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Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born.

With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup.

Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.

With warmth and humor, Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom.

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The world of pet care, especially for dogs, is big business. There are dog camps, dog spas, and supermarkets full of food, toys, treats, and clothing. It should come as no surprise that the grooming of dogs has become a viable way to make a living in an age where lots of people shamelessly treat their pets as real human beings. The New York School of Dog Grooming was the first school specifically dedicated to teaching all aspects of dog grooming. The school has been in business for the last 42 years, and currently exists in a nondescript storefront location on Second Avenue: the kind of place hundreds of people walk by each day without giving a thought to what goes on inside. Beauty School goes inside. This is a warm, yet wry portrait of a school unlike any other school that teaches a profession unlike any other profession.

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Spabeautyschools.com Featured School of the Week June 4, 2007: Beauty Schools of America

Students interested in fast-growing professions of beauty and natural health will find that Beauty Schools of America — boasting four campus locations in the Greater Miami area — offers future cosmetologists, barbers, salon managers, massage therapists and estheticians one of the most up-to-date standards of learning.

“Each training environment is designed to mirror a cutting-edge, high-end salon, spa, or barbershop,” explains Beauty Schools of America’s President John Rebstock. “Students train and work on clientele in an upscale environment to raise expectation levels of working in the field. All of our classrooms offer multimedia training, wired with Internet, projectors, and TV monitors. We are hands-on, visual, and extend an upbeat training environment. We do what it takes to get them (students) engaged to make the best students can be.”

While all training programs result in diplomas, there are various subjects of study from which to choose: If hair styling is your niche, then Beauty Schools of America provides a comprehensive 1,200-hour cosmetology program. In that program, boasts Rebstock, students learn every kind of hair service. In addition, trainees will learn basic skin care, nail service (manicuring, pedicure), makeup and more.

And, when it comes to Beauty Schools of America’s barbering program, Rebstock explains, “it’s a phenomenon. We just started it and the reception has been very good.” Involving 1,200 hours of in-depth training, the course teaches students cutting-edge techniques to become successfully licensed barbers.

Additonal programs include the 240-hour nail technology program offered at Beauty Schools of America, which teaches basic manicuring, pedicuring, and nail extensions on the market, including air brush nail art. For those drawn to makeup artistry, Beauty Schools of America provides its popular, 300-hour makeup artist/skin care specialist program where students learn about special effects, latex, airbrushing, and spray tanning.

In addition, the opportunity exists for students to gain education and training through its 900-hour full specialist salon management program. This course of study involves much of the aforementioned studies, including makeup artistry and nail technology.

Taking one step further in educational prospects, Beauty Schools of America gives students the opportunity to participate in its 625-hour massage therapist program. “Our massage therapist educators were leaders of the Mandarin Oriental Spa,” says Rebstock. This gives massage therapist graduates options to return to the school to learn additional Eastern massage modalities.

Offering both full and part-time educational studies, Beauty Schools of America is accredited, which means that students who qualify for financial aid are eligible to participate in one of many financial aid programs, including guaranteed Stafford Loans, PELL grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and more.

“Accreditation ensures that the level of training is up to par. The equipment is more than adequate, and our staff all hold correct licensure,” Rebstock adds. “Completion rates are good in comparison to all comparable schools in the nation, with a very low dropout percentage, and good graduation and state board passing rate.” Additionally, Beauty Schools of America is approved for veteran’s training, Bright Futures scholarships, in-house financing (no interest), and I20 Visa through the Department of Homeland Security.

In-depth career development services are also offered through Beauty Schools of America: “When students are almost ready to graduate, we involve them with a lot of outside events; we take pictures and help them create portfolios,” says Rebstock. “We encourage students to research the job market and get to know the salon market through field trips. We want them to become as much as an expert on the salon for which they want to work.”

Furthermore, Rebstock elaborates on the Beauty Schools of America’s policy on prerequisites: “If they (students) have a desire to work with people, are hands-on visual learner, have an open mind, are receptive to change, and have a passion for the industry, we will do whatever it takes to get (students) through the industry.”

Rebstock is also quite proud of the school’s involvement in major events. “Our students are extremely active in community grassroots programs, which have provided makeup artistry and hairstyling for famed singer/songwriter, Shakira, the Latin Grammy Block Party, Ms. Black Teen USA, and the Florida Marlins’ Cheerleaders.”

SpaBeautySchools.com recognizes Beauty Schools of America and applauds its instrumental role in providing quality career training in cosmetology, beauty, salon management and massage therapy. If you would like more information about this fine school, please visit Beauty Schools of America today.

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Many Beauty Supplies Are Very Expensive So Careful Choice Is Required

Around the world, women in every culture have some kind of regular beauty routine Given the chance, most women would have drawers upon drawers of beauty supplies. Many of these beauty supplies can be expensive, so you’ll have to choose carefully and get the spectrum of supplies that suit your needs. If you carefully plan and select the supplies you need, you can cover all your beauty supplies and stay within your budget: hair, skin, nails, and makeup.

Working from the top down, the first issue to be addressed is hair. Let’s say you don’t normally style it every day. In that case, you’ll need a minimum of shampoo and conditioner. Leave in conditioners give the hair a much more lustrous and healthy appearance than wash out conditioners. Dry hair needs a stronger conditioner, while oily hair requires a lighter conditioner.

For shampoo, make sure that you use one that is designed for your weather conditions. If it’s hot, dry, and your hair has prolonged exposure to sun, then use a conditioner that has UV protectors in it. For cold, moist conditions, use a conditioner that is geared towards protecting against breakage.

However, if you’re a woman who takes pride in daily coiffing, then you’ll need more hair products. The staples of styled hair care are: mousse, gel, curlers and hair spray. These few products will allow you to style your hair in dozens of ways. Mousse is used on hair that is limp, to produce more body and volume. Gel is used for sculpting hair in various styles and taming the hair as well. Curlers can make tiny, tight ringlets of hair to big flowing masses of curls.

Make up is probably the biggest part of a woman’s beauty routine. Eyes, lips, brows, and skin all need their own products. Eyes are well-dressed with eyeshadow and eyeliner, both of which should complement the wearers natural skin tone. Brows usually need to be plucked or waxed regularly, so make sure your beauty supplies include tweezers or wax.

A brow pencil is also needed, and should match your current hair color. Lips should be moist, and so need chap stick. A basic lip color, along with gloss and a liner pencil are needed. Last, you may want to include a liquid foundation, topped with a sheer powder in your beauty supplies kit.

Fingernails are important a well. Wearers of artificial nails will need a kit consisting of glue, extra artificial nails, and nail polish. Those sporting natural nails will need more, including an emery board file, clippers, cuticle cream, nail polish and remover.

When stocking up on beauty supplies, always include skin care products like face masks, day and night lotion, face cream, and exfoliants. Beauty supplies are essential to almost every woman in need of a make-over. Remember, beauty supplies should be enough to cover all basics: hair, skin, nails, and makeup.

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The Beauty of the Beauty Business

by: Geoff Ficke

My marketing consulting/product development firm reviews hundreds of prospective consumer products from every category imaginable, each and every year. Sporting goods, specialty foodstuffs, auto accessories, juvenile products, toys, games, shoes, jewelry, ready to wear and health and wellness products are only a short list of types of items we review for funding and market launch potential. I am often asked what is the space most easily penetrated by entrepreneur’s?

This question invariable pops up almost every time I lecture at a university or am interviewed by media. I used to be a bit arbitrary, almost opaque in answering. However, over the years the answer has come into sharp focus. The beauty product industry must be at the top of any list of entrepreneurial sweet spots for successfully launching and growing a start-up business.

Since Biblical times perfumery has been a highly desired artisan industry. Local flora and fauna have been compounded into scents and potions that add beauty to the human body, the atmosphere and religious worship. Cleopatra was famous for her fragrant baths, the Bible is full of references to sacred fragrant oils and in modern times the fragrance industry has matured into an international, multi-billion dollar business.

And yet, every year, inspired entrepreneurs bring new scents to market. Aromatherapy has boomed as the science and awareness of the mental and wellness benefits of specific aromas has been researched. The process of creating a completely new scent, packaging, branding and delivering the consumer a product that offers a different fragrance perspective has never been easier.

One of the great entrepreneurial commercial success stories in the history of the perfume industry was the story of Giorgio. The eponymous fragrance was born in a single Rodeo Drive boutique, Giorgio’s, in Beverly Hills in the 1980’s. The scent, a clear break with popular fragrances of the time, was overwhelmingly powerful. The distinctive top note made the boutique a destination for shoppers as word of mouth travelled quickly about the unique warmth of the dried down fragrance notes of Giorgio.

The Company did not have the necessary funds to launch nationally with major department stores. The owners decided to do a bit of guerilla marketing. They started to place scent strips impregnated with the Giorgio scent inside of local magazines targeting high end consumers. The power of the scent leached from the magazines and newsstands became fragrance cocoons for the Company. Mail order sales exploded, the campaign was quickly expanded to national women’s fashion magazines and a direct mail business was set up solely to fulfill consumer demand.

Soon the major department stores were falling all over themselves to stock and promote the Giorgio line. The Company was able to negotiate from a position of real strength and demanded, and received, prime space and location in every store that carried the brand. Sales exploded, the product became an international sensation, a key item in duty free shops and eventually was bought by consumer product kingpin Procter & Gamble.

Giorgio is an extreme example of commercial success. Nevertheless, if one were to examine the most popular fragrance, skin care, color cosmetic, bath and body lines and cosmetic accessories lines sold in various classes of trade (department store, mass merchant, drug store, etc.) from 1950, 1970, 1990 and 2009, the researcher would be surprised by the churning of brands that rose and fell.

Hazel Bishop was one of the most popular cosmetic brands of the 1950’s. Rose Milk was a wildly popular body care product of the 1970’s. Indian Earth was the flavor du jour of makeup products in the 1980’s. Chen Yu was the original classic nail care line after World War II. Francis Denny, Germaine Monteil, Imperial Formula and Alexandra de Markoff were popular specialty store skin treatment brands. All were founded by entrepreneurs, enjoyed widespread distribution, commercial success, fell from grace, and were replaced by a newer generation of entrepreneurial products.

The beauty industry has relatively low barriers to entry. Private label laboratories exist in every area of the country and are eager to satisfy creative demands of new entrepreneurs with fresh product concepts. The ability to bootstrap a product or line exists in the cosmetic industry as in virtually no other. Limited amounts of capital can be leveraged and made to go a long way.

Competition is, of course, very stiff. But competition is brutal in every mature industry. However, in the cosmetic business, there is an insatiable demand for  new, exciting,  and different products. The industry is huge, but the opportunity to identify and fill tiny niches is virtually limitless for entrepreneurs willing to commit to their concepts.

The rise of the internet, direct response, electronic retail, specialty retailers and mall kiosks has changed the landscape for selling all types of consumer products. Today’s cosmetic entrepreneur has more opportunity to penetrate the marketplace than ever before. The beauty of the beauty business is that the truly inventive can enter this marketplace and grow their opportunity at their pace, with limited capital and enjoy a real chance for a successful outcome. This cannot be said about many business opportunities.

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Folica is a popular name in the world of beauty and skin care. There is a wide range of Folica beauty products available that include makeup, products for hair styling, hair removal systems, and skin care products like hand creams and acne treatments.

Folica is not a brand name. It only provides popular products from other companies coming under the above-mentioned categories. One of the top-rated Folica beauty products is Clarisonic Skin Care Brush. It is actually a device for cleansing and exfoliating of skin. It can be used as an alternative to facial treatment provided by professionals.

Colorevolution is a mineral powder foundation that works as a concealer as well. It does not make your skin shiny and gives an overall natural look. However, it contains some ingredients which might cause acne and skin irritation in some people. If you have sensitive skin, this product is not recommended to you.

Some other popular products from Folica include Sorme Fresh Start Under-Foundation Makeup Enhancer, Sorme Believable Finish Foundation, Biosilk Silk Therapy, and CHI Silk Infusion. All these products have received positive user feedback. If you want to try Folica beauty products, then these products are recommended.

Zeno Acne Clearing Device is available from Folica beauty products. This device is hand-held and battery operated. It can be used by people of all ages, especially those who suffer from regular acne breakouts in the form of red bumps and pimples. Zeno clears away blemishes in a matter of hours and is not very expensive.

In fact if we compare Zeno with medical treatments we find that it is only a one-time investment, whereas creams and lotions require you to replace them after every three months or so. It is also the fastest acne treatment known to date. The only disadvantage of Zeno is that it does not cure blackheads and whiteheads.

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Folica is your beautification destination

Folica beauty care products are highly trusted and popular ever since the company was launched in New Jersey, US in 1998. In case you are not fully aware of its wide array of beauty care products, its time you collect the information about Folica. And also buy the beauty care items that you are looking for in order to tone up your body and feel revitalized. Folica is the name you need to remember as it is the beautification destination for both men and women.

Why is Folica so popular and trustworthy for those who intend to enhance their beauty and look attractive? There are mainly five reasons as to why you should go in for Folica beauty care products:

Folica offers you the latest beauty care products. All the products are sold after considering the customers’ needs. The company believes that customer is the king and it endeavors to provide exactly what the buyers are looking for in the preferred product.

Folica products are 100% genuine and reliable. You can be sure that Folica will never provide any product that can ever be called impure or undependable. All products are highly consistent and trustworthy. Folica products have the best quality. All beauty care products of the company are produced and sold with strict quality control. There is 5-point quality inspection for all products.

Folica offers low price guarantee on all its beauty care products. For a price match, Folica provides a downloadable form. It can be filled in and mailed to fcs@folica.com. You can expect a reply in 5 working days. The price match comparisons are based on the total price — product cost, charges for shipping, handling and taxes. It excludes sale and promotional prices.

Folica also has a replacement warranty policy. For a nominal charge, Folica accept a damaged appliance and provide you with brand new replacement. This warranty is offered on appliances purchased at Folica Inc.

At this juncture, you may want to know some of the Folica products that can suit your purpose:

Skin care products: Folica provides a wide variety of skin care products such as facial skin care product, anti-aging skin care product and dry skin care product. All the skin care products of Folica contain solutions and by using it, your skin would look clean and glowing.

Manicure and pedicure products: Folica offers the best manicure and pedicure products that can be used safely and easily. It offers nail polish as well as nail polish remover.

Cosmetics: Folica provides cosmetics for women who want to look attractive and beautiful. The Folica cosmetics are meant for any skin type and will not cause any adverse reaction.

Bath and spa products: Folica bath and spa products have an amazing aroma and fragrance. It can give you a refreshing and energizing experience.

So go ahead and use Folica products to enhance your beauty!

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About Beauty Business

If you dream to be successful in the beauty business you’d better establish a beauty salon

Making business nowadays is the best and easiest way to earn a lot of money. Of course this will happen only if your idea is original. Very popular business is the beauty related. The reason for this is because every woman wants to look good. Beauty business is a very good way to make big profits. The easiest way is to make beauty salon.

Actually this is not a hard task if you are a hairstylist and you know what you are doing. The first thing you should know before starting your beauty business is that you have to make a research and make sure you will be able to run this business. The most important thing before opening a beauty salon is to choose carefully the location because it is critical for the success of your business. Your beauty salon should be strategically located on some crowded street for example. This will ensure you many customers. The next place is to create a nice atmosphere – this is crucial to beauty business. For example try to talk with your clients while working – this will make them feel more comfortable. Your beauty salon has to be also clean – make sure your towels, equipment and other stuff are washed. You can not risk your client from infections.

In order to have many customers, you have to keep them satisfied. If a client is happy with the results he or she will definitely come back – it is a question of trust. Satisfied clients will advertise you good work. It is important your beauty business to have a nice reputation because this is the key to success. And finally another good marketing trick you can use is to collect your customers’ information – emails, cell phone numbers. The reason for this is to text them when you have some new ideas or products. This will increase your profits especially if your salon is popular.

Last but not least if you want to work faster you have to hire personal. Be very careful while doing that because if the people you intend to hire are not qualified and trained, this could ruin your reputation. Try to find the one with the longest experience in that business – this will ensure you success. After all having such business may be profitable but it is quite hard to beat the competition. Beauty business is a good way to make money especially if you have good and also original ideas. Do not hesitate and try to start your own business because this may be your chance to win. If you follow carefully the instructions which were mentioned above you will have success.

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