1500-HOUR COSMETOLOGY BEGINNER COURSE

The Graham Webb Academy beginner course of study is designed not just to prepare students to pass any 1500 hour state board examination, but more importantly, to teach our students to be confident and competent hairstylists.

The course includes theory as well as practical application instruction. In order to enable you to accommodate your clientele and successfully recommend styles and design looks to suit the individual, studies include all aspects of hair design, body and face shapes, as well as courses in salesmanship, psychology, professional ethics, and public relations.

Our British and American instructors teach cutting, styling, coloring, lightening, and perming techniques that are precise, fast, innovative, exciting and applicable in the salon. Instructors cover client awareness, the science of hair, and selling techniques that will bolster your profitability in and out of the salon. We train our students to be aware of their clients and themselves.

The Graham Webb Academy will help you develop a solid base upon which you can build an impressive portfolio of professional skills. Using varied and innovative instructional methods, our instructors guide you through a program of theory, techniques and methods that allow you to create fashion designs that will earn the trust of clients and the praise of your employers and colleagues.

This course is your beginning to a new, exciting, and profitable career, and it will instill within you personal poise, pride, and style. We provide instruction in interviewing techniques to help develop your presentation skills so that you may apply and work in the best salons with confidence, and get where you want to go... THE TOP!

600 hours
This 600-hour program uses theory instruction, practical exercises, and clinic experiences to give students a solid foundation in the basic concepts of aesthetics. Along with aesthetic concepts and basic skills, students will learn the regulations associated with the aesthetics industry. In this course, you will learn the following procedures:

• Manual Facials
• Machine Facials
• Makeup
• Waxing
• Body Wraps
• Body Treatments (mud wrap, paraffin, exfoliation)
• Galvanic current facials
• High-frequency facials
• Skin diagnosis
• Special Occasion Makeup

(Prerequisite: 600-hour Aesthetician course or a 600-hour license from another state)
This 600-hour program builds on our Aesthetician program and uses theory instruction, practical exercises, and clinic experiences to give students a solid foundation in advanced aesthetics principles and practices. Along with aesthetic concepts and advanced skills, students will learn the regulations associated with the aesthetics industry. In this course, you will learn the following procedures:

• Manual Facials
• CardioPulmonary Resuscitation Certification
• Microdermabrasion
• Salon Management
• Principles of Medical Professional Interaction
• Lymph Drainage Manual/Machine
• Skin Treatments Using Advanced Mechanical and Electrical Devices
• Chemical Exfoliatoin

• The Three Faces of Makeup-Professional, Bridal and Fashion Looks
• Theatrical makeup - Character Makeup, Fundamentals of Shading
• Paramedical Camouflage / Corrective Makeup