- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who provides beauty services for customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Analyzes hair to ascertain condition of hair.
* Applies bleach, dye, or tint, using applicator or brush, to color customer's hair, first applying solution to portion of customer's skin to determine if customer is allergic to solution.
* Shampoos hair and scalp with water, liquid soap, dry powder, or egg, and rinses hair with vinegar, water, lemon, or prepared rinses.
* Massages scalp and gives other hair and scalp-conditioning treatments for hygienic or remedial purposes.
* Styles hair by blowing, cutting, trimming, and tapering, using clippers, scissors, razors, and blow-wave gun.
* Suggests coiffure according to physical features of patron and current styles, or determines coiffure from instructions of patron.
* Applies water or waving solutions to hair and winds hair around rollers, or pin curls and finger-waves hair.
* Sets hair by blow-dry or natural-set, or presses hair with straightening comb.
* Suggests cosmetics for conditions, such as dry or oily skin.
* Applies lotions and creams to customer's face and neck to soften skin and lubricate tissues.
* Performs other beauty services, such as massaging face or neck, shaping and coloring eyebrows or eyelashes, removing unwanted hair, applying solutions that straighten hair or retain curls or waves in hair, and waving or curling hair.
* Cleans, shapes, and polishes fingernails and toenails.
* May be designated according to beauty service provided as Facial Operator; Finger Waver; Hair Colorist; Hair Tinter; Marceller; Permanent Waver; Shampooer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who specializes in dressing hair according to latest style, period, or character portrayal, following instructions of patron, make-up artist, or script. Respnsibilities include:
* Questions patron or reads instructions of make-up artist or script to determine hairdressing requirements.
* Studies facial features of patron or performing artist and arranges, shapes, and trims hair to achieve desired effect, using fingers, combs, barber scissors, hair-waving solutions, hairpins, and other accessories.
* Dyes, tints, bleaches, or curls or waves hair as required.
* May create new style especially for patron.
* May clean and style wigs.
* May style hairpieces and be designated Hairpiece Stylist (fabrication, nec).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dresses wigs and hair pieces according to instructions, samples, sketches, or photographs. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches wig or hair piece onto model head, using hammer and tacks or pins.
* Combs and sets hair, using barber and beautician equipment.
* Arranges hair according to instructions, pictures, or photographs, using brush and comb.
* Sprays hair with lacquer to keep hair in place.
* May cut wigs and hair pieces to specified length and style, using scissors or razor.
* May wash and dry hair pieces.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dresses wigs and hair pieces according to instructions, samples, sketches, or photographs. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches wig or hair piece onto model head, using hammer and tacks or pins.
* Combs and sets hair, using barber and beautician equipment.
* Arranges hair according to instructions, pictures, or photographs, using brush and comb.
* Sprays hair with lacquer to keep hair in place.
* May cut wigs and hair pieces to specified length and style, using scissors or razor.
* May wash and dry hair pieces.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies production requirements, such as character, period, setting, and situation, and applies makeup to performers to alter their appearance to accord with their roles. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines sketches, photographs, and plaster models in period files to obtain an image of character to be depicted.
* Confers with stage and motion picture officials and performer to determine alterations to be made and makeup to be used.
* Designs prostheses of rubber or plastic and requisitions cosmetics and makeup materials, such as wigs, beards, rouge, powder, and grease paint.
* Applies prostheses, cosmetics, and makeup to change such physical characteristics of performer as facial features, skin texture, bodily contours, and dimensions and to produce effect appropriate to depict character and situation.
* May make drawings or models based upon independent research to augment period files.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who applies makeup to bodies of performers in color tone and texture to match facial cosmetics. Respnsibilities include:
* Consults production schedule to plan work.
* Mixes oils, greases, and coloring to prepared grease paint for special color effects.
* Selects liquid makeup of desired shade from stock or adds water to cake of powder to form solutions.
* Applies grease paint, liquid makeup, and powder to exposed areas of bodies, using sponge, fingers, and powder puffs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who massages customers and administers other body conditioning treatments for hygienic or remedial purposes. Respnsibilities include:
* Applies alcohol, lubricants, or other rubbing compounds.
* Massages body, using such techniques as kneading, rubbing, and stroking flesh, to stimulate blood circulation, relax contracted muscles, facilitate elimination of waste matter, or to relieve other conditions, using hands or vibrating equipment.
* Administers steam or dry heat, ultraviolet or infrared, or water treatments on request of customer or instructions of physician.
* May give directions to clients in activities, such as reducing or remedial exercises.
* May examine client and recommend body conditioning activities or treatments.
* May record treatments furnished to customers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who massages and bathes customers in thermal bathhouse. Respnsibilities include:
* Kneads, slaps, strokes, and rubs flesh with stiff-bristled brush or brush made of leaves and twigs to increase circulation, relax muscles, and relieve fatigue.
* Assists customer into tub or onto bench, slab, or table in dry heat or steam room.
* Adjusts thermostat that regulates flow of heat and turns steam valve or sprinkles water on heated rocks to control temperature and humidity.
* Splashes soapy water on customer's body, scrubs body with brush, mitt, or sponge to clean skin and remove dead cuticle, and splashes clear water on body to rinse soap from skin.
* May dry customer after bath, using towel.
* May supply customer with drinking water or wrap client's head in cold towel during bath.
* May massage customer after bath, using alcohol and oil, to soothe skin.
* May bind leaves and twigs to form brush used in rubdown.
* May be designated according to type of massage given as Finnish Rubber; Russian Rubber; Turkish Rubber.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who massages and bathes customers in thermal bathhouse. Respnsibilities include:
* Kneads, slaps, strokes, and rubs flesh with stiff-bristled brush or brush made of leaves and twigs to increase circulation, relax muscles, and relieve fatigue.
* Assists customer into tub or onto bench, slab, or table in dry heat or steam room.
* Adjusts thermostat that regulates flow of heat and turns steam valve or sprinkles water on heated rocks to control temperature and humidity.
* Splashes soapy water on customer's body, scrubs body with brush, mitt, or sponge to clean skin and remove dead cuticle, and splashes clear water on body to rinse soap from skin.
* May dry customer after bath, using towel.
* May supply customer with drinking water or wrap client's head in cold towel during bath.
* May massage customer after bath, using alcohol and oil, to soothe skin.
* May bind leaves and twigs to form brush used in rubdown.
* May be designated according to type of massage given as Finnish Rubber; Russian Rubber; Turkish Rubber.
Industry:Professional careers
