The Cosmetology program prepares individuals to care for and beautify hair, nails, and skin. The primary purpose of the program is to train the students in the basic skills, safety, proper work habits, and desirable attitudes necessary to obtain licensure and for competency in entry-level positions in cosmetology or a related career field. Hair techniques taught include giving shampoos, conditioning treatments, and scalp massage; styling, setting, cutting, hair coloring and lightening, permanent waving, and relaxing; skin techniques include facials and make-up; nail techniques include manicures, pedicures, artificial nail techniques, and hand and arm massages. Emphasis is placed on hygiene, disinfection, decontamination, and infection control. Related areas of instruction include bones, muscles, chemistry, electricity, career readiness, product knowledge, customer relations, professionalism, and salon management.
Students may further their education and acquire more practical experience by working in a private salon or enrolling in a business management program at the community college level. Fifteen hundred hours of instruction qualifies the student to sit for the Cosmetologist licensing examination in Maryland in the junior year of high school. Students must complete an assessment process for program selection. Students are required to apply for and take the State of Maryland Board of Cosmetology license examination prior to graduation to qualify for completer status
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