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23 days ago
As you pursue your education at beauty school, you’ll begin to hear names of more industry icons than just Vidal Sassoon. One of those names will likely be “the Doves.” Sonya and Christopher Dove, owners of The Doves Studio in Santa Monica, California, and creative directors for Wella North America, have been considered among the industry’s top educators for 30 years. So how did they wind up giving a presentation for cosmetology department students at Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools (SCTI) in Somerset, New Jersey? The coordinator of the cosmetology program at SCTI is Marcia Bird, a highly respected educator who was recently named 2009 Cosmetology Teacher of the Year by the Cosmetology Educators of America (CEA) and Milady Corporation. When Marcia heard that the Doves were planning to be in nearby New York City, she leveraged her “Teacher of the Year” title to ask whether they had time to speak to her students. Imagine ...
27 days ago
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31 days ago
In my last post, I introduced you to the Paul Mitchell The School newsletter, which offers a variety of information that will interest you if you’re considering attending not just that company’s facilities, but any cosmetology school. I called your attention to the newsletter’s recaps of various altruistic, “giving back” efforts that Paul Mitchell students participate in and even organize, because these endeavors very much represent the spirit of the beauty industry. To raise money for the American Red Cross, this past summer students at The Temple—A Paul Mitchell Partner School in Frederick, Maryland, staged a gala fashion show. Called “Cross Your Heart and Hope to Dye,” the open-house event featured not only a runway fashion show but also a live deejay and hairdressing tool demos. Nearby schools were invited to attend. Meanwhile in Louisville, Kentucky, Paul Mitchell The School—Louisville partnered with the Pure Image/Raindogs Focus ...
36 days ago
If there’s a Paul Mitchell The School in your area, it may be on your short list of cosmetology schools you’re considering attending. Even if it’s not, the corporate headquarters issues a newsletter for its “future professionals” that offers a nice glimpse into the cosmetology world. Like many beauty schools, Paul Mitchell emphasizes the role of giving back to the community. For example, the Paul Mitchell schools this year marked October 14 as Free Hugs Day, and students were out there in our nation’s downtowns to offer hugs to anyone who accepted. In August, students at the San Franciso Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology, a Paul Mitchell partner school, hired a pink limousine to pick up a group of young female cancer patients from a local hospital and brought them back to the school for a day of free pampering. Still earlier in the summer, Paul Mitchell students in Sterling Heights and Port Huron, Michigan, held a ...
39 days ago
The best way to decide whether cosmetology school is for you is to hear what current beauty school students have to say about their experiences. So I think you'll enjoy “Your Beautiful Career,a new, 3-minute video created by the American Association of Cosmetology Schools. The students who appear in the video talk about their goals, and you’ll see that everyone wants something different out of this amazingly varied profession. One young woman enjoys the opportunity to “make people feel good about themselves,” another wants to teach esthetics, a third hopes to work backstage in film and TV and a guy shares his ultimate goal of owning a salon. You know what? All of these goals are achievable. I’ve seen dreams comes true over and over. It’s also fun to hear what ignites the passion for a career in beauty. The girl who wants to teach esthetics grew interested in the topic because of her own skin problems. For another, working ...
