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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!
Congratulations! You’ve made it through school. Now here comes the hard part—finding your first job.
Industry icon Vivienne Mackinder offers new cosmetologists advice on choosing a salon that will keep you motivated.
