How I did it: I began my beauty school experience in April 2008.Esthetics programs in Texas are 750 hrs or 20 weeks (37.5 hours/wk). It was like I time traveled back to high school and was ostracized from the "cool" clique. Being the odd man out made learning difficult since most of the time we learned procedures by working on each other. I spent a lot of time sitting around, net surfing, waiting to get a client on the books. Bored to tears and friendless, I could no longer take it and quit. But after many months, I could not decide on a career that I would rather have. During this time, my school started a part-time evening program and had increased its visibility as the place to go for cheap facials during hard economic times. I decided to return to school and finish the program. The evening instructor had a great deal of expertise in medical esthetics and enjoyed teaching. The class was smaller and we were busy working on clients or learning skills. A competely different experience.

Lessons & tips: Focus on your goals and work on team building with your classmates. You need one another to get through to the end.

Resources: Go to the esthetics conferences as a student. See all the possibilities of what you can do once you're licensed. Get pumped!

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Jul 22, 2009, 03:37PM PDT | 3 comments | 4 cheers