Why are Beauty Therapist labelled as being stupid?

I am doing my NVQ in Beauty Therapy and when i tell people, they think its because im stupid and cant do anyhting elles, but the course that i am on is the first year of a doctors course and i have to do things like learn every bone and every muscle in the body. Its definatly not easy but why such chritisism?Why are Beauty Therapist labelled as being stupid?
Do NOT let this discourage you! The beauty industry is very professional and make a ton of money if you do it right. Get into a nice upscale salon and you will be laughing at everyone who doubted you! Once you get a good clientele you will make great money, and its fast easy money. You get to pick your hours and days. You work for yourself!!!!!Why are Beauty Therapist labelled as being stupid?
because they are! Seriously use the spell check. 4 spelling mistakes and you heard of punctuation????
Nothing wrong with doing the course or what you learn from it. Beauty is supposed to come from within or is inthe eye of the beholder ! Beauty therapists charge 2 much and we are all ripped off by the cosmetics industry.
know how you feel. I'm doing my hnd and we have to do a higher in anatomy as well as all our other theory work and people still speak slower around me, even though after this I will be in the 3rd year of a physio degree at uni.





They are jealous because we are clever and can make our selves absolutely gorgeous as well!! Good luck with your course and hold your head up high because you will have the last laugh when you are doing something that you love and everybody else is stuck doing boring 9-5 ha ha :-)
Those who say that are simply jealous!
Who says their stupid, not me for one, as I believe it's not what you do but who you are that counts so don't worry about it.
ignore them - they are the ones without intelligence hunny. you go for it and enjoy the course - good to know that BT's have such rigid training - makes me feel safer x
Hi That's the first I've heard of it,as they are not stupid at all,it must be the other way round i think the people who think this are stupid!!! Good luck to you
i dunno its the same for us hairdressing students.





but it really takes product knowledge and how to do thing right to get results.





it isnt fair on us!
Ignorance! That's what it is. I think if more people knew what you actually learn and do, they would show you the respect you deserve. Help educate others and I will too!
The stupidity is on their part, you get the same crap if you want to be a hairdresser or a barmaid , ignorance.
Beauty Therapist's are not labelled any worse than most every other job? In most any profession you will find prejudices, it is not just in your sector. For example, engineers are labelled as boring, artists as freeloaders, construction men as pervs, salesmen as pushy etc etc. In any walk of life you will encounter people who just categorise you and expect that you will perform like the stereotypical views that the world puts on you. What you have to do is work just that little bit harder to prove them wrong!





Good luck x
i no its so annoying. did my course 2yrs ago and its not easy at all...think the practical exams have to be the hardest thing ive done!if they only new... don't take any notice... u no how hard u work!!!
at my college people which usually take up the course your doing is usually related to hairdressing and beauty etc. and some people make them out to be stupid for some reason but im not sure.