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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Stylist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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