Professional Cosmetologists focus on providing hair, skin, and nail care services to the public. Personal appearance workers such as licensed Cosmetologists, Hairstylist, Nail Technicians and Estheticians provide professional beauty services that make client’s look and feel better. Offering a wide range of beauty services, such as shampooing, haircuts, hair coloring, hairstyling, manicuring, pedicuring and facial treatments. They may advise clients on how to care for their hair, skin, and nails at home. In addition, cosmetologists may be trained to provide makeup analysis, hair extensions and styling of wigs and hairpieces.
This three semester program will meet the Colorado State Board of Barber and Cosmetology credit hour requirements. Four certificate options exist within this program: Cosmetologist 70 credits, Hairstylist 50 credits, Esthetician 24 credits and Nail Technician /Manicurist 20 credits.
The profession of Cosmetology offers many career opportunities for both men and women. Those opportunities can provide both part time and full time employment in specialty areas that include:
Hair designer
Hair color technician
Wig specialist
Skin Care expert
Make up artist
Nail Technician
Salon Manager & Owner
Sales representative
Research assistant
Trade technician
or technical supervisory for a specific area of the beauty manufacturing industry.
Additional Course Information
A number of workers offer specialized services. Manicurists and pedicurists, called nail technicians, work exclusively on nails and provide manicures, pedicures, polishing, and nail extensions to clients. Another group of specialists are skin care specialists, or estheticians, who cleanse and beautify the skin by giving facials, offering head and neck massages, as well as applying makeup and removal of unwanted hair by waxing or tweezing.
Advanced certifications exist in some States for licensed professional Cosmetologists, Hairstylists, Nail Technicians and Estheticians. Certifications include Electric File, Hair Removal, Chemical and Mechanical Exfoliation and Facial Cosmetic Pigment Implantation Services.
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