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Cosmetology Career Paper

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Cosmetology is a very artistic career. Cosmetology is the study and application and the beauty treatment. Branches of specialty ranges anywhere between hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures and electrology. A person that is employed in this career would cut, style, dye and wash their clients hair the way that the client wants it. Plus, they have the skills to do professional manicures and pedicures with a special design if that is what the client wants. Most people believe that a manicure or pedicure just consists of a professional just putting a design on either your toenails or fingernails, but it is so much more than that. They also massage either your foot or hand, whichever one they are painting, as well as care for it to make it look healthier and prettier. So, …show more content…

So unlike some jobs you can stay in your hometown to be a cosmetologist if you desire to. In the year of 2012, Cosmetology employed about 37,750 people in the state of Pennsylvania. There is an estimate that in the year 2022 about 42,010 people will be employed. It is said that this occupation will have about 426 openings due to growth, and about 884 replacement openings for about 1,310 total annual openings. For me this career would be a traditional job because normally when you go to get your hair or nails done it is a girl that will be doing that for you not a guy. Although, if I was a guy and I wanted to go into cosmetology, then it would be a non traditional job for me. Related careers to cosmetology are, Makeup Artists, Fashion Designers, Models, Actors ext. A really cool fact about cosmetology that you probably didn’t know is that part of the word “cosmetic’ originally comes from the word kosmos in the Greek language. Kosmos means ‘of this world,’ or

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