Salon or Day Spa Esthetician

Description: Esthetician in a salon or day spa are skin care specialists and consultants

Place of Employment: Estheticians work at full-services salons, skin care salons, or day spas. These may be independent business or national chains, and they may operate within hotels or department stores.

Preferred Skills/Common Duties: Performing facials and facial massage; waxing and providing body treatments, applied both manually and with then aid of machines; and providing makeup services.

Other job duties may include doing laundry, confirming appointments, and making follow-up calls to clients that have come in for a treatment; keeping records of the services provided and the products clients use; behaving pleasantly toward clients; and being skillful at selling products and service.

Growth Opportunities: You can work your way up to management and supervisory positions. With experience, you may decide to open your own salon or buy an established business or franchise. Most private salon or franchise owners have multiple responsibilities.

Besides running the business, you may perform some or all of the services your business offers; or you may choose to limit your services to the areas of skin care and makeup.