained to become a chemist since the first year of my high school. This is a challenging career, requiring analytical thinking, attention to details, and adaptability. It is also a well-paying and promising career. However, chemistry is not what I have always dreamt of doing the rest of my life. As someone who is concerned about the development of sub-Saharan Africa, I came to a conclusion that what this region needs is not only scientists but also people who know and understand leadership and international affairs. In this paper, I compare my strengths and abilities to the qualities that one should have in order to excel as a chemist and a diplomat.