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Job Description

Provide beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 39-5012.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,590.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 352,380 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists”.

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Tasks for “Beauty Advisor”

Apply water, setting, straightening or waving solutions to hair and use curlers, rollers, hot combs and curling irons to press and curl hair.
Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers and assistants.
Shave, trim and shape beards and moustaches.
Order, display, and maintain supplies.
Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
Attach wigs or hairpieces to model heads and dress wigs and hairpieces according to instructions, samples, sketches or photographs.
Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
Clean, shape, and polish fingernails and toenails, using files and nail polish.
Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
Comb, brush, and spray hair or wigs to set style.
Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
Shampoo, rinse, condition and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
Shape eyebrows and remove facial hair, using depilatory cream, tweezers, electrolysis or wax.
Recommend and explain the use of cosmetics, lotions, and creams to soften and lubricate skin and enhance and restore natural appearance.
Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
Schedule client appointments.
Develop new styles and techniques.
Massage and treat scalp for hygienic and remedial purposes, using hands, fingers, or vibrating equipment.
Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
Administer therapeutic medication and advise patron to seek medical treatment for chronic or contagious scalp conditions.
Apply artificial fingernails.
Give facials to patrons, using special compounds such as lotions and creams.

Related Technology & Tools

Handheld electric hair clippers
Hot combs
Tint application brushes
Laptop computers
Fingernail clippers
Duckbill hair clamps
Color application combs
Curling irons
Nail cleaning brushes
Teasing combs
Nail buffers
Hair thinning scissors
Flat irons
Shampoo bowls
Cuticle scissors
Handheld hair dryers
Safety goggles
Hair clips
Hair pins
Wide-tooth combs
Fine-tooth combs
Hooded hair dryers
Hairstyling brushes
Rat tail combs
Round brushes
Electronic cash registers
Haircutting scissors
Cuticle nippers
Digital timers
Heated hair curlers
Butterfly hair clamps
Cuticle pushers
Desktop computers
Dye application brushes
Straight razors
Detangling combs
Nail files

Customer information databases
Intuit QuickBooks
Sale processing software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Appointment scheduling software