Career

Why Trade School Is a Great Option for Aspiring Beauty Professionals

An affordable option for starting your beauty education, this post talks about taking those first steps to launching a successful career in the beauty industry.

Aveda’s “Men Can Do Hair, Too” Event Teaches Dads How to Do Hair

On September 24, 2022, dads received a lesson from Aveda Arts and Sciences Institute students so they can step up and do their daughters’ hair.

L’Oréal Professionnel Awards $15,000 to Current and Future Cosmetology Students

Beauty Changes Lives and L’Oréal Professionnel announce the Spring 2022 "Inspiration Through Education" Cosmetology School Scholarship Recipients.

L’ANZA Checks In With Scholarship Winners

L’ANZA chatted with six cosmetology scholarship winners to discuss their growth and future aspirations in the professional beauty industry.

Back-to-School Success in the Salon: Two Great Haircuts, Trending for All

Find out what back-to-school haircuts are trending this year. The Empowered Evolution by Great Clips collection features bold, customizable haircuts that enable you to deliver a whole new generation of particular style interests and preferences.

Sponsored by Great Clips

Diversifying Your Skills as a Stylist Is Key to Success

I learned how vital diversification was when I made the mistake of not being able to provide a specialty service for a client on a movie set. Humbled, I had no choice but to refer the client to another stylist who knew how to do the service. I didn't make that mistake again.

SALON DESIGN: Creating Her Home, Suite Home

Women’s color and cut specialist Rachel Gardner opened Her Rareity Salon in February 2022. Check out a space that Gardner says, "shows my heart."

Beauty School Profile: The DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology

Paul DiGrigoli began his four-decade long career, opening his first salon in 1986 in Massachusetts. The DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology has recently added new nails and esthetics programs.

Cosmo Prof Offering Complimentary Education to Celebrate Hairstylist Appreciation Week 2022

The event will be a week-long offering of COMPLIMENTARY classes focused on the needs of hairdressers – providing them with no-cost business solutions, product knowledge, technical knowledge, and CE hours.

Why Diversity in Barber and Beauty Schools Matter

Learning empathy, flexibility, and how to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures will prepare the students of the barber and beauty to navigate an increasingly multicultural future.

Where You Want To Be: Get Exactly What You Need From Your Career

From education to benefits to pure passion and freedom to be authentic, hear working stylists count down the 15 powerful, meaningful ways Ulta Beauty can help you be successful, be satisfied and BeU in your career

Sponsored by Ulta Beauty

Meet Three Artists Who Found Their Dream Jobs

Do you wake up every day absolutely dying to get to work because you love your job, your clients, your co-workers and your company so, so much? If so, fantastic! If not, meet three pros who reveal how they found their dream jobs at Madison Reed Hair Color Bars.

Sponsored by Madison Reed

Master Stylist Stacey-Ann Houston's Total Transformations

This Ulta Beauty Design Team member creates some stunning before-and-afters.

Creative Color and a Strong Corrective Game Keeps This Stylist's Career Moving Forward

Meghan Felicione, member of the Ulta Beauty Design Team, can flex her creative muscles as an employee at the salon.

Minerva Beauty Offers Cosmetology Scholarships through Canvas ME

A industry partnership results in quarterly scholarship opportunities for beauty school students.

Recharge Your Education With Wella: On The Go, Virtually, Or In-Person

As salons look toward a beautifully busy summer, beauty pros have a whole new world of education options to experience, and WellaEd is leading the way.

Sponsored by Wella

Salon Pros, Take The Seven-Day Fresh Start Challenge

After an unprecedented and crazy time, how do you want to move forward? What do you want a workday to look like?  What needs to adjust,  stay in your life or go? Here’s an opportunity to rethink how to lead a more fulfilling life and reprioritize your needs, wellness, and health.