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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…

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…

Building up your clientele before graduating beauty school is one of the most important steps toward a successful career. In fact, many current cosmetologist and estheticians say that building their client base before graduating was a make or break for them. This is one of the reasons that we, Xenon Academy, include a business education…

Going in for your first job interview after graduating can be a daunting task. There is so much emphasis put on good interviewing skills that we tend to overthink it a lot of the time. Keeping your nerves under control is one of the many important parts of nailing any interview. Luckily for you, we…

Curls are going to be all the rage this Spring! From natural textures to wand created waves, you’ll want to know how to put some spring in your locks. Here are 5 ways to get curly, girly! 1. Thick-Barrel Wand Curls A post shared by CosmoProf Beauty (@cosmoprofbeauty) on Feb 26, 2017 at 7:00pm PST…

Makeup is a wonderful, magical, all-knowing product. We all know that we worship makeup, it’s okay, you don’t have to deny it. Have you ever thought about how makeup came about and how it continues to evolve over time? When you think about it, makeup is really a weird concept. “Hey, let’s take this black…