How to Get Your Career Started Post-Graduation So, you’ve just graduated from cosmetology school and now you’re asking yourself, “Well, now what?”. Let us take that one for you– now is where your dreams start. Just like with any new chapter, starting your new career can be a very daunting mountain to conquer, especially in […]
Taking Control of COVID
Ways That Creative Images is Taking a Stand Against COVID-19. In the course of a year, COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has become the new celebrity household name that gets talked about around the dinner table… and the office… and the classroom… and the news. It’s everywhere– and though the pandemic in itself has been a daunting feat […]
Follow the Lead(er)
Why it is Important to Carry Yourself as a Leader? For this week’s blog post, I thought we should take a step back and try and angle we don’t often talk about– leadership. The second scariest “L” word some may argue. When you ask someone for an example of a leader, oftentimes you’ll get answers […]
An Interview With an Educator
A Look Inside Our Cosmetology Program From an Educators’ POV Change can be scary but change itself is inevitable. The question is, do you want to be in control of the change that is working its way into your life or would you rather sit back and hope for the best possible outcome? Here at […]
Turn Up for the Downturn
How To Do More For Your Business With Less. This has been a novel year filled with seemingly bottomless uncertainty, sacrifices, and disappointments. Between the national economic downturn, city wide riots, and massive layoffs, the aftermath of 2020 will be one that we will be recovering from for years to come. However, one thing we […]
The Flip Side to Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship– What They Don’t Tell You The beauty industry has a lot to offer to those who enter but it doesn’t come at a cheap cost. Regardless of the avenue you explore, this industry is not for the faint of heart, especially for those who take on the challenge of entrepreneurship. When people hear the […]
Volunteering With Volunteers of America
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 […]
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? […]
