WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WORKING AS A BEAUTY ADVISOR: | Ulta |Target beauty | Sephora| + more

Hey guys welcome back! in this vlog we will be discussing my journey as a beauty advisor and what my Pros and Cons are.. if you are looking to break into the beauty industry I recommend you watch this video!!

[@EACHONETEACHONE09]

A tip for the downtimes when you can go hours and hours of not having any potential customers approach you, is to utilize that time for gaining product knowledge, so when you do have customers approach you, you can be your best at selling different products.

[@ShanikaShantel]

Yes an amazing tip! Thank you

[@mekahlewis8955]

I’m starting my job as a beauty consultant in a day! I’m only 16 so I really hope I don’t mess up🤣 this really helped thank you ☺️💞

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome 👏🏾 congratulations I’m sure you’ll do great! 🥰💕

[@jaiaundria]

DUDE WHERE DID U APPLY. I was super scared to apply as one bc I’m only 17 but you just gave me hope

[@maddyszn]

i’m only 16 aswell and want to work at ulta sooo bad😭

[@haielll]

Awwwee I’m 17 and I have an interview with them in two days and I’m very excited, but also nervous!!

[@Ainlee4]

How is is it going?? I’m applying for the same position again

[@Elliemelly00]

Definitely good for improving social/personable skills

[@gaozy]

Hi Shanika! Thank you for providing your personal experiences and thoughtful advice. Wishing you a happy and health career and life journey! 💖🙏🏻

[@ShanikaShantel]

So happy you appreciate my video! 💕🫶🏾thanks so much for your kind words!!

[@aveuch]

My training is mostly slideshows, depending on the brand, it can be detailed with gratis and product demos or just a single page or chart with key takeaways. Because of this I sell what I recognize and understand, when I'm asked about a product I'm unfamiliar with I can only give them the bullet points I remember from training.

[@ShanikaShantel]

Nice strategy!

[@anamartins6199]

Oh good to know! Yes I have plenty experience working as beauty advisor in NYC at Saks fifth as freelance . But now I a will be going to Florida so soon I will start looking for job as beauty bee advisor up there! Thanks for your generous response, I appreciate that! 🌷💜

[@ShanikaShantel]

Oh awesome! You will have no issues getting the job because that’s the exact type of experience they are looking for! 💕 good luck on your new journey!

[@StrawberryJamJam29]

I didn’t get training as a Seasonal Beauty Consultant at Target. I’m applying to Sephora for the 5th time. I hope I get it this time. They have the best training.

[@ShanikaShantel]

Yea when I worked at target many years ago as a beauty concierge it wasn’t through target, it was through a marketing company called brand connections and they gave us the best training! But yes Sephora is another company that offers great training

[@michalachaney]

I'm starting on Wednesday as a prestige beauty advisor!!! I'm nervous but I'm glad people have many videos like this about the experience and pros and cons. For me, this is a side job as I'm a newly signed model as well which honestly pays more than Ulta but as I get the modeling side running and more consistent I'm doing this Ulta job part time!! It's a small Ulta store by my house so hopefully it won't be too bad.

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome! You’re going to love working as a prestige beauty advisor, it’s fun,upbeat, you get gratis and it’s educational for your own needs.. it will be a great addition to your modeling career💕🫶🏾 good luck with everything!

[@Bri4nG]

I start Sephora on Monday. Thank you for your video.

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome! No problem at all. best of luck on your new journey!💕🫶🏾

[@thekaleighd4624]

I love watching your videos , would love to see a beauty advisor tip video 🫶🏽

[@ShanikaShantel]

Thanks so much! 🫶🏾 I’ll keep that in mind 🥰

[@manarhamdan5464]

i just got hired as a beauty consultant at target, im so excited and this video was very informative! 😁

[@ShanikaShantel]

Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you, my favorite thing about my target position was the gratis hopefully they still provide y’all with those huge boxes each month 🥰

[@mztee2956]

@@ShanikaShantel I just applied at Target

[@ShanikaShantel]

@@mztee2956 great decision!! Take advantage of all of the training opportunities if you get the position it will help open up other doors in the industry!

[@mztee2956]

@@ShanikaShantel thanks I also went to Paul Mitchell

[@ShanikaShantel]

@@mztee2956 nice! I went to empire in 2009. There’s so many great opportunities for licensed professionals now, I love it!

[@carysstogsdill7648]

love this video, thanks!

[@ShanikaShantel]

So glad it could help!

[@iswara.]

Although this video i just find after 1 years ago already uploaded but this really helpe me to know what i have to do when I'm training soon in Jakarta on 13 August. So excited to begining my new carrier as a Beauty consultant in one of best aesthetic clinic in Indonesia❤. Thankyou for this information video Shanika

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome! I’m so happy this video was able to help 💕

[@luckylikesbarbie]

Hello. How is safora to work with ? Also please tell which one is better safora,Mac or estee Lauder to work with . Thanks .

[@branddyb5237]

Love ❤ this video very informative 👌

[@ShanikaShantel]

So glad I was able to help! 🥰

[@taylacooper2929]

Hey, I’m a recent graduate from esthetician school and it’s been every hard finding a job in a spa. I just got an interview at Clinique as a beauty advisor and I was wondering if you think that’ll be a good start as a beginner esthetician?

[@ShanikaShantel]

Hi Tayla, yes Clinique is an amazing company to work for and working specifically with product sells will give you that customer service skill that you’ll need as an esthetician. I would say also look into hand and stone or ulta (for the esthetician position) for hands on experience these places hire estheticians right out of school with no experience.

[@SheIz]

Thank you for this honest informative video

[@ShanikaShantel]

I’m so glad this helped 💕

[@elicheerboy]

Great video

[@ShanikaShantel]

Thanks so much for the support! 💕

[@anamartins6199]

Great video thanks for sharing your experience as beauty advisor. Do we need a license to work as beauty advisor at sephora ? If so what kind license do they require ? thanks

[@ShanikaShantel]

No problem! Thanks for watching.No, you do not need a license the most they will ask you for is prior retail experience and sometimes you won’t even need that.

[@Starfir33]

My orientation is this Thursday

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome! Good luck 💕 let me know if I can answer any questions

[@Imanixo2]

Do you think you will do both waxing and beauty advising ?

[@ShanikaShantel]

Yes that is my goal but more like online beauty advising

[@SweetlyYoursHadiaOfficial]

I'm applying as a beauty consultant at target but my only question is do you need a resume to apply especially with no work experience

[@ShanikaShantel]

Awesome! A resume probably won’t hurt but as long as you can prove that you have a passion for beauty sales I’m sure you’ll be fine! Good luck on your journey 💕

[@SweetlyYoursHadiaOfficial]

@@ShanikaShantel thanks for the feedback I just applied for the position and I just altered my resume so that it matched the qualifications of what they were looking for

[@ShanikaShantel]

@@SweetlyYoursHadiaOfficial great idea! 😁

[@theerealdiamonddoll]

@@SweetlyYoursHadiaOfficialdid you get the job?

[@SweetlyYoursHadiaOfficial]

@@theerealdiamonddoll when I applied, I got called in for an interview and now it’s been almost 4 weeks since I’ve been waiting for a call back

[@jimenaescuadra8696]

I just had the interview yesterday and I got the job on ulta but I am scared because I don’t know anything about makeup and skincare I am so stressed is it hard to be a beauty advisor?

[@ShanikaShantel]

Congrats one the job! Don’t be scared and stressed. The more you’re around the products the more you will learn about them. Are you working for a specific brand or Are you working the register? Because if you’re working for a brand the brand will teach you everything you need to know about the product. If you’re working at the register it’s less pressure to know about the products but being in the environment will help you learn. Congrats on your job! 😊 it’s a fun position don’t be stressed

[@jimenaescuadra8696]

@@ShanikaShantel thank you so much gorgeous 💗 this really help me not to stress out. Has a beauty advisor they told me to work at the register and match people there skin tone and help them find what they’re looking for.

[@tiabuildz5041]

@@jimenaescuadra8696 How’s it going so far? I’m 16 but I’m also scared…

[@Marilynskin]

How many hours was part time?

[@ShanikaShantel]

Around 10-18 hour

[@LilyTazanai]

You From Baltimore 👀

[@ShanikaShantel]

No lol

[@LilyTazanai]

@@ShanikaShantel 😂 Oh , Definitely Sound Like DMV

[@ShanikaShantel]

@@LilyTazanai 🤣really? No ones ever told me that before.

[@LilyTazanai]

@@ShanikaShantel 😂😂 Yes Certain Words Im Like Okay She Might Be From DMV Area 😂

[@edresmn7869]

If you guys work on a commission how does management prevents you from chasing customers to build a basker or make a sale? Do they train you on product knowledge one item by one item or how do they train you?

[@ShanikaShantel]

Which position are you talking about? If it’s the target beauty position we didn’t work off of commission, it was strictly hourly but the hourly was well above minimum wage at the time. We had weekly goals that we were obligated to meet…. And that particular position we got trained weekly on all products, we also had an iPad that we carried around to help us if we needed to look up any products, they also put on a mandatory monthly training that we had in hotel conference rooms with brands so we could learn on a more personal level. So the trainings were endless.

[@edresmn7869]

@@ShanikaShantel how do you look information on these ipdas? Did they create files specific to each product so you search it or do you search on google or how does it work? What was the training consisted of? Do they test you on items.. how do they make sure you know things? Thank you

[@ShanikaShantel]

@@edresmn7869 there was a portal that only employees could access. They sent us gratis each month to test the product at home and no we were not tested.