Milady Standard Razor Cutting is a resource for students who are interested in practicing this precision-based razor cutting method, recognized worldwide. Celebrity stylist, Nick Arrojo, takes students from the basic fundamentals of razoring to mastering three razor haircuts that give them the opportunity to implement the core skills of this effective and artistic cutting technique. This text will help give students the tools they need, including a level of comfort with this style of cutting, that will help them create fashionable, low-maintenance, modern hairstyles that their clients will love. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

An easy-to-read book, Milady's Razor Cutting is a step-by-step technical guide to cutting a variety of specific haircuts using razor techniques. This highly-illustrated book show each facet of various processes, including haircuts appealing to all types of clients.

Demonstrates 12 straight razor shaving procedures, each with large, full-color photos and detailed step-by-step instructions to ensure students can easily follow and fully comprehend each step. Includes an activity section that contains fill-in-the-blank, true or false, multiple choice, essay, short answer, labeling, and matching activities to help reinforce learning. An exam review section, consisting of multiple choice questions, helps students test their knowledge and practice for their licensing exam. Contents include: Know about Straight Razors--Show How to Hold a Straight Razor--Understand the Fundamentals of Shaving--Understand Facial-Hair Design--Review Shaving-Related Infection Control and Safety Precautions--Honing the Razor--Stropping the Razor--Handling a Straight Razor•Razor Position and Strokes Practice--The Professional Shave--The Neck Shave--Mustache Trim--Beard Designs--Arching Technique with a Razor--Outline Shave--The Head Shave--Handling an Exposure Incident--Activities--Test Preparation.

Congratulations! You are about to start on a journey that can take you in many directions and holds the potential to make you a confident, successful professional in cosmetology. As a cosmetologist, you will become a trusted professional, the person your clients rely on to provide them with ongoing service, enabling them to look and feel their best. You will become as personally involved in your clients' lives as their physicians or dentists are, and with study and practice, you can be as much in demand as a well-regarded medical provider. - Preface.

"In this book you will find my voice, my vision, and all of the advice I willingly and happily share with anyone who seeks me out, sits in my chair, and asks me for help. I hope it inspires you to be confident and beautiful; sexy and happy!" – Nick Arrojo Nick Arrojo is known nationwide for his ability to give women hairstyles that bring out their individual beauty. Every week millions of "What Not to Wear" viewers see him transform women's outdated styles or unflattering cuts into fresh and contemporary looks. Most importantly, he helps them to realize their true beauty potential. He not only changes their hairstyles but changes the way they felt about themselves. In GREAT HAIR, Nick Arrojo reveals his styling secrets so that women can better understand their hair type, assess what hair styles will work best for their hair, face shape, and lifestyle, and get a terrific new look. GREAT HAIR provides a complete education about hair including: Identifying your hair type and how that impacts cut, color, and styles - including ethnic hair Understanding products and how to use them to their best advantage A style guide with complete instructions on everything from blowouts to updos. Guidelines on choosing a flattering hair color that will enhance, not overpower Dispelling myths and outdated ideas about hair care Featuring before and after shots of real women (not models) GREAT HAIR shows how any woman can find a style that will make her feel and look terrific. Following Nick Arrojo's advice in GREAT HAIR means no more bad hair days!

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

This full-color spiral bound supplement to Milady Standard Cosmetology 2012 contains 26 women’s haircuts and finishes, and 10 men’s haircuts not found in the Milady Standard Cosmetology textbook. Each procedure is presented step-by-step with text and photos to ensure accuracy.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com