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Programs

Hands-on learning with real-life impact.

Beauty education becomes a place for creativity, confidence, and entrepreneurship.

Elementary School

Grades K–5

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Middle & High School

Grades 6–12

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The Curriculum

From braid challenges to business plans.

✓ Natural hair care and healthy grooming
✓ Parting, sectioning, twists, braids, and protective styles
✓ Beauty fundamentals including skincare, makeup, and nail care
✓ Customer service, consultations, and professional etiquette
✓ Branding, marketing, budgeting, pricing, and scheduling
✓ Goal-setting, time management, leadership, and entrepreneurship

What Students Learn

Beauty skills and business tools, taught together.

Each lesson makes room for creative practice, professional habits, and the confidence to turn a skill into an opportunity.

Braiding & Beauty Topics

Working with different textures
Preparing the client’s hair
Products and tools
Sanitation, including Barbicide certification
Natural hair styling, rod sets, flat twists, and two-strand twists
Sectioning, parting, and sizing
Soft locs, textured locs, and butterfly locs
Marley twists and passion twists
Traditional and knotless box braids
Cornrows and feed-in cornrows
Crochet styling, traditional and invisible methods
Natural-part sew-ins and silk presses
Temporary hair color application
Skin care for teens, basic makeup, and nail design

Business Topics

Consultations
Business plans
Marketing and branding
Budgeting
Pricing and procedures
Scheduling and time management
Building clientele
Customer service
Partnerships and collaborations

Every Class Includes

Learning that feels rewarding from the first session.

Braid challenges
Games and prizes
Certificate of completion
Hands-on training
Small class sizes
Gift bags and incentives