The required curriculum for cosmetology students is as follows: 2000 hours of training, of which at least 200 hours is in theory, distributed as follows:
Manicuring, 125 hours to include: manicures (including water, oil, hand and arm massage, paraffin wax treatments, and polish); pedicures (including foot, ankle, and lower leg massage, paraffin wax treatments, and polish); artificial nails (including sculptured, nail tips, nail wraps, fills, repairs, tip overlays, fiberglass, gel, and acrylic); and the use of manicuring implements including the electric nail file.
Esthetics, 150 hours to include: skin care (including facials, cosmetics, makeup, massage, essential oils); skin exfoliation (including manual, chemical, and mechanical exfoliation); waxing and tweezing; and electricity and light therapy.
Chemical services (waving, relaxing (ammonium thioglycolate, sodium hydroxide methods), hair coloring, and hair lightening), 530 hours.
Hair cutting (including the proper uses of implements, e.g., shears, razors, clippers, thinning shears), 205 hours.
Salon management, business methods, customer service, appointment book, professional ethics, and current state board laws and rules, 150 hours.
Chemistry, bacteriology, sanitation, sterilization, safety, anatomy, physiology, blood spill procedure, and diseases and disorders of hair, scalp, skin, and nails, 80 hours.
500 hours of instruction shall be at the discretion of the school, provided that the hours are within the applicable curriculum. Manicuring School The required curriculum for manicuring students is as follows:
350 hours of training, of which at least 35 hours is in theory, distributed as follows: 265 hours of training, distributed as follows:
Salon management, business methods, customer service, appointment book, professional ethics, and current state board laws and rules, 60 hours.
Bacteriology, sanitation, sterilization, safety, anatomy, physiology, diseases and disorders of skin and nails, manicure chemistry, and nail care, 55 hours.
Manicures (including water, oil, hand and arm massage), pedicures (including foot, ankle, and lower leg massage), polish applications, paraffin wax treatments, and the proper use of manicuring implements including the electric nail file, 35 hours.
Application of artificial nails, sculptured nails, nail tips, nail wraps, tip overlays, fills, repairs (including fiberglass, gel, and acrylic), 115 hours.
85 hours of instruction shall be at the discretion of the school provided that the hours are within the applicable curriculum.
THE FIRST 80 HRS OF TRAINING IS SPENT LEARNING THE BASICS. THE REMAINING 270 IS SPENT ON THE CLINICAL FLOOR ADVANCING YOUR SKILLS AND FINISHING THEORY.
The required curriculum for esthetics students is as follows:
650 hours of training, of which at least 65 hours is in theory, distributed as follows:
Bacteriology, sanitation, sterilization, safety, anatomy, physiology, blood spill procedure, diseases and disorders of the skin, electricity, chemistry, and light therapy, 70 hours.
Massage, skin care, makeup, (including the use of vaporizer, high frequency, massage brush, vacuum spray, galvanic unit, and lamps), cosmetics, facials, essential oils, and skin exfoliation (including manual, chemical, and mechanical exfoliation), 300 hours.
Waxing (face, neck, hands, and superfluous hair anywhere on the body, including tweezing), 50 hours.
Salon management, business methods, appointment book, customer service, professional ethics, and current state board laws and rules, 70 hours.
160 hours of instruction shall be at the discretion of the school provided
THE FIRST 150 HRS OF TRAINING IS SPENT LEARNING THE BASICS. THE REMAINING 500 IS SPENT ON THE CLINICAL FLOOR ADVANCING YOUR SKILLS AND FINISHING THEORY.
