麻豆传媒映画 Cosmetic Arts Salon Offers Services to the Public
麻豆传媒映画 President Dr. Greg McLeod receives a facial from esthetics student Ny鈥橳asia Bradley. Cosmetic Arts and Barbering students provide professional-quality beauty and grooming services to the public.
Feeling pretty needn鈥檛 cost a pretty penny, and a handsome look doesn鈥檛 have to cost a handsome sum.
In 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 departments of Cosmetic Arts on the Tarboro campus and Barbering on its Rocky Mount campus, students provide professional-quality beauty and grooming services to the public in updated, state-of-the-art facilities 鈥 at a fraction of the cost you鈥檙e going to pay at the corner barbershop or the downtown salon.
麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 student cosmetologists 鈥渄o great work,鈥 said client Margaret Etheridge of Tarboro, herself an 麻豆传媒映画 cosmetology graduate who said she鈥檚 been coming back for decades for haircuts, blow-drying, and highlighting. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 convenient, since I live only minutes away.鈥
More than 100 students are currently enrolled in the college鈥檚 Cosmetic Arts and Barbering program, said Carolyn Sherrill, program chair. Graduates go on to sit for state licensing exams and upon passing, qualify for careers in their chosen field.
Before stepping up to work on outside clients, students undertake rigorous early training, practicing on mannequins and each other. Students in the Natural Hair Care program must complete a minimum of 60 hours of hands-on training before seeing clients; for Esthetics (skin care) students, it鈥檚 80; and 300 for Cosmetology. For Barbering, the requirement is 250.
All that togetherness spawns a spirit 鈥渓ike a family,鈥 said Tangala Tyler, an 麻豆传媒映画 Cosmetology instructor since 2011. 鈥淚 love to see the passion that鈥檚 in the students and helping motivate them to meet their goals. I get great joy out of that.鈥
Working with paying clients helps students understand that 鈥渢hese are the kinds of people [they鈥檒l] be meeting in the real world,鈥 Tyler said.
Second-semester student Yahayra Barrientos agreed. 鈥淪ome clients are so sweet, some are sour, but we are prepared for all kinds of clients,鈥 she said. She鈥檚 hoping to open a salon in her hometown of Pinetops after graduating.
Another cosmetology student, Keagan Roberson of Robersonville, said she鈥檇 also like to own her own salon someday. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 my five-year goal,鈥 she said. After graduating, she hopes to gain experience toward that goal by renting a booth at a local salon.
鈥淚 love doing makeup and making people feel confident,鈥 she added. 鈥淢aking people feel beautiful is what drew me to the field.鈥
The salon at Tarboro鈥檚 Cosmetic Arts Building has seven beds for esthetics, eight stations for manicuring, and 36 stations for cosmetology and natural hair care, according to Sherrill, and on a recent Thursday morning it was humming with student cosmetologists and customers. One client, Gloria Jones, had driven roughly 15 miles from her Rocky Mount home.
鈥淚 just take the trip because I like their work,鈥 said Jones, who said she鈥檚 been coming to the salon for more than two years for pedicures, manicures, hair braiding, and blowouts. 鈥淚 like the service and the price is so great. If I didn鈥檛 like the service, I wouldn鈥檛 come.鈥
Another client, Christina Arnold of Tarboro, said she gets blowouts, shampooing, and hair straightening at the salon. 鈥淚 like the atmosphere,鈥 said Arnold, herself a former cosmetology student at 麻豆传媒映画. 鈥淚 like being a support system, I support them and they support me.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e great people,鈥 Arnold said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 inexpensive, and they get you in and out.鈥
How inexpensive?
In Tarboro, the many services include haircuts at $10; regular manicures, $10; pedicures, $20; basic facial, $10; eyebrow wax, $5; and blowouts, $15. . To make an appointment, call (252) 618-6604.
At the Barbering facility in Rocky Mount, haircuts run as low as $5. Razor shaves are $6, beard trims are $4, and mustache trims are $3. . To make an appointment, call (252) 618-6754.
Hours vary. Walk-ins are welcome, but Sherrill advises, 鈥淚t鈥檚 better to call first to check on availability.鈥