Beauty, a unisex affair

by Lakmal Welabada

Cleopatra had used many herbal treatments to maintain her never fading beauty. That was why Mark Anthony once compared her to a flower that never withered. Since yesterday, beauty consciousness has been a fact that is common to every woman. Until the last breath women tend to look nicer, and would go to any length of distance to maintain themselves.

Along with the present modern techniques which we see in every little thing in the world, beauty field has also changed with many modern developments. Our Sri Lankan beauticians have also been introducing new techniques to us upgrading the standards of beauty culture treatments and therapies here.

Chameeliya Niroshani Ramanayaka, a twenty-year-old beautician hopes to be the franchise holder of such modern technical treatment equipments and herbal products of beauty culture in Sri Lanka.

Chameeliya, the daughter of Padmini Ramanayaka, the famous beautician who have earned a name for beauty culture for 17 years talks about her novel therapies that goes with modern techniques enthusiastically.

"In the modern world several methods and modes are used to enhance the beauty of a person. Recently Harrow on the Hill university introduced some new discoveries of modern techniques for darkened skin, wrinkles black spots, pimples, dry skin, blemishes (black patches on both cheeks), oily skin and black rings round the eyes," said Chameeliya.

She graduated in beauty culture from the University of Harrow on the Hill, London and then specialised in hair care and treatment at Wella Studio, London. It was on an invitation sent to the past pupils from the Harrow on the Hill University, that Chameeliya attended the recent beauty fair held by them in London.

She was awarded a prestigious certificate of merit for her successful attendance for the ten days workshop, and for the excellent service she has been rendering in the field of beauty culture and therapy in Sri Lanka.

"What the Harrow on the Hill is introducing is electrical facial treatments and herbal beauty products made in London," she explains.

"The treatments would generally begin with a thorough check up on the face, and then with two treatments per month. Ultra skin care treatment is used to get rid of all the blemishes and wrinkles. The length of the treatment would depend on the condition of the skin.

Treatments are done in every 6 days for two to three months. It's a great contentment to see the vast improvement in a client. Beauty therapy is a nursing remedy which affect a person both physically and psychologically," says the young beautician.

Chameeliya is now in charge of many sections of her mother's academy - Padmini Ramanayaka Academy of Beauty and Salons at Nugegoda, Maharagama, Kiribathgoda, Negombo and Mount Lavinia. "My mother must be having over 15,000 students who are successful in the beauty career all over the world. Our certificate has the worldwide recognition.

In the salons, we render individual care and attention to every client. To get an appointment at our own salons as a salon assistant, one has to perform beauty treatment on me or my mother first, facials, pedicure, manicure, hair care and so on. So only if we are satisfied we let her to handle clients," she says.

Chameeliya also said the unisex salon they have at Nugegoda has a good demand from male clients.. "Now the trend is to come with the whole family to the salon. Modern wives don't mind their husbands getting a facial once in a way and look handsome.

We get male clients from the age of 18 years to 70. Irrespective of age and gender we give the best treatment to everyone," she explains.