The student salon is open to the public five days a week. Every service is performed by a student under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor, and every service is checked before you leave the chair.
Prices run well under a licensed salon because you are paying for training time, not a finished professional. A haircut is $12. A single-process color is $28. A full set of gel nails is $22. A classic facial is $30.
Appointments run longer than at a commercial salon, usually by thirty minutes to an hour, because an instructor checks the work at set points before it continues. Book with that in mind, and expect to be asked if a student may work on you as part of a practical exam.
Client hours here count toward the required hours for licensure, and toward the written and practical state board exam every program ends with. We run mock practical exams in the weeks before the real one, scored the same way the board scores it, so the first time a student is judged on the clock is not the day that counts.
Tuition includes a kit: a set of cutting and texturizing shears, a mannequin head, a full brush and comb set, and a professional blow dryer. It is yours from orientation on, and it is what you carry to your first job after licensure.
