Watching a barista steam milk at a cafe in Boise made me rethink my facial massage technique

The way she used slow, deep, circular motions to get that perfect microfoam is exactly how I should be working serums into the skin. Has anyone else gotten a technique idea from a totally different job?

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charlesschmidt4d ago

My friend who is a potter told me she learned the best way to knead bread dough from watching her mechanic husband work on an engine. He had this method for checking the tension on a belt, a specific push and pull with his fingers. She said it translated perfectly to feeling when the dough had just the right elasticity. It's funny how you can pick up a useful skill in such an unexpected place. She never would have made the connection if she hadn't been watching him in the garage one afternoon.

knight.uma4d ago

So what's the weirdest place you've actually tried out one of these borrowed moves?

adam4144d ago

Honestly it makes you realize how much of life is just applied physics. The same rules for moving a liquid or a soft solid apply everywhere. My kid's preschool teacher has this way of calming a whole group down, using slow, steady hand movements, and I swear it's the exact same principle my barber uses when he's applying shaving cream. It's all about controlled, even pressure and rhythm. Makes you look at every skilled person totally differently.