Encyclopedia of hair removal : a complete reference to methods, techniques and career opportunities

415 Pages·2006·21.476 MB·English

by  Gill Morris, Janice Brown

encyclopedia
of hair removal
HAIRDRESSING AND BEAUTY INDUSTRY
AUTHORITY SERIES
HAIRDRESSING

Mahogany Hairdressing: Steps to Cutting, Colouring and Finishing Hair Martin Gannon and Richard
Thompson
Mahogany Hairdressing: Advanced Looks Richard Thompson and Martin Gannon
Essensuals, Next Generation Toni & Guy: Step by Step
Professional Men’s Hairdressing Guy Kremer and Jacki Wadeson
The Art of Dressing Long Hair Guy Kremer and Jacki Wadeson
Patrick Cameron: Dressing Long Hair Patrick Cameron and Jacki Wadeson
Patrick Cameron: Dressing Long Hair Book 2 Patrick Cameron
Bridal Hair Pat Dixon and Jacki Wadeson
Trevor Sorbie: The Bridal Hair Book Trevor Sorbie and Jacki Wadeson
Trevor Sorbie: Visions in Hair Kris Sorbie and Jacki Wadeson
The Total Look: The Style Guide for Hair and Make-Up Professionals Ian Mistlin
Art of Hair Colouring David Adams and Jacki Wadeson
Begin Hairdressing: The Official Guide to Level 1 Martin Green
Hairdressing – The Foundations: The official Guide to S/NVQ Level 2 5e Leo Palladino and Martin Green
Professional Hairdressing: The Official Guide to Level 3 4e Martin Green and Leo Palladino
Men’s Hairdressing: Traditional and Modern Barbering 2e Maurice Lister
African-Caribbean Hairdressing 2e Sandra Gittens
Salon Management Martin Green
eXtensions: The Official Guide to Hair Extensions Theresa Bullock
The Colour Book: The Official Guide to Colour at NVQ Levels 2 & 3 Tracey Lloyd with Christine
McMillan-Bodell
BEAUTY THERAPY

Beauty Basics – The Official Guide to Level 1 Lorraine Nordmann
Beauty Therapy – The Foundations: The Official Guide to Level 2 Lorraine Nordmann
Professional Beauty Therapy: The Official Guide to Level 3 Lorraine Nordmann, Lorraine Williamson,
Pamela Linforth and Jo Crowder
Aromatherapy for the Beauty Therapist Valerie Ann Worwood
Indian Head Massage Muriel Burnham-Airey and Adele O’Keefe
The Official Guide to Body Massage Adele O’Keefe
An Holistic Guide to Anatomy and Physiology Tina Parsons
The Encyclopedia of Nails Jacqui Jefford and Anne Swain
Nail Artistry Jacqui Jefford, Sue Marsh and Anne Swain
The Complete Nail Technician Marian Newman
The World of Skin Care: A Scientific Companion Dr John Gray
An Holistic Guide to Reflexology Tina Parsons
Nutrition: A Practical Approach Suzanne Le Quesne
An Holistic Guide to Massage Tina Parsons
The Spa Book: The Official Guide to Spa Therapy Jane Crebbin-Bailey, Dr John Harcup and John
Harrington
The Complete Guide to Make-up Suzanne Le Quesne
The Complete Make-up Artist: Working in Film, Fashion, Television and Theatre Penny Delamar
The Essential Guide to Holistic & Complementary Therapy Helen Beckmann and Suzanne Le Quesne

Encyclopedia of Hair Removal

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contents
About the authors vii PART THREE
Acknowledgements x
Anatomy and Physiology 43
Foreword xii
About the book xiii
3 BT16/BT6 Anatomy and physiology 44
What will I know after reading this chapter? 44
PART ONE Introduction 44
The human organism 45
Introducing Hair Removal 1
The major systems of the human body 49
A closer look at the integumentary system 59
1 What is hair removal? 2
Principles of hair growth 73
What will I know after reading this chapter? 2 A closer look at the circulatory systems of the
What is hair removal? 2 body 78
The history of hair removal 5 A closer look at the nervous system 82
Why remove hair? 5 A closer look at the endocrine system 83
Why become a hair removal practitioner? 6 Assessment of knowledge and understanding 91
Practitioner profiles 10 Advanced knowledge reference section 95
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 14
Advanced knowledge reference section 15
PART FOUR
Depilation 105
PART TWO
The Basics 19 4 BT6 Waxing 106
What will I know after reading this chapter? 106
2 G15 Consultation 20
Consultation 107
What will I know after reading this chapter? 20 Hot wax treatment 111
Assessing the client and preparing treatment Warm wax 122
plans 20 Spatula wax method 129
Conducting a holistic consultation 25 Roller wax 132
Contra-indications and pre-treatment Tube wax 135
precautions 29 Waxing treatment areas 138
Different methods of temporary hair removal and Male waxing 149
their effects 30 Practitioner profile 153
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 33 Assessment of knowledge and understanding 155
Advanced knowledge reference section 34 Advanced knowledge reference section 158
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C What will I know after reading this chapter? 159
Introduction 159
8 Laser and intense pulsed light 294
Consultation 159
Preparation of the treatment area 165 What will I know after reading this chapter? 294
Treatment application 166 Light and laser systems 294
Practitioner profile 171 Laser science 295
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 172 Lasers used in the hair removal process 300
Advanced knowledge reference section 173 Flash lamp systems 304
Laser safety 307
6 BT6 Threading 176 Preparation of the treatment area 308
Pre-treatment considerations 310
What will I know after reading this chapter? 176
Precautions and contra-indications 313
Introduction 176
Consultation 314
Consultation 177
Treatment application 321
Treatment Application 180
Aftercare 326
Alternative threading techniques 181
Practitioner profile 328
Practitioner profile 184
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 333
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 185
Advanced knowledge reference section 334
Advanced knowledge reference section 186
PART SIX
PART FIVE
Business Basics 341
Epilation 189
9 G11/G6 Business success 342
7 BT16 Electrolysis 190
What will I know after reading this chapter? 342
What will I know after reading this chapter? 190
Introduction 342
Section 1: Introduction to electrolysis 191
The Business Plan 343
The history of electrolysis 191
Premises 346
Why choose electrolysis 192
Human resources 347
Section 2: Electrolysis consultation 192
Consumer protection legislation 351
Introduction 193
Setting up your business 353
The electrolysis consultation 194
Basic business strategies 355
Gender dysphoria 207
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 356
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 210
Advanced knowledge reference section 357
Section 3: Electricity and electrolysis 210
Electrical science 210
10 G1 Health and safety 360
Types of electrolysis 217
Galvanic electrolysis 218 What will I know after reading this chapter? 360
Thermolysis 221 Bacteriology 360
The blend technique 232 Health and safety best practice 365
Equipment 240 Salon hygiene 368
Assessment of knowledge and understanding 248 Salon hygiene procedures 372
Section 4: Best electrolysis practice 250 Relevant legislation 375
Essentials of best practice 250 Assessment of knowledge and understanding 377
Pre-treatment considerations 268 Advanced knowledge reference section 378
Treatment planning 274
Electrolysis aftercare 277 Glossary 384
Contra-actions 279 Index 391
The complete treatment 283
about the authors
GILL MORRIS Janice Brown and Gill Morris
Background
Electrolysis has been a large part of my professional life and I didn’t even like
it at college!
Beauty therapy training
North Warwickshire College, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
IHBC International Health & Beauty Therapy Diploma & Electrolysis
Additional training, electrolysis qualifications and memberships
Director and founding director of Habia
Chartered Institute of Marketing: Post Graduate Diploma
Chartered Marketer
City and Guilds 730 Teacher Training Certificate
TDLB D32, D33 Assessors Awards
Diploma in Remedial Electrolysis D.R.E.
Advanced Electrolysis Diploma: Removal of Telangiectasia and Fibrous
Blemishes
Member of the previous Institute of Electrolysis
Member of the previous British Association of Electrolysis
Member of the British Institute and Association of Electrolysis
Member of American Electrolysis Association
C.P.E. (America) Certified Practitioner in Electrolysis
Career
For the first 2½ years of my professional career, I worked in a general beauty
salon carrying out all treatments. However, my employer was an electrologist
specialist and taught me a great deal about the wonders of electrolysis and
thereby stimulated my love of the subject. In fact, I loved doing it so much I
was known to rub electrolysis appointments out of my colleagues’ columns
and put them into mine!
After working for other people and having two salons of my own, I left the
beauty business for a couple of years but came back with a vengeance when I
worked for manufacturer and supplier companies Ellisons and Sterex.
During my time with both companies I was heavily involved in research and
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stimulating or ‘nerve racking’ was carrying out electrolysis treatment on
eyebrows, LIVE on GMTV Breakfast programme and, arguably, the one I look
back on with the most pride, apart from my equipment development work,
was being invited to present a lecture to American electrologists at the
American Electrolysis Association’s annual convention and being the first
British electrologist to do so.
There are not many electrologists who are Chartered Marketers, but having
business training and qualifications gives me the best of both worlds through
my company ‘The GMT Group’, as we can offer both advanced electrolysis
training to qualified electrologists and management and marketing training
and consultancy across the professional beauty industry.
JANICE BROWN
Background
According to my father, my interest in beauty treatments and hair removal
began very early when I plucked all the hairs from my dolls and painted their
faces.
Beauty therapy training
1983–1985 Chesterfield College of Arts & Technology Chesterfield,
Derbyshire
City & Guilds Beauty Therapy, City & Guilds Electrolysis, National Health &
Hygiene Certificate
Additional training, electrolysis qualifications and memberships
City & Guilds 730 Teacher Training
D32 and D33 NVQ Assessor Award D34 NVQ Internal Verifier
Diploma in Remedial Electrolysis D.R.E.
Advanced Electrolysis Diploma: Removal of Telangiectasia and Fibrous
Blemishes
Member of the previous Institute of Electrolysis
Member of the British Institute and Association of Electrolysis
Career
My first job was as a beauty therapist with Tao Clinic Ltd. I was employed to
increase their beauty work as they were primarily an electrolysis company.
However, on my first day, one of the electrologists left and I had to do
electrolysis for six straight hours! This amount of electrolysis continued for
weeks, which created a very quick learning curve, after which I was sent to
London for six weeks, Tao training and suddenly decided I loved it – after
hating it at college!
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training.
Following a spell as a lecturer at Doncaster College of Further Education, I
returned once more to Tao Clinic Ltd as national manager in charge of 20
branches with a team of area managers. My next move saw me become
national training manager for the Fraser Muir Group, under the trading name
of ‘House of Famuir’. This position involved planning, developing, marketing
and delivering of training courses and materials; travelling the world to
research new products, including the USA, Canada, the Far East and Europe;
testing and advising on potential new products and equipment as well as
taking an active role in company public relations, including trade shows,
seminars and television appearances. In 2002, with my husband Rob, I took
over the House of Famuir from the owner Mr Julian Shuba.