Caring for hair, skin and nails is a full-time job.
Narantungalag Chuluunbaatar, a beautician and massage therapist at Itgel beauty salon, gives Tegsh-Erdene Urtnasan a facial massage in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia.
Tanuja Niraula, who owns a beauty salon, gets her hair straightened by trainees Sunita Darji, back, and Rabina Acharya Chudal in Birtamod, Jhapa district, Nepal. She has trained others in the salon since she opened it eight years ago.
Hugo Campos, left, cuts one of his students’ hair while the others observe in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico. As part of an educational program, Campos, a hairdressing teacher, and a group of private school students provide free haircuts.
Angelica Munashe Garapo manicures a client at Mutare Remand Prison salon in Zimbabwe. Garapo, a correctional officer, works at the salon, which is among the prison's rehabilitation projects.
Rentsenkhand Buyanbadrakh gives Enkhjargal Mendbayar laser treatment to remove skin blemishes at her salon in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Rentsenkhand’s salon, which opened in June 2020, is the only one in the area that offers laser treatment.
Resty Nakazibwe braids client Goretti Nakasita’s natural hair at a salon in Wandegeya, Uganda. Nakazibwe says more clients these days are choosing to keep and style their natural hair.
Odkhuu Shoovdor, a hairdresser at Coco salon, curls Khaliunaa Baatartsogt’s hair with an iron in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. Odkhuu, who collects old currency notes, sometimes exchanges notes with customers to expand her collection.
Lydia Nakayenze Schubert, a founder of Moo Me Gen (Oils of Hope), packs handmade shea soaps at her shop in Kampala, Uganda. Schubert advocates for replanting shea trees, which are often cut for charcoal. The trees only grow widely in the shea belt, which extends about 5,000 kilometers (3,107 miles) through 21 countries in Africa.