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Winner of the Fall 2012 $2,500 Beauty School Scholarship!

Posted on: December 18th, 2012 by Beauty Schools Directory 1 Comment

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to give back to the beauty community that has given us so much over the years. It was an incredibly special moment when the Beauty Schools Directory team was able to surprise Brenda Corona from Las Vegas, Nevada on Skype with a $2,500 scholarship for esthetics school. We would like to thank every single applicant who told us their story and applied for the scholarship to pursue their dreams and attend a beauty school or cosmetology school, and everyone who had a hand in making this scholarship possible. Congratulations, Brenda! We are so excited for you!

We will check in with Brenda throughout her journey at her esthetics school of choice near her new home in Virginia. No doubt she will have lots of stories to share, insights on the inner workings of esthetician training, and words of wisdom to share with other aspiring estheticians and beauty professionals!

If you didn’t win this time, but you are still anxious to start beauty school, apply for the $2,500 cosmetology scholarship today. We give away four $2,500 cosmetology scholarships every year for a total of $10,000. The next deadline is April 30, 2012.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

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Meet Brenda. She’s moving from Las Vegas to Virginia.

I’ve been here my whole life. I got married 3 years ago, and ever since we got married we’ve wanted to have a change because he’s been living here for the longest time. We wanted to go all the way to the other side of the country. I’ve never been there. He left two months ago, so I’m just ready to leave. My plan was to go to school here, but the opportunity arrived that we could move over there. So why start school here if I wasn’t going to be able to finish it? So I postponed it for when I move over there. So yeah, that’s the plan!

She dreams of becoming a licensed esthetician.

My biggest plans are that I want to move over there with my husband to be with them. I just want to start fresh. I’ve been thinking about going to esthetics school for the longest time. I’m getting ready to be 23 and I need to do something already. Once I move over there, it’s going to be a new state, new people, new everything. I think it’s the right opportunity, the right time to start fresh in another place. I think I’m ready for the change and to do something with my life.

She’s starting a new adventure alongside her husband of 3 years.

My husband is very supportive. Whatever I want to do he’s there for me and says just go for it. I’ve been looking not only at the esthetics program, but I’ve been looking to see what is it that I really want to do? And he tells me, too, “I think this is a perfect fit for you.” I’m like, “Ok I think so too!” It’s both of us. It’s like, “Ok, I think I’ll go for this. He’s very supportive so I know that. And I know it’s going to be long hours between working and going to the school, but he says that he’s there for me. If he’s there for me, I can do this. I’m ready for that.

She doesn’t realize she’s the scholarship recipient.

I just have one last thing and I’ll let you go. Um… You are the winner of a $2,500 scholarship!

Oh my gosh, I’m so excited! Thank you so much, I’m so excited, I can’t wait to go and start school. Oh my gosh, that’s so cool! I’m all excited, my hands are so nervous! I can’t wait to call my husband. He’s going to be screaming. [Laughs]

Brenda will get a $2,500 scholarship to go to esthetics school.

Thank you so much. I’m going to do my best to, you know, do the best I can! I’m so thankful. Thank you so, so much. I just want to thank everybody – I know there’s a lot of people working behind you and thank everybody that is supporting me for this money. Just let them know that I am very thankful, and my husband is too! I’m going to do the best I can. I’m ready to go to the new state, start fresh, start a new school, and I’m gonna be good. Thank you so, so much.

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2 Las Vegas Makeup School Owners Sue Nevada State Board

Posted on: July 3rd, 2012 by Heather No Comments

Two cosmetology schools have filed lawsuits against the Nevada State Board, due to the state’s laws and licensing regulations surrounding the field. In the state of Nevada, makeup artists do not need a license to practice their craft; therefore, makeup artists like Wendy Robin and Lissette Waugh are able to work as makeup artists despite their lack of licensure. Yet when they both opened schools in 2010, they were in violation of state laws.

Although the state does not offer a specific training to become licensed as a makeup artist, Nevadans who teach or run makeup artistry schools must be licensed as cosmetologists or own an establishment that is run as a cosmetology school. Waugh and Robin believe this to be unconstitutional. Robin, who owns Studio W in Henderson, Nevada, states that she has worked in the field for 25 years. In addition, she worked as a makeup artist instructor for 15 years, so she wonders why this is not enough to constitute her opening up her own facility without additional training and licensing. Waugh, who owns L. Makeup Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, is baffled as to why she cannot open up her own makeup artistry school either, since she has 20 years experience working as a makeup artist and 10 years teaching her art.

The women argue that they are teaching people to work as freelance makeup artists, which is very different from working as a cosmetologist. Waugh declares that the field of cosmetology entails much more than just makeup artistry, which means she would have to take irrelevant classes. She also claims that the laws would force her to teach irrelevant material in her school, plus she would have to buy unnecessary equipment in order to remain in business.

In the lawsuit, the women propose that they are trying to teach students to become makeup artists. In particular, they want to teach students about doing makeup in the retail and entertainment industries—neither of which require a license to practice makeup artistry in the state of Nevada. They are teaching application techniques for makeup, as well as advanced color therapy. They even want to instruct students on how to use an airbrush machine, along with various other skills that are relevant to the industry. However, neither woman wants to teach the entire cosmetology curriculum that consists of skills that are not necessary for makeup artists, such as styling hair and proper skin care techniques. In fact, the current curriculum that is implemented does not even cover makeup application. The lawsuit includes how the women would have to spend thousands of dollars to meet these requirements.

As of now, Waugh decided to work within the loophole of selling makeup kits and offering free demonstrations. Robin, on the other hand, closed her location last year. The lawsuit has received the attention of lawmakers. The board has submitted legislation to Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to allow makeup artists to be exempt from having to attend cosmetology school so long as they’re not required to be formally licensed to work.