WBI Freshmen Go All Out

At Western Beauty Institute, we love letting the students test their skills, get out of their comfort zone and try new things. So, when the opportunity arises, we like to make it fun.

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WBI To Enlighten Students With eLearning

After six months of intensive development and testing, Western Beauty will soon release its new eLearning module to its Cosmetology and Estheology students. The module will become part of the myWBI™ website, the world’s very first beauty school student web portal.

WBI’s new eLearning module will encourage students to supplement their classroom instruction by giving them access to practice exams, thousands of questions and answers, and targeted lessons. It will also provide instructors with instant feedback on their students’ performance through use of email notifications and online messaging.

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WBI Customer Appreciation Day

At Western Beauty Institute, we always like to give back and when you have customers this loyal, there is no way to give enough. For their unbridled loyalty for 40-plus years, Western Beauty Institute recently gave a party at WBI’s San Fernando Valley Campus for the most loyal customers ever, Mrs. Murdice Campbell, Mrs. Cleo Fielder and Mrs. Gladys Romero.

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Esthetician Course Now Offered in SFV

A few years ago, Western Beauty Institute opened its Skin Care Center next to its popular Lancaster campus in the heart of the Antelope Valley and began teaching Estheology licensing courses to its students. Today, WBI is proud to announce that these same professional quality courses are now available for enrollment at its Panorama City / San Fernando Valley location, taught by WBI’s own Ms. Michelle Daytz.

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WBI Graduates Ready For World Of Beauty

On June 21st, 2008, graduation ceremonies and dinner were held at the world renowned Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California. Graduate students, their families and friends, other students, WBI instructors and staff from all campuses were in attendance to celebrate their most wonderful achievement.

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WBI Students Give Blood For Cancer Patients

As WBI students know, earning their diplomas in Cosmetology mean long hours of preparation, study, dedication, and a commitment to their community, giving of their time and energy performing beauty services and participating in many different community events. On Friday, June 27th, WBI students went above and beyond the giving of their time and energy, also giving their own blood to a community cause.

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Revealed: Where WBI Gets Winners!

Revealed: Where WBI Gets Winners!Western Beauty Institute has had winner after winner recently and the question of where do all these winners come from has been raised. The answer is simple of course. Our winners are the students that come to school everyday on their quest to obtain the knowledge and hours to qualify for the license from the State Board.

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WBI Graduates Celebrate Mass

A long running tradition of some graduates at Western Beauty Institute has been to celebrate Catholic mass the day preceding their graduation. This service is performed at the request of those students for whom Catholicism is a large part of their lives, spiritual and physical.

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WBI and Randy Fugate Win a Telly Award!

Again, WBI and Randy Fugate win BIG! They now have a prestigious Telly Award as validation of the quality of their marketing efforts. The Telly Awards have long been an industry arbiter of quality and excellence. And, now they have said Randy Fugate and WBI are producers of top quality commercials, equal to many of the world’s most exclusive agencies.

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WBI Hits The Jackpot at Pechanga Casino

On June 1st, Western Beauty Institute instructors and students were invited to the Pechanga Casino and Resort in Temecula, California to participate in this year’s Super Sunday event sponsored by SuperCuts. Instructors were educated and entertained by Jamie Jones and her associate during a fact-packed, fun-filled seminar that was designed to sharpen teaching skills and create an impact on students with clever instructional devices.

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WBI Instructors Attend Pivot Point Seminar

Western Beauty Institute’s teachers attended instructional presentations given by Pivot Point Institute on June 1st as part of the SuperSunday event held at the popular Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The seminar contained a congregation of approximately 280 cosmetology instructors. The seminars are a small part of the continuing education each WBI instructor pursues each year.

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WBI Attends 2008 Ultimate Teachers Awards Ceremony

Again this year, Supercuts stylists were invited to nominate their most influential instructor for the Ultimate Teacher Awards, held on Sunday, June 1st, at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California. Three new teachers from around the Southland were honored for their compassionate service and work. We salute them all.

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WBI Wins Fourth Year in a Row at Super Sunday!

For the fourth year in a row Western Beauty Institute students collectively won the competition for largest number of students at the Supercuts SuperStyles event. In fact, this year Western Beauty Institute won First Place AND Second Place school attendance award. WBI’s San Fernando Valley Campus in Panorama City was the First Place winner and WBI’s Antelope Valley Campus in Lancaster was Second Place winner. The event was part of the SuperSunday event held at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California on June 1st.

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WBI Wins Big at Super Sunday!

Western Beauty Institute has another winner! The Lancaster team of Rebecca Garcia, stylist, and Katie Scavo, model, won second place at the fabulous Super Sunday extravaganza. The event was held again this year at Pechanga Casino and Resort near Temecula, California. The Regis Corporation, owner of SuperCuts Hair Salons, arranges for students attending cosmetology schools from around Southern California to participate in a massively-produced competition with blasting contemporary music, staging, lights, prizes and hundreds of their fellow students urging them on, very loudly. It has been compared by some (who are knowledgeable of the event) to a rock concert starring student stylists. Each student competitor on stage was selected through “in-school” competitions at their respective schools. Teachers from the schools registered the students into the competition and shared with them the rules and the preparation needed. Supercuts supplied managers to mentor the student competitors and prepare them to show their best work.

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WBI Gets and Gives The Luxury Spa Treatment

The Esthetics branch of Western Beauty Institute is becoming the polished, shiny jewel in the WBI crown. Formerly a medical facility and just steps away from the large, main branch of Western Beauty Institute’s Antelope Valley Campus, the Esthetician’s Skin Care center retains that finished, medical office feel with the warmth of an upscale spa. The reception area is comfortable and furnished with comfortable seating, fresh beauty magazines for browsing, and refreshments. Aromas for calm moods waft through the air and pleasant sounds fill all the rooms.

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WBI Esthetics (Skin Care) Facility Adds Vichy Shower

Recently, Western Beauty Institute installed into the Esthetics facility of the Antelope Valley Campus the area’s only Vichy shower. The Vichy shower is generally found in the finest hotel or resort spas and is an experience worth having.

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Men’s Vogue

Recently, the San Fernando Valley Campus of renowned Western Beauty Institute held a “Men’s Vogue” for the students. A total of six up-and-coming stylists coifed and groomed the male models “to a T.” The primarily female student populace greeted the models with great enthusiasm.

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WBI Student Team Wins Barristar Awards

Talented students from Western Beauty Institute once again took home awards from the 2008 Barristar Beauty School Forum student trade show and competition, which was held on Sunday, April 20th and Monday, April 21st at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, California.

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Make Mom’s Day Beautyful!

At Western Beauty Institute, Be Beautyful for less! Give your Mom a day at the salon and the spa without spending a fortune!

Western Beauty Institute is once again celebrating Mothers Day with coupons and specials to help you pamper your Mom with services to make them feel beautiful. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to give Mom the best,” says WBI Marketing Director Randy Fugate.

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Poppy Festival “A Huge Success” For WBI

On Saturday April 18th, WBI staff and students were present again supporting the local Poppy Festival celebration in Lancaster City Park in the Antelope Valley. This is the second year the school has participated and again it was a rewarding experience for all.

From the opening of the festival with the wailing bagpipe procession, the WBI team was inundated with parents and children. At times, the crowd was 5 to 6 rows deep. We even had Captain Jack Sparrow drop by for a few trinkets.

Children had their faces adorned with custom flowers and creatures, children and adults had their hair braided and spray-painted bright neon glow colors. The crowds were so great, every brochure, folder, pen, key fob or other gift was given away by the end of the show.

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