Beauty salon

A beauty salon is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. There is a distinction between a beauty salon and a hair salon; although many small businesses do offer both sets of treatments. Beauty salons provide more generalized services related to skin health, facial aesthetic, foot care, nail manicures, aromatherapy, oxygen therapy, mud baths and many other services. There are many different kinds of beauty salons. Each business offers one or more salon service options. The different types of salon services provide care and beautification for the body from head to toe.

Massage for the body is a popular beauty treatment with various techniques offering benefits to the skin (including the application of beauty products) and for increasing mental well-being.

Hair removal is offered at some beauty salons through treatments such as waxing and threading. Some beauty salons style hair instead of going to a separate hair salon, and some also offer sun tanning.

Specialized beauty salons known as nail salon offer treatments such as manicures and pedicures for the nails. A manicure is a treatment for the

hands, incorporating the fingernails and cuticles and often involving the application of nail polish, while a pedicure involves treatment of the feet, incorporating the toenails and the softening or removal of calluses.

Tanning salons have equipment and services for people who want to tan their skin artificially to create the look of a suntan. Many tanning salons have options that produce different shades and depths of tans to suit individual preferences, skin tones and eye colours. Stand-up methods may involve sprays, while tanning beds have the client lying on a lidded table fitted with ultra-violet (UV) lights. Tanning salons may also offer their creams and lotions to produce a tanned look.

Make-up services are available at many kinds оf salons. Cosmetics professionals help customers select flattering make-up colours for their make-up is one of the most popular salon services.

Traditionally, salon cosmetic services were offered to women only increasingly, men’s make-up options are also available.

1. Read the text and list the main types of salons.

2. Find Russian equivalents to following word combinations. Make up phrases in English with them.

More generalized services; both sets of treatments; mud baths; salon service options; care and beautification for the body; from head to toe; mental well-being; a separate hair salon; tanning salons; the look of a suntan; different shades and depths of tans; to suit individual preferences; stand-up methods; a lidded table; flattering make-up colours; bridal make-up.

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