The Aveda Institute was founded to create some of the most successful entrepreneurs in hair, skin and nail esthetics, makeup, massage and total body wellness. Our students are educated by accomplished professionals, using innovative curriculums that blend professional techniques with retail and business-building skills. The Institute emphasizes personal well-being as well as environmental responsibility. Using Aveda pure flower and plant essences and plant-based products, we affirm the relationship between personal beauty, wellness and the environment.

Aveda Education teaches, inspires, nourishes, refreshes and connects people who aspire to be great, creative hair stylists and nurturing spa technicians. We are a recruitment resource—developing students grounded in wellness, healing and social responsibility.

Because a business founded on caring for you and the Earth—using renewable resources and constructive environmental practices—not only makes good sense financially, but, we believe, is the only sustainable path to the future.

Aveda Institute students won 35 of the 100 Beacon Awards awarded in 2007. These awards are given annually to cosmetology and esthiology students who show amazing promise to excel in the business of beauty. These students receive full tuition to The Salon Association's annual Symposium, where they learn from industry legends. Beacon students attend sessions run by the biggest names in the business on how to market themselves, grow their careers and promote teamwork in their salons. The Professional Beauty Association started the Beacon program to help budding salon/spa entrepreneurs to develop their business skills as they are honing their talent and technical skills.

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