How do beauty therapists look so good?.

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I look good for my age but they seem to have an edge. They don’t get much time to do treatments on each other but always have great skin 🤔

Witchcraft. It has to be witchcraft. Similar to the way hairdressers always have amazing hair and dentists have brilliant teeth.

Do they?
The thing they seem to have in common is lots of make up.

The thing they seem to have in common is lots of make up.

This. There's a big beautician's close to my workplace, and the word that occurs to me most when I see the women who work there is 'caked'. They may be dazzling beauties under all the slap and fake tan, but you can't tell.

The ones that I have seen look terrible: loads of thick foundation, heavy, fake eyelashes and ridiculous eyebrows. They never seem to look like a good advert for their salons, IMO.

The ones I see look so serene, clear glowing skin.

I drink enough water, eat really well etc but I don’t glow like they do.

Agree they wear loads of makeup. The people I know with amazing skin wear very little or no makeup.

They practise on themselves!
I had a BT friend and she manage to remove ALL the hairs on her legs with the electrolysis machine in the breaks between appointments. That would cost thousands!
She worked in a hairdresser’s salon and they would trade a free haircut for a manicure etc. So constant maintenance and updates with the latest techniques.
She did have to wear a lot of “creamy complexion” for the job, though.

The group of women whose serenity and skin I have been most impressed with in my life was a convent of enclosed Poor Clare nuns near somewhere I lived years ago. A strictly enclosed life of poverty, chastity and obedience may not be most women's idea of a good time one, I remember, had only left the convent grounds to vote and go to the dentist a few hundred yards down the street in 17 years but they looked good on it.

Not in my experience. & yes they all try and use the various treatments, I'm not sure where the not having time myth comes from OP. Makeup artists always look amazing though. As do derm receptionists!

A good skincare routine probably. If you have a good base for make up then it usually looks really good. Botox maybe and regular facials.

I know what you mean. They all seem to have glowing skin that looks hydrated. When I try to get my skin to look like that I just look sweaty.

I am a beauty therapist. I’ve always cleansed my skin, exfoliated, moisturised & used eye cream since I was 16. I use a facial serum under moisturiser & double cleanse.

I am 49. I have a baby grandson & i always get asked if think he’s mine.

I apply my makeup using brushes and have a natural look. I use a luminiser & highlight & contour my cheeks. I have classic eyelash extensions done & tint my eyebrows.
I do my own waxing, nails & pedicures.
I do my own self tan.

I apply my makeup using brushes and have a natural look. I use a luminiser & highlight & contour my cheeks. I have classic eyelash extensions done & tint my eyebrows.
I do my own waxing, nails & pedicures.
I do my own self tan.

I'm exhausted and bored even reading that, but I suppose, realistically, it is the norm, if not actually compulsory in your line of business.

Natural selection. If they don't look good they go out of business.

NiceWork The key is proper cleansing, exfoliating & moisturising and applying make up properly that’s why I listed what I do by the question asked by the OP.

I have my own business so I have to look good for my clients. I always seem to get compliments on my eyelashes & my skin.
You do have to put in some effort if you want to look good.

Diamond which products do you use on your skin?

Some unpleasant remarks here.

Generally a glow is all about the base. You can have bad skin (I generally do, hormones. Fuck all I can do) but because I use the right cleansers and exfoliators etc my skin is hydrated and "glowy" so my foundation and concealer look good.

Unlike a Pp I use my fingers for foundation, but correct brushes for everything else.

And blend like my life depends on it.

(Not a BT but friends with enough to know the ones that look good, do so because of the above, the ones that look "caked" do so because they don't do the above)

See I’ve been doing the cleanse tone moisturiser but since 10yo when soap started making my skin red.

I’ve been using cleansing foam while on roaccutane, maybe I should go back to a cleansing milk 🤔.

I do use a nicanamide serum but yet to find a moisturiser that doesn’t give me spots, even after roaccutane 😭.

Eating more veg has made me more even toned looking.

I think working in such clean ordered lovely smelling environment must help.

Some unpleasant remarks here

What's 'unpleasant' about saying that some beauty therapists look caked in makeup?

The key is proper cleansing, exfoliating & moisturising and applying make up properly that’s why I listed what I do by the question asked by the OP.

Well, the enclosed nuns I mentioned earlier (because the OP mentioned serenity and clear skin) certainly wouldn't do anything of the kind. I imagine their appearance is down to no cosmetics, a diet low in crap, no booze, plenty of sleep, and a calm, well-regulated life that suits them.

What? Is this not like asking why dentists typically have great teeth? Or jewellers tend to wear lovely jewellery?

Yes sort of, I’m a podiatrist but I’ve still got a corn! But I know how to deal with it.

Maybe wanting glow-y skin at 42 with no make up is unrealistic 😀

I’m a beauty therapist and I get complimented on my skin a lot and I certainly don’t wear cakey make up. I think some of it’s luck and some is good skincare.

@NiceWork - I completely agree about Nuns!

It’s incredible how wrinkle free, with clear, smooth skin and a healthy complexion the vast majority of the ones I’ve encountered look. I’ve seen some who both facially and in terms of physical shape/activity levels seem 20-25 years younger.

Botox

My friend is one and spends a lot of time and effort on her skin. Her face and body is her selling point so she does the lazering, the threading, the facials and always looks polished. As a result, fully booked for clients!