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Welcome to Xenon Academy’s esthetics program, where the student kit not only sets you up to get the most out of your learning, but it can serve you through your career! Here’s what’s inside!

Have you decided to take the plunge and begin your beauty school education? We are so excited that you have made that critical decision! As you prepare for your new journey you likely have heard about the awesome things in store for you. Besides the exciting education you’re about to receive, one of the most…

Nebraska’s license renewal process can be a piece of cake, just make sure you follow all the right steps!

Are you looking into a career in the beauty industry in Nebraska? If you are, you likely have wondered how long cosmetology school can take to complete. To obtain a license as a cosmetologist in Nebraska, at least 2,100 program hours used to be required, but the licensing board will be switching over to a…

Getting ready to go back to school by starting your beauty education? Not sure how to prepare for this exciting next stage? Read our list for your back-to-school essentials list to find out!

Are you passionate about hair, nails, skin care, makeup artistry, and everything else beauty related? Here at Xenon Academy, we are too! Cosmetology is the field to pursue if you want to have beauty as a real life career. It’s not all just hairspray and balayages, though, it takes hard work and determination to go…

Late last year, the Nebraska legislature began the process to change a few requirements for future and current cosmetologists, and earlier this year many of the proposed changes were changed into law. Among those is a decrease in required clock hours for cosmetology students in the state of Nebraska, with hours going from 2100 to…

Becoming a barber hasn’t always required a cosmetology school education–in fact, the career wasn’t always even focused on haircare! Take a journey through the history of barbering in this blog post.

Lash lifts are now available at Xenon Academy’s Student Spa*, but what are they and what does that mean for you? Lash lifts are fairly new, so if you don’t know what this amazing technique is, you are not alone! Invented by a Swiss permanent-makeup artists by the name of Sandra Viglino in 2016, this…

What is a Xenon? ”Zee-none”, “Zen-yn”… how do you say that? Who is Xenon? These are all questions we get quite frequently. It’s no wonder, it has been several years since Xenon’s revolutionary work graced the runways, magazine covers, and stages of the world. In fact, doing a google search will get you answers that…