About Beauty Schools

Do you have a passion for beauty and fashion? Do you consider a creative person? Do you love to make yourself and others feel beautiful? If so, a beauty career, such as cosmetology, may be a great fit for you.

Today, cosmetology is one of the hottest industries in the world, provides endless opportunities, and cannot be outsourced to another country. It represents a $60 billion industry.

According to the Job Demand survey conducted by NACCAS (The National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences) in 2007, the Cosmetology Industry requires increasingly highly-trained professionals due to the growth of salons.

• 1,682,641 professionals were employed in 370,215 salons, which included nail salons, barber shops, beauty salons, and unisex salons.
• There has been an 18.3% growth in the number of salons during the past three years
• 65% of salons are employer-owned, an increase since 2003

A cosmetology professional can labor anywhere in the country, full-time or part-time, work for a large company with several locations, in a local salon or for themselves as an independent stylist. According to the NACCAS report mentioned above, salaries oscillated between $30,000 and $48,000 per year.

Beauty schools are a good option to immerse you in this industry and start a beauty career. These schools teach a variety of professional hair, nail, makeup, esthetics and skin care skills to perform on clientele. Formal beauty education is an essential part of any ambitious cosmetologist's career plan.

If you attend a school of beauty, you will learn all about these topics through in-class lectures, beauty textbooks, and hands-on training in a student beauty salon. While a comprehensive beauty program usually encompasses hairstyling, nail tech, makeup artistry, and skin care and esthetics. Sometimes the programs diverge from school to school or state to state.

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	Beauty School Requirements If you are interested in applying to a beauty school, you should consider some aspects and requirements that each school requests.
	Financial Aid Generally, accredited beauty schools offer financial aid. That means the school will be financed by the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education...
	Licensing Requirements Discover what it takes to get your cosmetology license in your state. Each state has their own individual criteria for licensing someone for cosmetology.