Chapter 21

210% Luck

Li Muyao was first shocked for a second, then she immediately answered. She was surprised that Manager Cai didn’t ask any questions about the beauty profession, but asked about things related to skincare instead.

“First, clean your face with facial cleanser, then spray it with toner, apply the booster and massage the face for a minute. After your face absorbs it, gently apply the eye cream around the eyes. Close your eyes and circle your fingers around them softly. After that, start to apply the essence. When the essence is absorbed by the face slowly, apply the emulsion and day cream. Lastly, apply sunscreen or toning cream and it’s done.”

“What about evening skincare?”

“First, remove your make-up and clean your face with a facial cleanser. After that, you can exfoliate your face and do another cleansing facial again. When it’s done, spray the toner directly and apply the booster. Then, you can put on a facial mask. During summer, choose a facial mask that moisturizes and whitens your skin, while in winter, choose one that moisturizes and removes pigment spots. It’s best to use a facial mask twice or three times a week. You shouldn’t use it too often or too little. After the facial mask, start applying eye cream, serum, emulsion, and night cream. Finally, apply a lip mask on the lips. They’ll look especially moisturized when you put lipstick on the next day.”

“How many times a week should you exfoliate your face?”

“Once a week for oily skin, once every other week for dry skin and combination skin, and once a month for sensitive, allergic skin.”

“What kind of essence is generally used for people of my age?”

“Normally, people under 25 should use moisturizing essence, those between 25 to 30 should use anti-aging essence, and those older than 30 should use anti-wrinkle and firming essence.”

“What are the basic techniques of beauty massage?”

“Pressing, wiping, rolling, finger pressing, compressing, pinching, tapping, kneading, and finally, vibrating.”

“Use all these techniques on my face once.”

“Sure, Manager Cai. Am I doing it strongly enough? Did I massage the acupuncture points accurately?”

“I’ve never expected an apprentice, who’s only taken classes for seven months like you, to be able to use these techniques so accurately.”

“What are the characteristics of massages for various types of skin?”

Besides, Manager Cai only hired skilled beauticians for her two salons. In fact, she even served some major customers directly herself.

Manager Cai had superb and precise skills in beauty treatments, body treatments, and even aesthetic medical treatments. When assessing the basic beauty knowledge of apprentices, Manager Cai could already get the answer she wanted with a few questions, let alone experiencing it herself.

Manager Cai knew very clearly what level an apprentice should have after learning for a certain time!

And today, Li Muyao’s skills, which totally went beyond the level of a professional beautician, made Manager Cai really shocked and a bit surprised at the same time!

“Yes, but I’ve read about them and I always borrow and study notes from my seniors like Lin Hong and the other girls. Also, I’ve taken some time off recently to go to other beauty salons. I pretended to be a customer and experienced their beauty treatments several times.

“During the experiences, I talked a lot with their beauticians.

“I also have the library card of Gaochun District Library. I like reading and I like cosmetology, so apart from learning and practicing in the salon, I look for books and magazines about beauty treatments, body treatments, make-ups, and aesthetic medicine to read as well.

“I feel that fashion styling is closely related to cosmetology. That’s why I also learned things about beauty makeup and image design!”

Li Muyao knew Manager Cai was in awe of her improvement in beauty techniques, so every time Manager Cai asked a question, she answered seriously, showing the other skills she knew and how outstanding she was.

Humans! They were never afraid to show their excellence, skills, and ambition in front of their leaders anytime, anywhere.

For example, Li Muyao replaced makeup with beauty makeup.

And she replaced fashion styling with image design!

Every different phrase represented a completely different level of knowledge!

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Knowledge of beauty and skincare comes from books!