19:13 Oct 27, 2008 

My daughter is a beauty consultant. She has a salon and offers all beauty treatments from pre-wedding make up, facials, waxing, nails and a huge range of different massages, including the holistic and alternative.

13:59 Oct 27, 2008 

Cutting mustard AND picking nits ? I knew it, women are good at multi-tasking.

:)

10:29 Oct 27, 2008 

I hear what you're saying, but how much is any word worth in a translation? We all post words on this site which are worth very little in monetary terms at the end of the day! The stock translation of estetista is beautician I know but it just doesn't cut the mustard for me. Maybe I'm just nit-picking...

10:01 Oct 27, 2008 

Hi Carly, just a thought, I mean this is definitely not my field but estetista in Italian is pretty simply about looks. Why waste time on finding an English word which probably describes the position more accurately than the Italian? I mean, throw a coin, pick one and get on to the next word.

09:51 Oct 27, 2008 

Beautician, to my mind, is someone who carries out beauty treatments like facials, eyebrow plucking etc. I'm looking for a term that includes other non-beauty related treatments ("well-being" treatments, if you will) like, in my case, massage.

09:35 Oct 27, 2008 

Yes, and I'm asking why! I'd like to know why she objects to it.

09:32 Oct 27, 2008 

So would I but Carly specifically said she didn't want to use that.

09:30 Oct 27, 2008 

What's wrong with beautician? That's exactly the term that I would use!