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[edit] Several comments

In many respects, the article is plagued by sloppiness and overly eager generalizations. Comments:

  • I have (for the second time) removed statements that enumerate licensing and continuing education regulations (apparently applicable to the writer's state) as if they were nationwide. This time, I've incorporated text taken directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website (see [1]), which was already cited here. I believe that as a government document, that webpage is not subject to copyright restrictions.
  • The statement that "the primary difference" between barbers and cosmetologists "is use of fingers on one hand to hold and stabilze the hair" was nonsense.
  • The reference cited doesn't support the statement that "the median income for a hairdresser is $26,000;" I've removed the statement.
  • Barber make more money than Bill Gates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.78.37.98 (talk) 17:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • The sentence, "Today, the traditional barber is being replaced by well educated beauty professionals in some areas," seemed to me unnecessarily derogatory of barbers, who are in many states as rigorously trained as cosmetologists.
  • The paragraph enumerating the differences between cosmetology and "beauty therapy" lists as belonging to "beauty therapy" many services that are in fact performed by cosmetologists, and there is no state -- as far as I know -- which licenses "beauty therapists" as distinct from "cosmetologists." Beauty therapy seems to be a term used mainly in the U.K. In general, the list of services offered by either cosmetologists or beauty therapists is redundant, having been covered in the section above about different disciplines within cosmetology.
  • I've let the information about ITEC, CIBTAC, and CIDESCO stand (in a different form), although I'm unsure of the legal requirements in other countries.
  • I've removed the information about income from "Becoming a cosmetologist" and placed it in a separate section. WilliamBarrett 15:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] more info

(Original comment from the village pump) For your cosmetology section of the Encyclopedia portion will you add more information about it. Like nature of the work, working conditions,and qualifications. Thanks.

Firstly, there is no "Encyclopedia portion", this is an encyclopedia. Secondly, every article in this encyclopedia can be expanded by anyone, including you - so someone who knows about it is very likely to add further information at some point in the future. - IMSoP 17:11, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

cosmetology is not a bad thing 2 do in a job career bcuz alot of people get money doin hair so what do u think about this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.158.171.2 (talk • contribs)

I think your opening discussion of cosmetology is rude. These people are specialized, and the great ones are highly educated most of them with at least one college degree, not that a degree means anything.

[edit] cosmetolgy

— Italic textA Cosmetolgy is a person who helps people with there apperance.Anopther word for a cosmetologist is beautision.A beauttision is a person that does hair,nails and facail apperances.If you wont to be a cosmetoligist,you would have to go to suchool so you can get your liscense for it.

I am glad the person who wrote the article in the cosmetology section knows how to spell yah you need to go to s-c-h-o-o-l SCHOOL not suchool

Im confused, where'd the definition go?

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Cosmetology is a somewhat pretentious 'non-word' invented to, supposedly, refer to the treatment of skin, hair and nails... This statement is erroneous. The Random House Unabridged Dictionary states that the word cosmetology has its origins in the middle of the 19th century and comes from the Greek kosmeto(s) appended with the suffix -logy. (See [2] for reference.) Given that the word cosmetology is also listed in Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, and Princeton University's WordNet, I would hardly call cosmetology a non-word. I would also say, since the word is the standard descriptor for the profession and is contained within the title of that industry's accrediting commission (The National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences; see [3]), that it is inaccurate to call it a pretentious term.

Thraxamer 02:32, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] cosmetology

cosmetology is has many different parts to it but i look forward to being a hairstylest when i get older!!!! Ashlie Kay Conner 137.164.158.14 (talk) 18:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

i want to —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.166.3.78 (talk) 13:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] how to score a job!

i was wondering i have always wanted to be a cosmetologist and im only in eight grade and i have great tallent when it comes to other peoples bodies and hair and nails and make up but are there tips where to go to get the things you would need to score a job! and if i was going to what do i wear????????



sincerly, need help with fashion trend —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.175.175.238 (talk) 17:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)