The Beauty Denominator

I love to cut hair and do facials, but everything else I dislike. That’s why I no longer practise my profession. If you don’t love everything about the job you do then it’s time to leave it and find something that makes you happy because life is too short. I know many feel trapped in their job because of responsibilities and maybe the money is good, but are you happy and do you make your family happy or are you miserable and make your family just as miserable? Is it worth it? Well, it wasn’t to me.

Many of the girls I went to school with have also stopped practising for various reasons. Some couldn’t stand touching other people, others couldn’t use the chemicals on a daily bases and still others realized that they just weren’t good enough to make the grade. The ones I have run into seem much happier being bank tellers, clerks, cooks, and waitresses. They are still working in various people businesses, but it’s less personal.

It really is hard to touch other people, but it’s something you have to endure if that’s what you have chosen to do. It was something that I wanted to do all my life and so I did it finally and was very proud of myself. I really did enjoy it at first and it made me feel good when I was able to achieve something that my client wanted and they were happy. I hated using chemicals because as far as I’m concerned they destroy your hair, but people simply don’t care.

It’s an endless cycle, you screw up someones hair then they spend more money to have it corrected so you can screw it up some more. The money that people spend on perms and bleaching just to have over processed hair amazes me. Those people that wear acrylic or any other type nails as far as I’m concerned are nuts. I can do manicures if I want to, but I don’t because I have seen too many ruined nails underneath those tips.

The things women do in the name of beauty. I think it’s great to go to the spa and be pampered because it’s very relaxing, but some parts of the beauty rituals we women use and do really bother me. I will probably never practise again, but I still like to keep up with stuff. I keep my license active because I worked so hard to get it. Maybe someday I’ll open a shop for corrective cuts, facials, scalp massage, and deep conditioning, but no harsh chemicals allowed.