BHOPAL (Madhya Pradesh): When one hears the word 'beautician', the image of a woman comes to mind. However, the profession is not the monopoly of females. A good number of men are also in it to help people look better.
On the eve of National Beautician's Day, Free Press profiles some city leading male beauticians who are associated with the beauty and wellness industry for decades. Trained 3000+ students Gopal Shrivastava (63) has been in the field for the past 30 years. As a young man, he was the distributor of a cosmetics company.
He, however, had to remain bedridden for almost five years due to severe back pain and lost the distributorship. He sought guidance from famed hair stylist Jawed Habib and then did a two-month training at a VLCC Institute in Delhi. He worked there as a hair faculty for two years.
'I was so passionate to learn that after the institute closed at 6 pm, I continued reading books and magazines related to hairstyling till late in the night,' he said. Back in Bhopal, he worked for Nikki Bawa Academy for 14 years and then launched his own enterprise. 'I have trained almost 3000 students till now,' he says.
Non-surgical hair replacement Naresh Sen (43) wanted to join the army. But that could not happen. He next began working as an LIC agent but was not satisfied.
In 1992, he opened a small salon called 'Adarsh Hair Style' near Apsara Cinema. It clicked. He upgraded it to a modern salon in 2003 and then went on to launch hairstyling salons at 10 No.
Market .
