With more than one million licensed professionals nationwide, industry leaders are celebrating growing momentum behind cosmetology and esthetics interstate compacts designed to reduce licensing barriers and expand career mobility.
While everyone's experience is unique, here is what it was like for me to take my state board exam, with details on the actual examination experience, from the moment I entered the building.
The Cosmetology Board Examination … the event that many, if not all, cosmetology students both anticipate and dread. Here is my story.
PBA urges action as Illinois and Michigan want to deregulate barbering licensing, and Rhode Island aims to drastically reduce cosmetology licensing hours.
In May this year, Connecticut legislators passed H.B. No. 6742, setting in place standards for the inspection of salons and a scope of practice for nail and eyelash technicians as well as estheticians.
Temeka Jackson is known for her celebrity clients and Nail Gossip show, but now she is advocating for new legislature in her home state of Connecticut.
Vermont reduces instruction hours and Tenessee authorizes mobile work.
This month, we asked nail techs: do you think licensing requirements should be reduced or even eliminated? Why or why not?
Kentucky’s governor just signed a bill into law reducing the course of instruction for nail technicians from 600 to 450 hours.
Elizabeth Morris and her husband Hermann Morris continue their discussion about whether licensing is effective for the nail industry.
In this transcription of The Nail Hub Podcast, Elizabeth Morris discusses whether licensing is really beneficial for the nail industry.
Elizabeth Morris and her husband Hermann Morris continue the discussion about whether licensing actually works for the nail industry.
In this podcast, Elizabeth Morris and her husband Hermann Morris discuss whether deregulation would be a positive step for the nail industry.
On Tuesday we began a mock State Board for the practical. It's pretty easy; the only thing is you have to remember every step and make sure you don't mess up at all.
My instructor has been telling me that I should try to take the state board for my temporary license. It's two,100- question exams. I was nervous but I decided to take it and see what I got.
On Thursday, we had a blizzard in NYC. Because there was no class, I decided to spend most of the day studying for my State Board.
I graduate. I'm not sure if all beauty schools are the same but in mine you can't fail any exam. You have to pass all of them in order to graduate, so being on top of your game always is a must.