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This review is from the view of a currently enrolled aesthetics student.
I have a lot of pros and cons with this school, and I actually did my homework and toured multiple schools before deciding. I went with G Skin and Beauty Institute because they offer a laser program at their Arizona locations for $2500 for students. I was going to enroll at Aveda Institute but I felt this school would better me in the direction of my career.
The first thing I have to say is how amazing the instructors are. Reading the previous reviews I'm unsure who were the instructors at their time of enrollment, but Miss Carol who has been in the medical field of esthiology for 15+ years and worked for many high end spas is such a wonderful person and full of so much knowledge! Also the senior teachers are extremely knowledgable. I don't think I would be enjoying my time here if it wasn't for these three instructors.
The second pro is the schools flexibility with hours and scheduling. I am full time which is Tuesday-Friday 9-5, and if I need to make up any hours I can stay late (until 10) or come in on Saturday. I find this wonderful as life doesn't stop happening, and it's one less stress added.
Now the cons. As plenty of the previous reviewers stated, the lack of supplies is sad and the quality of towels and sheets are SCARY. So scary that I hope the owners of this institute are reading this and will do something about it. I understand that we are STUDENTS but when the quality is so bad that our instructor purchases her entire class room a new set of towels, you know something is wrong. We later found that the hot water on the washer was NOT on! HEALTH CODE VIOLATION.
As for the kits, I have witnessed multiple students not receive their supplies in the time that they were told they would, leaving students to purchase their own supplies! It's an outrage! WHY are we even paying a tuition if it's including NOTHING. I'm purchasing my own towels, extractors, facial brushes, skin care products, just to ensure that I have them every day and they are sanitary! WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM?!
The school also has wonderful machines including Diamond Microdermabrasion, galvanic, high frequency, vc shower, and lots of rooms to practice out of. Complaints ? A lot of our machines are broken ex: Steamers. We aren't able to practice our facial protocols properly because there are maybe two steamers, normally one, that float around. Again, I'm spending 15k and I cannot learn to use a steamer? Almost every mag.light is broken and unable to adjust properly leaving esthy students frustrated during client facials. How can you use an instrument that won't function properly?
If you're looking to work at a spa after your enrollment I would suggest attending Aveda Institute which is a luxurious, spa like school. However if you're like me and want to be more medical (laser) I would suggest attending this school simply for their laser program. Again, the instructors are really what make this school worth going. Miss Carol is full of so much information and the level of skill they all have is astounding!
UPDATE:
They ended up firing the amazing esthetic instructor Miss Carol shortly before I became a senior. They (Paul and Saundra) told her she was too friendly with her students. She's what made us want to come to class each day and needless to say we all shed tears the day they fired her.
Once I was a senior (see photo) I felt that we were left to do literally whatever. I was expecting more IN DEPTH training, hands on demos/training.... But we only had maybe 2 the whole time I was in that class. It was a huge disappointment as led me to dread going to that school every day to simply clock in and wait for a client for 8+ hours.
As for the laser scheme they played a lot of us on to get us to enroll? They don't teach or offer classes for it in Nevada because Nevada doesn't have regulations or a "board" for lasers! Meaning anyone can literally be hired by a plastic surgeon (or who ever has a machine) and can use it! MEANING they sold us on something that we don't even NEED in the state of Nevada. I could have gone to Aveda and had a better experience for esthetics and ended up practicing lasers still. But of course no one told us this until after we paid our dues.
The best update is that side graduating, I have spoken to numerous girls who still are attending and the main problems (at my time) Paul and Saundra have been fired. This may mean that things have straightened out? Not sure, but it's worth going into the school and asking current students how THEIR experience has been. I can personally say it was so scammy and opened up my eyes of the BS of the beauty school world.
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