Health and saftey

Task 3

So anyone can pick up a brush an class themselves a make-up artist (and trust me they do) you don't have to have a license or even of had training but it wouldn't make  a good make-up artist or a safe one! I certainly wouldn't trust someone who hadn't been taught the Health and safety of being a make-up artist, it's a a massive part of the job. When you're working on someone's skin face and around their eyes you have to be careful, especially when using the weird and wonderful products that we do. It's not just that, even your kit bags or bowls of water or cable present a risk! Accidents waiting to happen.  

So let's start with COSHH it is law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health and also the only health and safety term people remember. Cosh is all about how you protect yourself and others and prevent or reduce exposure to hazardous substances when working with /storing chemical based products.  

It involves:

·         finding out what the health hazards are

·         deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment)

·         providing control measures to reduce harm to health

·         PPE Personal protection equipment i.e. wearing appropriate protection; goggles, aprons, gloves, etc.

·         ventilating rooms or wearing masks

·         Avoiding/cleaning up spills 

·         Hygiene. 

·         planning for emergencies.

Remember though  that hazards and risks are not limited to substances labelled as ‘hazardous'. 

Don’t stick pins in your client like a voodoo doll! 

Hair pins and some combs can be very pointy and sharp, take care not to stab your client especially be aware of areas such as the eyes”. If your wigs are secured to blocks using pins make sure you have removed them all before use. The same goes for cutting hair always be careful with scissors around your client and yourself (don't run with scissors kids) that's another thing always keep these items out of reach of children. Whilst we're talking about hair remember to consider temperature when straightening, curling or hair drying too hot and you could burn your client.

You would also do well to learn about contagious conditions, infection, illness or disease and how to identify them. Anybody could be carrying infections! keep your brushes clean and your products don't contaminate them! or else you could easily pass these things on, there is nothing glamorous about anything contagious