Health and Safety Overview

Health and safety when working on clients is always important so making sure you do your best to reduce any risks is crucial. 

- moving all bags out the way especially if they have any handles on so no one trips over them 

- hang any coats or jackets up or put them away some where safe, no one wants to trip over any loose sleeves or ties so making sure they are out the way will reduce the risk of people tripping up 

- make sure your hair is always tied up and away off the face, you need to see what you are doing when applying make up on a client and you can not keep touching your hair. Having it up and back so you can see clearly will also look more professional too 

- having short and well manicured nails with no chipped nail polish is a must, do not have long nails as the client will be a little scared you may poke them in the eye if they are too long and the longer they are the more germs there are underneath so short nails are much cleaner and look nicer

- always wash your hands thoroughly before doing any work to remove all dirt, germs and other bacteria on your hands. This will ensure you are not putting any of your germs on to your clients face 

- wash your hands after you have finished your client to remove any product off your hands, if you are moving on to another client you need to have clean hands as it looks very unprofessional having dirty make up on your hands. Also it reduces the risk of passing in any germs from client to client

- always make sure you clean your brushes after and between clients to remove any germs that are on the brushes and make up which has been used on them. This will ensure no germs are being passed on from each client

- make sure your client is covered up by using a gown, you don't want to spill any make up on your clients clothing as you don't know how expensive your clients clothes are and you don't want to ruin them so covering then up will ensure no spillages are on their clothing 

- make sure your work space is always clean and have bed roll to hand, covering up your space before you put your products out will make sure you don't damage the work surface 

- when doing a clients make up, make sure the lighting is on before you start your client and that their face is in the centre of the mirror. When working on shoots their face will be on a camera, the lighting is helpful for you as looking at the clients face in the mirror is how they shall be seen on a photo rather than looking at them face on 

- make sure you scrape your products with disposable spatulas or a plastic reuseable one, ensuring no double dipping into products as this can hold germs in the product and you will then be using that product on different clients and passing on the germs

Important questions to ask your client before any treatment is carried out - 

1. Are they allergic to anything on - this can help you determine what products to use on the skin and which ones not to 

2. Do they wear or have any contact lenses in - making sure you ask your client this is necessary as you don't want to do too much eye work and get product in the eye as this can irritate it. They may even take the lenses out whilst you do the clients make up.