Hairstyles are a big part of the social image and identity that children explore and develop. Because of disease or medical treatment, some children and teens must suffer the loss of a crucial part of their identity. Imagine being a teenager and going to school without your hair.Locks of Love is a national organization which seeks to return that all-important sense of self identity by providing kids with custom hairpieces made from ponytails of women and men who generously donate a part of themselves to the cause. Students from Western Beauty Institute recently got together with the Locks of Love organization in the Antelope Valley for a special event to cut hair for donation. Twenty-two students from WBI were assisted and supervised by Instructors Ms. Daisy Enamorado and Ms. Bertha Rubio, and Placement Counselor Ms. Valeria Montenegro, hosted at the Lancaster Baptist Church on Saturday, April 5th.
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“We 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,” said Western Beauty Institute Director of Marketing Randy Fugate recently. His “Be Beautyful” poster designs are now appearing on buses all over the San Fernando Valley and beyond.
The prestigious American Advertising Federation Addy award was presented to Randy Fugate and Western Beauty Institute on Sunday night, March 16th. Randy Fugate, Director of Marketing for Western Beauty Institute, his wife Birte and Western Beauty Institute CEO Christina Diaz were at the Los Angeles Ad Pros awards dinner celebration held at the Odyssey restaurant in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.
Cosmetology is on the move! Western Beauty Institute students have known that for a while, but now there’s a Beauty School in your phone! Western Beauty Institute now has it’s own mobile website, accessible from cell phones and other mobile devices at m.wbi.edu. The mobile site was designed to be easy to use and compatible with many different devices, and programmed to give quick, basic information about the school and its campuses in Panorama City and Lancaster.
In an article featured in the “Image” section of the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, March 2nd, Hollywood’s glamour girls are going “for short, kicky ’dos.” The paper and its partner website feature photos of Rihanna, Renée Zellweger, Selma Blair, Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham and Charlize Theron all taking short cuts to the street.
Recently, students in the San Fernando Valley Campus of Western Beauty Institute were challenged to come up with their best “Evening” and “Fantasy” makeup production for Valentines Day. Students chose to do either evening makeup or fantasy makeup or both. The event took place on Valentines Day in the Senior Room of the Panorama City campus.
Students from Western Beauty Institute’s Antelope Valley campus once again showed their creativity by creating Valentine cards for a contest held on February 14th at the Lancaster school. Winners were chosen from a number of impressive entries employing styled strands of hair and jewelry accents.
