Week 4

Today we had to under go a trade test, that challenged our practical skills as a beauty therapist. In pairs one person was a salon owner who had advertised an opening for a new therapist, the other person of course was the beauty therapist. The task given was that we were given the option whether to paint a set of hands with one colour or we could test our selves and paint one hand one colour and the other a French Manicure. As well as this we had to carry out a full manicure before painting the nails. 

Here is my station that I set up ready for my trade test, certain necessities are missing such as; cotton pads/buds and spatulas but this is because I had taken the photo after carrying out the treatment.


And here are some more photos of me carrying out my treatment and also the end result.

Week 3

Today at placement I started my CV. This CV will help me when applying for jobs in various areas. First we started by finding the website 'http://www.reed.co.uk/cvbuilder/home/begin'  and then began to put in information such as education and previous work experience.

Then we had to find a salon near where we live where we can attend once a week for work experience. The salon I found is called escape in Chesterfield town. They offer a range of treatments at affordable prices. 

I believe that having this opportunity within college to go out into the salon world on work experience will then help me in the future to get employment in a similar role of work.  

Week 2

Whilst looking for beauty blogs I came across 'Mateja's Beauty Blog' who shares her favourite cosmetics of the month to the world. As well as having a list of Beauty Blogs she can use for inspiration all of Mateja's social media information is displayed on the side bar along with her pinterest account.

She mostly blogs about make-up and nail varnishes but there are also some other handbag necessities in her blog such as dry shampoo and hand lotions. Mateja's blog layout and design is quite plain and simple but does the trick to focus on the things she is discussing in her blog. The sort of menu bar at the top is really helpful when looking for specific posts and other beauty blogs.

Another beauty blog I discovered was 'A Girl & A Beauty Blog' again the layout is very plain but this just brings focus to the bloggers posts. I prefer this blog to the previous as it seems more professional but also because she talks about make-up, skin care and products for your hair. In her 'My Makeup' drop down it shows she has make-up looks for all seasons and also a section for party make-up.

If you would like to view the blogs I have been talking about in today's post then they are below:

• http://matejasbeautyblog.blogspot.co.uk/
• http://agirlandabeautyblog.com/category/spring-makeup-series