Staff Highlight: ELEANOR

Our next staff highlight features one of the kindest and most caring people I’ve ever met and I’m honored to be the one to introduce you all to her! Eleanor has worked for us here at Rouge Beauty Bar for two and a half years and has been in the beauty industry for three years. But her foray into esthetics began a little bit before that. She had been interested in the beauty industry for as long as she can remember, but it was a specific coworker of hers during her employment at Sephora that helped give her a little push. Tired of just makeup, Eleanor was looking for something a little more meaningful. Her coworker, Ally, was a student in the esthetics program at Paul Mitchell the School Springfield at the time. Ally was the person to introduce her to esthetics as a career option and she is so grateful for her, as are we! 

Eleanor did her esthetics schooling at Paul Mitchell the School Springfield and graduated in 2021. Once she finished her esthetics education, she started working toward her instructor’s license. She cites that as the accomplishment she’s most proud of! It was very challenging, but she’s very proud of how hard she worked and how she stuck with it, despite the difficulty. When she’s not working here at Rouge, you can find her teaching future estheticians right where her esthetics career began, at Paul Mitchell here in town. 

When she’s not carving out your brows or teaching esthetics, you can typically find her at home. She loves to spend time with her long-term boyfriend and three cats- Sasquatch, Newt, and Joji. Her dream vacation is to go to Japan, if only for the sheer beauty of the country. Eleanor is an absolute master at crafts and often makes all of her Christmas gifts! Give her a crafting project and she can accomplish it. She considers that her hidden talent. Eleanor loves to challenge herself here at work and school and even at home and has begun cooking more and has enjoyed the process of learning how to cook.

Her advice for people wanting to get into the beauty industry follows the line of education, as she feels that continuing to learn and grow is important. She has this to say:

“Always be open to learning more. You will never stop learning and you will not learn everything you need to know in school. You will learn throughout your entire career, so just be open to any opportunity to learn more!”

At work, Eleanor finds it easy to keep herself motivated as she pulls inspiration from her coworkers and the great environment she gets to be in while she’s performing services. She’s passionate about her work and you can see how much care and attention she gives each and every one of her clients. When asked to pick a favorite service to perform, she said it was a hard choice, but she would choose brows and facials. She loves facials specifically due to the relaxation aspect and how good it makes people feel. Brows are a close second though, as she finds them fun!

Eleanor is excellent at everything she does and because she puts so much care and finesse into each service she performs, she finds it hard to pick just one thing she's most passionate about in the industry. She believes that time is one of the most precious things in our life, as it’s something you cannot get back once it’s spent. She understands that when her clients come to her, they are spending, not only their money, but their time with her. She feels privileged to help people during the time they give her and very grateful that they chose to spend that time with her to take care of themselves. 

Eleanor is an integral part of our family here at Rouge and the attention and effort she gives each and every one of her clients is easy to see. Come see her Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at Rouge Beauty Bar and let her give you the care you deserve!