AV Veterans Stand Down

Specifically designed to help veterans having difficulties live as self-sufficiently and independently as possible was the goal of the Antelope Valley Veterans “Stand Down” event held at Grace Chapel in Lancaster on February 2nd. Student volunteers from Western Beauty Institute gave haircuts to the vets.

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Palmdale High School Fashion Show

Western Beauty Institute students and staff lent their skills to help Palmdale High School students look their best for a fashion show event on Thursday, January 31st. This was the second time WBI was involved with the event, which featured male and female high school students cruising the runway on an outdoor stage.

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“Be Beautyful”

Recently, Randy Fugate, Director of Marketing for Western Beauty Institute called for a shoot to illustrate the brand new marketing campaign he had envisioned called “Be Beautyful.” Mr. Fugate chose one of our incredibly beautiful and talented students, Michaela Foley from our Panorama City Campus to model for the series of billboards and bus “King” posters to be produced in support of this campaign. The first in the series will be 50 bus “King” posters which will travel throughout the Los Angeles County region. The campaign will begin Monday February 4th and Mr. Fugate stated, “I expect this to be one of our most successful campaigns to date. We all want to get the word out about the fabulous school and training available to such a diverse population of students as we have here in Southern California.”

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La Opinión Shares WBI Nail Secrets

A recent feature article in La Opinión newspaper highlighted the manicuring tips of Western Beauty Institute Instructor Supervisor Flor Leaños. The article by La Opinión writer Patricia Prieto outlined the care, techniques and treatments Ms. Leaños teaches to make strong and beautiful nails.

A traditional manicure, the article states, begins with a light massage to the hands, and then proceeds to clean, shape and paint the nails. French nails can be accented with colors of pink, beige, lilac or white. But nails can also be embellished with artificial acrylic or plastic nail extensions and decorative paintings, stickers or precious stones.

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Cosmetology Job Outlook: Looking Good!!!

Fifty-three percent of beauty salon owners had job openings in recent years, according to a report released by The National Accrediting Commission Of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences (NACCAS). Three-quarters of those surveyed said they had trouble finding applicants. “Salon owners have jobs waiting,” says the report, but they have been unable to find enough qualified professionals to fill the jobs available. 182,000 of those jobs were filled by newly-trained professionals entering the beauty industry, many from accredited cosmetology schools like Western Beauty Institute.

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WBI Gives Brides A Makeover

Prospective brides were given free makeovers at the recent “Wild and Wonderful Weddings” Bridal Show at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds on Sunday, January 13th. Talented students from Western Beauty Institute’s nearby Lancaster campus performed the beauty makeovers, featuring the latest makeup and hairstyle techniques.

“Weddings have become incredibly complicated and potentially stressful,” said the show’s coordinator Tina Hanlon. “Having all the community’s wedding resources under one roof helps planners and participants alike to keep a couple’s special day special.”

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The Cost Cutters

According to a recent LA Times article, celebrities and socialites are happily paying $800-950 and up for a hairstyle or haircut these days, an encouragement to beauty school students that there is indeed great money potential to be made in their chosen field.

Even Presidential candidate John Edwards was seen shelling out $400 to keep his hair looking good. “Could I just mess your hair up a little bit?,” David Letterman asked the Senator on a recent stint on “The Late Show.”

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$1,000 To The Best Beauty Writer

My “It” Things, an online magazine based in New York is having a contest this month, giving away $1,000 to the writer of the best beauty article.

Among the judges are Lina Hanson, celebrity makeup artist and beauty blogger, Diane Da Costa, celebrity stylist and author, and Lisa Hoffman, founder of Lisa Hoffman Skincare.

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Power Takes A Powder

For Western Beauty Institute, it’s important to point out those times when beauty professionals who excel at their craft are featured by the national press, as inspiration to our students like those shown above in a recent competition at our Panorama City / San Fernando campus.

On Sunday, January 20th, in an article entitled “Beauty and the Ballot,” the Los Angeles Times focused on the story of professional makeup artist Kriss Soterion, calling her “the go-to makeup artist for candidates” for both Democrats and Republicans.

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Skin Care Center Celebrates Winter Carnival!

Students from WBI’s Esthetician / Skin Care Center recently competed in a festive Winter Carnival-themed event.


The students were encouraged to apply their new-found knowledge and skills learned at Western Beauty Institute’s specialized Skin Care Center, located in a separate building near the main Lancaster campus building.



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WBI Celebrities Get Red Carpet Treatment!

Was that Jennifer Hudson? There goes Selena! Hey, it’s Beyonce!... or at least WBI’s interpretation of those unique and celebrated styles, re-created by the skillful hands of Western Beauty Institute students.

The Celebrity Look-a-Like Contest was held at WBI’s Panorama City campus on December 20th. Students were encouraged to do their very best stylistic imitations of popular stars, using their newly acquired knowledge in the latest techniques in hair styling, nails (manicures & pedicures), cosmetic applications and other beauty techniques.

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WBI AV Staff Christmas Party

Western Beauty Institute’s Antelope Valley Campus instructors and staff celebrated our annual Christmas Party on Friday, December 14th at Fresco II Mediterranean Restaurant in Lancaster.

About forty instructors, staff members and their guests enjoyed Greek and Italian specialty hors d’oeurves, dinner buffet and desserts, featuring sauteed mushrooms, beef, chicken and seafood selections, and cannoli, among other selections.

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Santa's WBI Helpers!

Exclusive to WBI, Santa has sent down his best helpers to pass out holiday cheer and presents to all good cosmetology, estheology and nail technology students in the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys. Those very helpers are now being featured on the front page of WBI's web site until Christmas. There are four different versions, played at random each time the page is displayed.

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WBI Students Reach Out To Shut-Ins

Western Beauty Institute students once again demonstrated their commitment to the community with recent outings to perform hair cutting, styling and cosmetic procedures for local shut-ins.

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A WBI Thanksgiving

Western Beauty Institute celebrated Thanksgiving a day early with a mid-day break party on Wednesday, November 21st.

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WBI Celebrates AV Graduation

Western Beauty Institute honored its latest Antelope Valley Campus graduates with a ceremony and graduation party on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 at the John P. Eliopolis Hellenic Center in Lancaster, just a few blocks from WBI’s AV campus.

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WBI Students And Staff Vamp It Up!

What’s a pretty ghoul to do? Strut her stuff, of course! WBI students and staff haunted the halls of our Lancaster and Panorama City campuses with ghoulish costumes and ghastly make-up.

WBI’s Lancaster day and evening held their competitions on Thursday, October 25th, while Panorama City’s was held on Tuesday, October 30th for evening classes and on Wednesday, October 31st for day classes.

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MyWBI™ Student Web Portal Is Here!

Western Beauty Institute is proud to announce the arrival of the beauty industry's very first beauty school student web portal. This portal, which we call “MyWBI™,” is the central location a student may use to communicate, interact within and explore the WBI school and environment. Not only will students be able to create their own social interaction space (ala MySpace) but the technology will open access to the Western Beauty Institute student community from any place on the planet, as well as automate and streamline many of the day to day processes within the school environment.

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WBI Students Win Beauty Forum Medals

Western Beauty Institute students took home medals from the Barristar Beauty Forum, held at the Marriott Hotel in Burbank, California on September 23rd & 24th.

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SFV WBI Graduates Celebrate Achievement

Western Beauty Institute students from the Panorama City / San Fernando Valley campus celebrated their career achievement at a graduation ceremony held at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City on Saturday, September 22nd.

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