Chapter 3 Your Professional Image Flashcards
Clients rely on beauty professionals to look good well cared for and contemporary they develop confidence that a professional who has a pleasant professional image can be trusted to perform their beauty services
Why study the importance of your professional image
Is the daily maintenance of cleanliness by practicing good health for habits working as a stylist behind the chair doing make up nail hair nail care or skin care means you’ll be physically close the clients which requires extra attention to your hygiene habits one of the best ways to ensure that you always smell fresh and clean is to create a high didn’t pack to use her work is pack should include the following items toothbrush and toothpaste mouthwash sanitizing hand wipes or liquid to clean your hands between clients dental floss deodorant or anti-perspirant
Personal hygiene
Mini salon owners and managers view appearance personality employees as best as being just as important as technical knowledge and skills one of the most vital aspect of good personal grooming is the careful maintenance of your wardrobe first and foremost your clothes must be clean not simply free of the dirt that you can see the stain free a feat that is sometimes difficult to achieve in a salon environment because you’re constantly coming into contact with products and chemicals they can they can stain fabric you should invest in an apron or smock to wear while handling much such materials
Personal grooming
Why do you wear outside of work is your choice but while you’re at work your wardrobe selection should express a professional image that is consistent with the image of the salon
Dress for success
Make up is an exciting category for beauty professionals and helps remove your professional image represents preferable sales for salons you should always use make up to accentuate your best features with that said is important to always wear make up at work and freshly scrubbed face may look great for a leisurely day at the beach but it is nothing to promote your images a beauty professional and less you were working on a trendy urban salon things like how are you black and eyes and black nail polish are best left for after work as with the clothing with the salons image be by your God and make up application
Wearing make up in the salon
Beyond hygiene grooming and clothing professional image and the parents are affected by your behavior etiquette and interactions with others keeping a positive attitude of work helps you behave approximately and project a positive image ask yourself how an employee appears to you if here she is rude to customers Shafter colleagues are Krully ask yeah do you find out what the customer wants politeness is a hallmark for unprofessionalism even under pressure and cooperating with colleagues is a great way to learn
Behaving professionally
Involves your posture as well as the way you walk in mid good posture conveys an image of confidence
Physical presentation
Some guidelines for achieving and maintaining good work pasta include the following keep your neck elongated and balance directly above the shoulders with your upper body so that your chest is adding up hold your shoulders shoulders level and relax not scrunched up sit with your back straight pull your abdomen in so that it is flat
Posture
Ergonomics is the science of designing the workplace as well as it is equipment and tools to make specific body movements more comfortable efficient and safe ergonomics fits the job to it to the person rather than the other way around
Ergonomics and your body