Many professionals in a niche industry require a certain standard of clothing in the workplace, not only to adhere to protocol but also as a way to get the full experience and become apart of the team. This is especially so for medical, service and beauty professionals. If a student is enrolled in cosmetology school, it only seems appropriate for their dress code to adhere to the latest makeup trends and represent the beauty industry. Wearing makeup should be a part of uniform dress code policy, just how hostesses have to wear black, doctors have to wear scrubs and lab techs have to wear white coats. It is not common for beauty schools to have a “mandatory makeup” policy or else you can be sent home due to not obeying dress code standards.
Although they work under these policies, some staff members of beauty schools that enforce a makeup dress code policy feel it should not be enforced, rather a freedom of expression if the student chooses to. They find it absurd and “could never enforce such a requirement.” I can’t help but ask the question, “Why study beauty if you have no interest in practicing the concepts on yourself?” Where is the passion if you aren’t even passionate enough to perform on yourself?
But here is a kicker! What if you are one of those individuals (displaying vampire-like qualities like the Cullens) and are just naturally beautiful? You so are blessed that you don’t need to dab your nose with one ounce of makeup, pout your lips with one drop of lip gloss and sweep your eyes with one glaze of eye shadow. Can you force an already non-makeup wearing person to compile with the rules? Well, rules are rules. It can only make them more beautiful I suppose.
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Hi! Yes, there is a standard when it comes to when you should have a dress code, but individuals have a right to make a choice. I work in a business atmosphere, but I don’t have to dress business casual everyday. Since I am not in the field I can’t say a strict yes or no answer to this question. In my opinion though, I believe that if they are going for an interview or meeting a client they defiantly should wear makeup otherwise I don’t see why they should have to.
If you are going to school for beauty and therefore are going to be representing beauty in your career, then I believe you should be required to look the part. If you do not normally wear make-up, I believe it should still be required while you are going to beauty school. Why? Because this will prepare those who are not used to wearing make-up get used to using it everyday like they will need to in the workplace. What better way to advertise your skills than on yourself? Think about it, would you pay someone who is not wearing any make-up to put make-up on you? I would be unsure of their skill level and fear I’d come out looking like a racoon or some other silly thing. (Happened to me once, NOT a good thing…)
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I agree, I believe they should have to wear make up to class, unless the teacher asks them to come to school with out it (because they will be practicing on each or or something). I also believe that they should be doing there own hair in a way that isn’t just a sloppy bun or a ponytail. I don’t know how many times I have gone to a salon and said to myself, “she’s wont be doing my hair” because the stylist didn’t even have anything done with her hair. I suppose its like the carpenters house and how they never get fixed because they spend all their time fixing something for someone else.
It’s outdated and absurd to impose one idea of beauty on all students. Cosmetology is a creative profession and should encourage freedom of expression. Beauty doesn’t have to clog up your pores and accelerate the aging process. As a matter of fact many of the best treatments are about delaying the aging process (wrinkles, spots etc) on your skin. This is 2010, it’s the Aquarian Age and beauty shines outward from within. You don’t have to poison yourself to look polished and gorgeous. A slight shift in hair color and style can illuminate your skin and improve on an already beautiful you. Sometimes less is more. If you have a compulsion to see make-up and big hair rent an 80s flick. Get with the times.