Manicures For The Greater Good.

So on Tuesday I went for a manicure.

It wasn't the best I've ever gotten, but I'll keep heading back. Because there going to get a lot better. 

How do I know?

Because my nail technician was a wonderful girl named Alexa who is working on acquiring 1,500 hours of practical salon work to earn her cosmetology licence. I was her first practical manicure! It was so exciting! We both had a blast chatting it up as she did my nails, which really do look good. 

Here's the skinny on the program, 

It's run through ORHS but TWHS and CP both also go there. It's run by a licenced cosmetologist and teacher who helps Juniors and Seniors who aspire to earn their cosmetology licences by the time they graduate high school. Students are required to total 1,500 hours of lab work on real clients and friends. The craziest thing to me is that the students who take their practical exams are required to perform so many different tasks, manicures, facials, highlights, bangs, braids, cuts and the list keeps on going. Alexa is the lab's color specialist, however the girl who did mother's nails was the nail art specialist... It's so cool!

The best part for me is that students get practice and the cost of your service is put directly into the program, for supplies and things for the students to practice with. My manicure was $8. At the salon it would have been at least $15, possibly $20 or more. Alexa got practice and I got a mani. Where is the negative?

So if you live in the area or you know that your local high school has a cosmo program, swing by and see when the lab hours are. You might be surprised how appreciative they are of your time and their use of you to practice.

I can't wait to go back and see what else the girls can do! 

Keep it classy,

~E