Monthly Archives: January 2011

Competition Winner

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

Thursday night was our competition at Empire Beauty School Lehigh Valley to determine who will compete at the Future Professionals Expo in Hershey this coming May.  I didn’t compete but I was a model for a classmate competing in Makeup … Continue reading →

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Cute Curls

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

Tiffany has made her biggest transformation yet!  I gave her those beautiful curls today.  The perming process isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  Honestly, I didn’t think I was going to like wrapping a whole head of … Continue reading →

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Let’s get permed

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

If I was a teenager in the 80s I would have had the biggest curliest perm a hairdresser would give me.  Those were the years the perm gained popularity and also earned a bad reputation.  I feel to this day, … Continue reading →

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Facials & Skin Care

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

It’s been a short week at the school with the holiday and snowy weather here in Pennsylvania.  This week was skin care and facials.  Skin care was a program I was looking forward to because who doesn’t want to learn … Continue reading →

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Masters of Beauty Skills Class

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

This weekend I attended the Masters of Beauty razor cutting skills class taught by Nick Arrojo’s Top Stylists teaching Arrojo razor techniques.  The class was held in a classroom at the Empire Beauty School in Manhattan.  The setting couldn’t have … Continue reading →

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Student Competition Expo

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

The creative juices are beginning to flow.  In May, Empire hosts the Future Professionals Expo in Hershey, Pa.  It’s a student competition where students from all 103 schools across the country compete in categories such as long hair design, men’s … Continue reading →

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Going Lighter

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

Welcome to week number two of hair coloring at Empire; we learned one of our biggest lessons yet.  Last week we learned to make hair darker by doing all over color and foils.  This week we started learning about lightening … Continue reading →

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First Color

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

This was the most exciting day of the hair coloring program so far!  We colored a quarter panel of our mannequin! All week we’ve been on the edge of our chairs during theory, wanting to get our hands on some … Continue reading →

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Temporary Hair Color

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

Today we learned about the levels of color.  Our swatches below are a little lighter than what you would find in a color book, such as Goldwell, but it doesn’t matter because the point is to teach us about the levels … Continue reading →

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Primary Colors – Learning the Essentials of Hair Coloring

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Nina {Empire Beauty School Student}

After a wonderful holiday it’s back to work for most, but back to school for me.  Today was the first day of hair coloring. We had a refresher in chemistry, dusting off all the old chemistry terms like acid, base, … Continue reading →

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