i want to start a course/training immediately-in anything really who/where can help?

Question

what could earn me a decent income and is not some kind of scam-i have little /no cash as outlay although a possibility to borrow off family if the course-training achievable i am interested in beauty-all aspects-would love to product test cosmetics as career!!

Answer 1

Study chemistry, or become a trainee hairdresser :)

... or plumber or electrician or carpenter or if you can drive a taxi driver or driving instructor and maybe give up on it :( .

Seriously, I got a job as a trainee hairdresser once just walking into a hairdresser's and asking about an add I saw in the window. I said why I wanted to be one... I had to leave later for health problems (warts all over my hands), but I don't think it's a bad job (now that I finally got the warts removed).

The employer was paying for the training, as well as a very modest wage, in exchange I had to do a lot of shampooing, perming, dying and sweeping. Now that the anti-smoking legislation is kicking in, I may take up the profession again (the smoky staff room was even worse than the warts, the hair dies weren't so bad, and I even got used to washing out lice.)

Avon isn't really a scam, people do make a decent living on it, if you're into cosmetics. Of course, there is the retail option as well...

A chemistry degree could get you in a cosmetic firm as well... they need scientists to test the cosmetics. However, there is a long wait (probably at least four years) before you're really making money back. But you should be able to get out a student loan or a scholarship.

Answer 2

I'm not sure how many training programs there are that happen to be so brief while giving one a career with lucrative pay. Most vocational-technical programs such as in cosmetology require a certain amount of classroom and hands-on hours (on actual customers at the school salon). It may take at leat a year or so to complete a cosmetology program but please do check with your local county vo-tech program which are typically much less expensive than private beauty school/cos programs. And even working at a salon washing hair (shampoo assistant I believe), one would at least need a permit as a student who has completed a certain amount of hours in a cosmetology program.

I'm not sure that it is feasible to make a living as a cosmetics tester. There may be market research companies that periodically are looking for consumer's opinions on different products of what they have used in the past or such but that doesn't generally pay for rent and food. Please do look in your county phonebook in the yellow pages under either 'schools' or 'education' and try to find out about the local vo-tech schools and programs that they have to offer, and then perhaps call and make an appointment with a counselor at the school.

Answer 3

Sounds to me like you need to seek some professional careers advice.

Depending upon where you live there should be a careers advice team who can work through your options with you.

You can also speak to your local colleges about your options, whether they offer courses of interest and how to meet the entry requirements.

There's lots of help out there so jut make a call to a college and see where you go from there.

Good luck!