As a Cosmetology Student, you begin each day knowing you've decided to pursue a rewarding and exciting career.

You arrive in a classroom designed specifically for future cosmetology professionals. You learn all about fundamental hair cuts, color, design, proper technique, and more. You'll apply your skills to your mannequins, practicing daily and reviewing your notes and textbooks.

After you have attended school for the required hours needed to work in the Student Salon on actual clients, you'll begin your day as a typical cosmetologist does; by preparing your work station and reviewing any scheduled appointments. You'll also work on clients who, sometimes randomly and sometimes by appointment, walk in for services.

Often, your instructors will observe and gather your classmates around to learn a new trend or technique you're performing. You'll apply perms, roller sets, paraffin treatments, waxing, and more. You'll gain experience everyday and develop a clientele.

Once you graduate, your next step is obtaining your cosmetology license. After that, the opportunities are endless, with more 300,000 salons and spas in the U.S. constantly searching for talent.

As a Cosmetology Teacher, you're responsible for educating tomorrow's cosmetologists. You were once in their shoes as a new student. Now, you're applying the skills and techniques you've learned and have experienced, and teaching them to a new generation of future professional Cosmetologists.

Your day actually begins the night before as you review lesson plans, grade papers and quizzes, and prepare for the next level of learning for your students. You've developed the expertise to measure and asses student skills and techniques.

As you move your students to the Student Salon, you constantly observe and teach your students innovative methods and trends.

You are also a mentor for your students and often must address concerns. Some students will doubt their abilities and your job is to assure them they can succeed - after all, you have done so yourself!

Whether you work in a salon or own your own business, a hair stylist works on a variety of clients with a variety of requests. You'll work on men, women and children.

Your day begins with your prompt arrival. As you check your scheduled appointments, you set up your station and prepare for your first client of the day. Many times you'll have walk-ins requesting anything and everything from moustache and beard trims to wedding up-dos or even a child's first hair cut, and so much more. Your day is never a typical one and the change in clients and requests is never dull.

Clients will often ask your opinion or you may carefully suggest complimentary cuts and styles. After all, you've been trained to offer your professional assessment. To help your clients maintain their new styles or current cuts, you suggest hair care products appropriate for their needs.

After your last client, you'll clean up your station, offer to help out a co-worker and prepare for another day.

As a licensed Esthetician, you might work in a salon, day spa, or even on a cruise ship. Your day begins as you check your scheduled appointments, meet with clients for a consultation on their particular needs and perform a variety of services. Your clients will request several types of services such as body treatments and wraps, waxing, tweezing, facials, facial massages, facial treatments, and paraffin treatments.

With each client consultation you'll suggest tips and products to help them soothe and maintain their skin. After all, you are the professional and any good Esthetician can depend on strong client loyalty for a lucrative career.

You end your day with record keeping of each client so you know what services you performed, any products the client purchased, histology of the client's skin, and other notes for their next visit.

A Make-Up Artist could work in a salon, for a celebrity, in the theater, and more! Your priorities will vary depending on your location. As a Make-Up Artist, you'll apply make-up for weddings, proms, theatrical productions, and more!

Your training and expertise will help you determine features you should accentuate on your clients, how to apply complimentary colors based on skin tone and texture, and how to correct blemishes.

A Make-Up Artist applies creativity and trained techniques to every service performed.

Nail Technicians are more sought after than ever before. As a Nail Technician, you'll begin your day reviewing your scheduled appointments and consultations, and setting up your station.

You'll apply artificial nails, wraps, gels and perform natural nail manicures and pedicures. As you work on each client you'll assess the health of their nails and outlining skin. You'll incorporate your own creativity through nail artistry, perform paraffin treatments, massages and suggest products to compliment you clients' needs.

You'll end your day by cleaning and sanitizing your tools and preparing your station for another day.

As a Massage Therapist, your career could land you in a salon, spa, hotel, resort, health club, cruise ship, chiropractic office, and other great locations.

You begin your day glancing over your scheduled appointments and consultations, and preparing your massage table. You'll perform a variety of types of massages such as Shiatsu, Swedish, sports and deep tissue, reflexology, prenatal and more.

You'll end each session by scheduling your clients' next appointment. As a professional Massage Therapist you provide a soothing and relaxing service.