Color Consultant
A career as a color consultant is one viable choice for someone graduating with a cosmetology degree from a vocational school. A color consultant has varying tasks, such as selecting colors that work well with someone's complexion, and choosing colors for a certain business or room to promote a feeling of tranquility or enhance other moods, and generally make a soothing, comfortable atmosphere.
Many color consultants delve into the psychologically based field of color therapy. This is the study of colors and how they affect the human psyche. Hospitals, prisons, school boards, resteraunts, and companies often seek advice from color consultants as to which color would be best suited to the mood or atmosphere that is being created.
Color consulting is a new and rather trendy employment opportunity often times resulting in a privileged and wealthy clientele, which means large pay checks for those who choose to work in this not yet fully explored field.
Many color consultants are hired exclusively by resteraunt or department store chains, and are moved around the country according to where their help is most needed. This particular side of Color Consultation requires a lot of shopping.
I believe that I would be fairly good at this particular career choice because I am very color conscious and enjoy making colors complement each other.
Manicurist
A manicurist works to clean, shape, and polish their clients nails, as well as doing things such as nail extensions and acrylics.
A lot of being a professional manicurist revolves around giving the customer what they want, though many times, the customer themselves is not completely aware of what exactly that is.
Manicurists are not the most highly paid professionals in the Cosmetic field. They generally make little more than minimum wage.
There is not much chance of career advancement in this particular field, though if you are talented you could possibly receive large tips from your clients, as well as earning their continued patronage.
Most manicurists work for shops that cater only to manicures and pedicures, though many spas and retreats offer the services of a manicurist. Exclusive hotels and resorts can also be counted upon to have a skilled manicurist on staff.
I don't believe that I would be overly good at this particular career, as it would not give me enough opportunity to stretch my creative wings, if you will. I'm afraid I would feel rather constrained by the needs and wants of the customers, instead of doing what I could to make them look their very best.
Make-up Artist
A makeup artist works with cosmetics in order to color and beautify the face and body of people for costuming purposes. Many makeup artists will also work with wigs and other costuming materials.
The most viable career opportunities in this field are those in which you are working directly for either television or film, or a modeling agency of some sort. There are many more ways to work in this particular field out there, but the aforementioned are the most common and best paying.
The pay in this field is not the best. Most makeup artists are forced to work another job, often in a similar field in order to pay the bills.
The demand for these talented artists, however is expected to grow fifteen percent in the next decade or so, which means that more and more artists will be able to support them self solely on the commissions of the work they love to do.
There are many schools across the country that specialize in the application and upkeep up stage and theatrical makeup. Working on Broadway is considered to be the holy grail of makeup artists.
I think I would be good in this career as I would enjoy making people look like something completely different than what they truly are. It would be a chance to showcase my own creative talents, though you would think more people would be appretiative of the hard work and creative genius required to perform this job.