Provide skin care treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance.

Other names for Skin Care Specialists: Aesthetician, Beauty Therapist, Cosmetologist, Esthetic Dermatologist, Esthetician, Esthetics Instructor, Esthiology Instructor, Facial Operator, Facialist, Image Consultant, Make-Up Artist, Massage Therapist, Medical Esthetician, Nail Technician, Nurse Esthetician, Salon Manager, Skin Care Specialist, Skin Care Technician, Skin Care Therapist, Spa Technician,

• Sterilize equipment, and clean work areas.
• Keep records of client needs and preferences, and the services provided.
• Demonstrate how to clean and care for skin properly, and recommend skin-care regimens.
• Examine clients' skin, using magnifying lamps or visors when necessary, in order to evaluate skin condition and appearance.
• Select and apply cosmetic products such as creams, lotions, and tonics.
• Cleanse clients' skin with water, creams and/or lotions.
• Treat the facial skin to maintain and improve its appearance, using specialized techniques and products such as peels and masks.
• Refer clients to medical personnel for treatment of serious skin problems.
• Determine which products or colors will improve clients' skin quality and appearance.
• Perform simple extractions to remove blackheads.
• Provide facial and body massages.
• Remove body and facial hair by applying wax.
• Apply chemical peels in order to reduce fine lines and age spots.
• Advise clients about colors and types of makeup, and instruct them in makeup application techniques.
• Sell makeup to clients.
• Collaborate with plastic surgeons and dermatologists in order to provide patients with preoperative and postoperative skin care.
• Give manicures and pedicures, and apply artificial nails.
• Tint eyelashes and eyebrows.