If you’re considering heading back to school this fall, Salon Success Academies can help you “Start Smart” when it comes to your cosmetology or esthetics education. At Salon Success Academies, our “Starting Smart” orientations are an important part of every class. Our two-day orientations help us welcome every new student to the Salon Success family!

The first day of orientation is filled with information, introductions, and fun! All of our new students spend their first day at our Upland campus, meeting all of the people who will be helping them on this journey to a new career. You’ll meet your campus director, our student ambassadors, and other important staff members. They’ll explain what the ....(Continued)

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Upland, CA - August 26, 2010 - Salon Success Academies is known for being a “people helping company” and that philosophy reaches past the employees, all the way down to the students and their families. When Iman Wahid, a mother of three and an esthetics student at Salon Success Academy in Upland, lost her life to a brutal act of domestic violence on May 25, 2010, her classmates and teachers quickly bonded together and began planning a way to honor her life and raise awarene....(Continued)

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Twelve students entered the Salon Success Academies “So You Think You Can Style” contest, with the hopes of moving on and competing at the Super Sunday event. Students gave makeovers to live models, with styles ranging from Janis Joplin and Shakira to a prom style and a 1940s themed look. All of the work for these styles had to be completed during school hours, and....(Continued)

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Jeff Gross is the High School Outreach Coordinator for Salon Success Academies. It is his job to go to the local high schools and help them connect with the great projects Salon Success offers. He travels between Upland and Fontana, to Redlands and San Bern....(Continued)

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Salon Success Academies has always been committed to giving students a well-rounded education that not only prepares them for a career in the beauty industry, but prepares them to become role models and leaders in their communities. In November of 2009, Salon Success Academies began a Student Ambassador program that helps provide students with this well-rounded education.

The Student Ambassador Responsible Leadership program is designed to help current students become leaders in their school and in the community, helping them build the skills that will serve them as they begin their new careers. Students from all five Salon Success Academies campuses apply to become Student Ambassadors and are chosen based on specific criteria and interviews. The Ambassadors ....(Continued)

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Founded in February of 1960, Salon Success Academies has been helping Inland Empire students become beauty industry professionals for fifty years. To commemorate this anniversary, the school is kicking off a year-long celebration for students, salon clients, and staff, starting with a makeover contest for current students.

The “Groovy 60s Makeover Contest” gives students a chance to re-create the hair and makeup styles that were popular when Salon Success Academies first opened its doors in 1960. After giving themselves or someone else a 60s themed makeover, students’ photos will be entered into judging for a grand prize. The photos will al....(Continued)

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The mothers were escorted to the salon floor, where they could choose from a variety of complimentary services. Students gave facials, cut and styled hair, touched-up makeup, and gave manicures to everyone who wanted to participate. The fathers also got haircuts, and kids joined....(Continued)

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The mothers were escorted to the salon floor, where they could choose from a variety of complimentary services. Students gave facials, cut and styled hair, touched-up makeup, and gave manicures to everyone who wanted to participate. The fathers also got haircuts, and kids join....(Continued)

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During the month of September, the first Facebook contest was held.  To enter the “Hollywood Hair” contest, students had to create a hairstyle during school hours that....(Continued)

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Susan Turner, Executive Vice President of Campus Affairs at Salon Success Academies, explains that “Salon Success is passionate about finding ways to engage students, and starting a Facebook page seemed like a great way to do this. We want our students to feel comfortable discussing anything about the beauty industry and school,....(Continued)

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Each year Supercuts of Southern California gives away an “Ultimate Teacher Award” to instructors who have made a positive impact on their students’ lives. Ms. Reni, an instructor at the San Bernadino campus, was nominated by a former student. She has worked at Salon Success Academy since 1997 and truly loves her job

“There’s no bigger rush then when you see the light in their eyes when a student realizes they are going to succeed,” says Reni, explaining her favorite part of teaching.

Ms. Reni makes sure to treat each of her students as an individ....(Continued)

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For the past 18 years, Salon Success Academy has been a highly regarded member of the southern California beauty school industry. Not satisfied to rest on their laurels, President and Owner, Robert Gross and Education Director, Susan Turner, began testing a progressive initiative in October 2008 -- to enhance the Salon Success Academy (SSA) brand name and image by providing students with added value to the school's already first-rate beauty education.

Bob and Susan are also committed to a longer term goal for the school: to offer Advanced Education classes to multiple audiences -- graduates of Salon Success, graduates of other beauty schools, and the salon professional who wants to brush up on new techniques.

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Career Opportunities Abound in Cosmetology

The United States Department of Labor predicts that job prospects for hairstylists, cosmetologists and skin care specialists will increase by 10 to 20% through 2010 and even beyond. In the near future, employment openings for manicurists and pedicurists are projected to increase by as much as 20 to....(Continued)

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These exciting and creative employment opportunities are all possible with a career in cosmetology. The new global economy has opened up opportunities here and abroad for adventuresome cosmetologists, at a time when many professions are suffering slowdowns or cutbacks. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts the boom in full-service day spas and beauty salons will generate numerous job openings for manicurists, pedicurists, and skin-care specialists-and that's just in this country. Internationally, the beauty business-particularly make-up, hair and skin care-is flourishing as well, from Dubai to the Dominican Rep....(Continued)

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The U.S. job scene is constantly changing. Increasingly, bachelor’s degree holders are discovering it hard to locate work mainly because companies continue to send professional jobs “offshore.” Secondly, as the majority of high school teachers push students to go to college, there’s an decreasing supply of skilled worke....(Continued)

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There's much more to cosmetology than putting on a beautician's smock and grabbing a pair of scissors. If you’re thinking about pursuing a career in cosmetology, the best path to success involves keeping up with ever changing trends in fashion, training at an accredited cosmetology school, obtaining your cosmetology license, learning and mastering the business skills required to b....(Continued)

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