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Happy Client, Happy Life
Eight Ways to Keep Your Clients Happy Whether you’re a nail technician, esthetician, or hairstylist, a healthy roster of happy, repeat clients can make or break your business. Not only do regularly returning customers help you maintain a steady income, the effort expended to keep them satisfied is significantly less than the time and expense […]
Glow, Baby, Glow
Eat These Superfoods for a Healthy Summer Glow Summer may not officially begin until June 21, but it’s never too early to add some more fruits, vegetables and seeds to your diet! Not only can doing so improve your overall health, but many nutritionists say that what you eat has a greater influence on the […]
Artemis Center for Domestic Violence
Support your local shelters! Each month, Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology (CIIC) selects a local non-profit charity to sponsor for 30 days. Throughout the month, depending on the charity at hand, students, staff, and clients off CIIC collect different items of donations which are then donated to the non-profit at the end of the month. […]
Mother’s Day Hacks
What your mom really wants for Mother’s Day this year. Mother’s Day – which was established as an official U.S. holiday all the way back in 1914 – is Sunday, May 12. If you’re in search of a little celebratory inspiration, consider these simple yet meaningful ways to honor the women in your life. Though […]
Save Your Skin!
Tips for Preventing Summer Skin Damage According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. In fact, one in five will develop some type of skin cancer by the time they are 70 years old. Basal cell carcinoma is the most […]
Wake Up Your Makeup
It’s Time to Spring Clean Your Makeup Stash Whether you store your makeup in a bag, drawer, bathroom cabinet or Caboodle (they still exist!), spring is the perfect time to purge that space of old, expired products as well as those you never wear. Consider the following tips as you sort through your stash and […]
Think Before You Accept Your Next Job
7 Factors to Consider Before Accepting that Salon or Spa Job Congratulations! You’ve graduated from Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology, passed your licensing exams, and are ready for your first job as a professional hair stylist, esthetician, or nail technician. All of your beauty industry dreams will soon come true, right? Not so fast. If […]
Spring Trends to Try
Want a Fresh Look for Spring? Consider These Trends! Spring arrives on March 20 and, for many, a desire to freshen up one’s hair or makeup routine comes right along with it. If you’re among those who will be craving a springtime style infusion, consider giving one or more of these trends a try. Blooming […]
America’s Beauty Show- Don’t Miss Out
What could be better than a three-day getaway to scenic Chicago? How about three days in Chicago packed with beauty education, networking opportunities, product shopping and more at the country’s largest beauty show? America’s Beauty Show, held from March 30 to April 1 at McCormick Place North in downtown Chicago, is one of the most […]
Simple Resolutions for a Beautiful 2019
New year’s resolutions are anything but new. In fact, historians assert that the first new year’s resolutions were made by ancient Babylonians around 4,000 years ago. Wonder if they were any more successful at keeping them than we are today? By last calculation, 80 percent of these promises fail before February! But here’s a little […]
