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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 “Hair and Makeup Designer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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