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Beauty Is Bouncing Back
The Underestimated Resilience of the Beauty Industry Believe it or not folks, we are now 6 months into quarantine living. School has migrated to strictly online classrooms, vacations have been postponed, and sporting events and concerts are cancelled for the foreseeable future. A lot of our jobs have also taken a little bit of a […]
The Way to Your Stylist’s Heart
Here’s How to Become Your Stylist’s Favorite Client Going to the salon is one of life’s great joys– for a little while at least, you get to be the center of someone else’s attention. When your services are all done, you’re left feeling good and looking fabulous and it’s all thanks to your stylist’s magic […]
Fourth of July on the Fly
How to Keep Some Independence on Independence Day Though Coronavirus may have sidelined many of us from not only our summer socials but also from a lot of our daily activities, there are still a few ways to spend the upcoming holiday weekend apart together. Whether it be hosting virtual family cookouts or organizing online […]
The Best Apps-etizers
8 Free Apps and Online Tools for Beauty Professionals Shears, clippers, blow dryers, curling irons… these are essential tools for every hairstylist, and the classes you’re taking at Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology will teach you to wield them skillfully. But did you know that building a successful beauty career requires more than tool mastery? […]
Reopening and Recharged
Ready to Welcome You Back: Creative Images Reopening May 26th On May 19, Governor Mike DeWine lifted the remaining provisions of Ohio’s stay-at-home order and transitioned the state to an urgent health advisory status. As a result, Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology will be reopening both of our locations to staff, students, and salon and […]
HEERF Grant
Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology (CIIC) is pleased to announce that our school signed and returned to the U.S. Department of Education (Department), a Certification and Agreement that our school has used, or intends to use, no less than 50 percent of the funds received under the CARES Act, Higher Education Economic Relief Fund (HEERF) […]
The Positives of the Pause
Looking on the Bright Side: The Positives of the Great Pause of 2020 As leaders around the globe scrambled to slow the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus first discovered in China in December of last year, the world economy ground to an immediate pause. While virtually shutting down entire countries may have saved millions […]
Learning to Accept Reality
With Disease Comes Disaster: How to Accept That This is Our New Reality Okay, guys… this post is going to be a little bit different than what you’re probably used to reading on here. This post is going to be very harsh and very real because the truth of the matter is, this virus is […]
Surviving the Shutdown
How Not to Shutdown During the Shutdown. COVID-19 (coronavirus) is something that none of us ever saw coming and even worse, something that none of us were prepared for. Even though our country had a couple of weeks to plan and man our stations after the initial leak in China, no time would have been […]
