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Students from the three Illinois locations of Pennsylvania-based Empire Beauty Schools gathered at the flagship school in Lisle, Illinois, for a day of training in combating domestic abuse. Empire has partnered with National Cosmetology Association’s Cut it Out program to teach salon professionals to recognize the signs of abuse.
Whenever I interview famous hairdressers, or really successful and talented people in the industry, I always ask them what their biggest challenge was while in beauty school. I expect to hear things like retailing to clients, cutting a specific hair style, or styling a a specific hair texture. NO! I pretty much, without fail, always hear the same thing: FINGERWAVES!
The Empire Education Beauty Group’s two-day event for beauty school students and educators featured an impressive competition and exhibit floor, as well as appearances by Geno Stampora, Brig Van Osten and Nick Arrojo.
We talk to Dean Karageorgiades, technical director for Pivot Point South Africa, about what it’s like to be a beauty school student in Randburg, South Africa.
What should you expect in your first few years on the job? We talk to salon owners, beauty school grads and industry experts to find out.
How should hairstylists and beauty school students prepare for competitions? We get some expert advice.
Whether you're in or out of beauty school, an effective way to broaden your styling skills is to join a hairstyling competition.
For most beauty school students graduating from cosmetology school, going out into the real world can be both exciting and intimidating. If you are thinking “What am I going to do next?” this guide will provide insight insight into necessary steps you need to take to get a salon job, and to build a career in the salon industry!
Coming out of cosmetology school you’re going to want to sketch out your financial plan of action.
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We asked salon industry educators, seasoned beauty professionals and a few beauty school leaders with real-world experience to speak up about other qualities that can nurture a fledgling salon professional and help them make a name for themselves.
Randy Ferman, CEO and founder of Shark Fin Shears, worked with Milady, publisher of cosmetology and beauty school textbooks, to author a segment in its 2011 edition of Textbook for Cosmetology.
My class at Pivot Point International is nearing the end of Phase 1. In other words, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, we hit the salon floor, taking real live clients, in just a few weeks. I am so freaked out. Luckily I have a lot of awesome people in my life who have been great (and very, very brave) for letting me practice on them. More on that later. As my class continues to improve upon our skills in sculpting the basic forms by adding advanced sculpting techniques, we’ve started to sprinkle in male client design techniques as well.
We are just movin’ right along! We’re all done with color now—and wow, my brain feels like mush. I absolutely love color—so much!—but it’s ridiculous how much chemistry and math is involved in color theory.
Hundreds of student competitors representing more than 20 Illinois beauty schools schools, including Pivot Point International, competed in a statewide hairstyle competition.
In our 11th week of beauty school at Pivot Point, we’re diving head first into chemicals—and loving it! Watching the texture transform before my eyes is so cool—a chemical service can completely alter the overall look of a client.
I'm wrapping up my fourth week into beauty school—whew! Everyone told me it would be hard work, but no one said it would be SO. MUCH. FUN!
