The Study of Beauty: Cosmetology Essay

Before I graduated from high school, I devised a five year plan for myself. First, I would attend SUNY Albany to obtain a degree in business. Then, I would attend a cosmetology school, acquire the 1,000 hours needed to take my state board exams, take those exams to finally secure my cosmetology license. All of this would eventually lead to opening my own salon in the future. About a month before my graduation, an ambulance bolted my mom to the hospital.

The film “American Beauty” was filmed by Sam Mendes in 1999 and received some awards. The movie’s subject is a ordinary family in the United States, and it shows the process how to conducts the road to destruction with American Dream. Most of the film, the director tends to the main character who name is Lester Burnham and his family. American Beauty is the simple film, and it interpret darkness faced by the current American society. It shows middle class of ordinary American family, and they look perfectly normal for society and neighborhood. This film’s main theme is complicated family relationship and how to change the protagonist, his family, and concerned people. American beauty uses Audience will be learned how to make better family relationship and fit in the American society.

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.

Beauty ideals may differ among different ethnicities, and evolve over time. Some are influenced by others, while some develop their own. Hair is one of the most aesthetically important parts of the human anatomy. It is visible to all, and can be manipulated to however the person desires. Each person’s hair is unique, particularly to their ethnicity. The hair of African Americans is particularly unique as it is not only vastly different from the hair of other races, but also distinct among fellow African Americans. It can be coiled, curly, straight, wavy, and nearly everything in between. Consequently, their hair became the center of much attention, especially do the fact that its appearance differs so greatly from the long standing European

For Rome, the most favored hair dye was blonde. For Romans, blondes were related with the foreign appearances of people for Germany, France and Gaul. Prostitutes in Rome were obligated to dye their hair blonde so that they could set themselves apart from everyone else; but, many men and women also dyed their hair blonde. Following the popularity of blonde hair dye, red and black hair dye was also extremely well liked. In Rome, it was costly to dye one’s hair.

Attended school until she reached the eighth grade, and she was unprofessionally trained in the field of cosmetology. She attended Fairview Elementary School and Fifer Middle school in Dover, DE. She explained that she was not the best student, but proudly made honor roll the marking period before she dropped out. She learned the basics of cosmetology by watching her mother. This was the basis of why she decided to quit school. In pursuit of her cosmetology career she did not feel the need to finish school.

Ever since I was little I have been interested in becoming a cosmetologist. Personally, I love getting my hair/makeup done and the way that it makes you feel after. You feel so refreshed and confident about yourself. I believe that everyone deserves to feel that way all the time, and I know that I’m thankful for my cosmetologist for all the effort she puts into making sure I’m happy at the end of every appointment.

Amie Decker Beauty is a make-up artist that is located in Savage, Maryland. Amie Decker, the owner and lead makeup artist attended the Chesapeake School of Aesthetics in Annapolis, MD and received her certification as a licensed makeup artist in January of 2005. Amie Decker Beauty helps clients on their headshots. They offer tanning services as well. Amie Decker Beauty is the winner of the 2013 and 2014 Chesapeake Bridal Awards.

“Snip, snip, snip!” as she walked in school and sat down in her 1st period desk by her friends, the school announcements had started. Odessa College was going to visit OHS and talk about careers to think about and to prepare for after high school. Her and her class walked to the auditorium and took their seats. As the professor spoke about their opinion expressing about college and how it helps in the future, she became intrigued when the idea of cosmetology as the teacher spoke. The next school year, she started cosmetology. Once she had gotten a pair of sheers in her hand and performed her first haircut, when she heard “snip, snip, snip!” she knew I was the career for her. Cosmetology is known as the professional skill or practice of

“Women aren’t only suffering because of the way beauty is being defined, but also because they are being defined by beauty. They believe that they are bodies first and people second.” This quote by Lexi Kite demonstrates the struggle many women face when dealing with self-image. I have some good news though, it doesn’t have to be this way! I believe that through Beauty Redefined, we can change the way women all across Utah view themselves.

Anything that exists today has its history and its origin, including Cosmetology. Cosmetology is a professional skill developed by the study of hair, skin, nails, and makeup. Its history traces back to Africa during the B.C. era. The use of organic products during that time period influenced their culture, religion, and customs. This development also improved the way they culturally arranged themselves. Their creative skills and beliefs turned cosmetology to a form of art. The society involving cosmetology as part of their everyday cultural life made what cosmetology is today.

The beauty pageant was aimed to become a life changing experience for me, Olive. Being choreographed by my 'crack head' grandad, his intentions were to reenact a so called 'stripper' tease show to impress the audience. What he was unable to take into account was my age at the times, an 8 year old does not have a mental capability to fully understand the purpose of such acts, therefore may perform them simply with entertainment purposes or to show their skills in the vast area of dancing. But, the audience mainly consisted of adults and we see their facial expressions towards my 8 year old self change drastically as the act progresses, these audience members did not take into account the fact that I did not intend to portray such messages via sexual dancing or so called 'stripping'. Since that act both me and my family have been terrorised with legal action, public harassment, and also graffiti around our house spelling words of negative sexual manner such as 'slut' or 'stripper'. As I am now 16, I would not say I regret my actions, but what I do regret is accepting the fact that my grandad was wrong. Yes, I admit he was wrong for teaching my such an act, but after all he is my grandad and he

They wore scarfs indoors. Many women dyed their hair shades of golden red in order to depict Greek hair. Headgear Even though women in the ancient times didn’t wear hats, but they always had their hair arranged with precision. Various hair styles including false hair become a popular commercial item, including the use of flowers, pearls, and leaves along with other precious stones to provide emphasis and establishing the fashion for hair. Many female slaves were the professionals or most skillful in arranging hair using oils of various kinds to make them soft and shiny.

Beauty standards have become a huge issue in this world. It all begins at a young age when young girls begin watching fairytale shows and playing with dolls. They watch and learn and begin to form an opinion on how they want certain things to be and look. The article Culture, Beauty and Therapeutic Alliance states that “Disney movies portray the meaning of being a women on four themes” (Carneiro et al. 80). These four themes are “A women's appearance is valued more then her intellect, women are helpless and in need of protection, women are domestic and should get married, and overweight women are ugly, unpleasant, and should not get married” (Carneiro et al. 80-81). These themes have impacted women in a negative way and have made them feel less of a person if they do not meet these certain standards.

My chemistry term paper is about the science involved in cosmetics. Cosmetology is the professional skill of beautifying the face, hair and nails, other things that Cosmetology includes is face washes, tattoos, henna tattoos, deodorant and antiperspirant, sunscreen, lotions and moisturizers, and towelettes. The chemistry involved with these almost everyday products is astounding, the ancient ingredients that they used that are now banned and obsolete, either being too poisonous or the product was replaced with something more healthy and safer to the environment or the skin. Make-up has improved steadily over the years with all the medical and chemical research over the years, from organic and skin sensitive products, to overnight treatments that you could buy at the drug store. Although with new products being