New Eco-Friendly 2-Day Schedule
Life Does not have to stop while you are attending school for your new career!

If you have been putting off starting your new career because you did not think it would fit into your busy schedule our new 2-day ECO-friendly schedule will now make attending classes easier for you!

 We are offering a more ECO-friendly class schedule for all those enrolling in the Basic or Master Esthetics  program by combining 2 days of live in school training with online classes.  (1 Day a week for Medical Esthetics). 

 This new schedule is designed with the student's quality of life in mind.  The schedule allows you to make the best use of your limited time and also reduce your carbon footprint! Other benefits of this ECO-friendly schedule include availability to work while attending school, more days off to spend with family, fewer driving and child care expenses!

  According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, skin care specialist is one of the “top 30 growing jobs” for the coming years.

Within the United States alone, in next ten years 20 million baby boomer women will experience menopause and in their search for anti-aging treatments, turn their attention to the skin care market.  Experts agree that baby boomer’s wish to remain as young looking as possible for as long as possible will drive this growth in the anti aging market by 20% through 2013.

Top 5 non-surgical cosmetic procedures performed in 2007 include: laser hair removal, Microdermabrasion, IPL & Laser rejuvenation.  Skin Rejuvenation using laser light and radio frequency has had a 330% increase (2001-2007) and it is estimated over 4,400,00 procedures will be performed by 2010. 

Laser Hair Removal is the fastest growing non-surgical esthetics laser cosmetic procedure & is projected to grow 18% per year!

Laura Todd
School Founder, Author & Industry Leader
As owner of a Medical Based Spa, and with years of experience in the industry, Laura Todd is IAME's lead instructor for Medical Based Skincare.  She participates in legislative issues, lobbied for HB2510 that established two-tier licensure for VA.

Laura was Virginia's First Appointed, Full Term Esthetician Seat, appointed by the Governor, serving on the Board that regulates Esthetics in Virginia & was an integral part of developing regulations that Virginia's Estheticians & other schools will follow. She is also director of The Virginia State Association of Skin Care Professionals.

She assisted in creating VA's (& the nation's) Master/Second Level Licensure Examination for NIC. Laura holds several University degrees including Bachelors of Science and is a Masters Degree in Education Candidate.  She is an author of leading esthetics industry textbooks and Laura continues to write as well as serves as a reviewer for Milady publishing.

Laura was recently appointed by The American Association of Cosmetology Schools as Virginia's State Relations Committee representative where she hopes to share her expertise in the esthetics regulatory process at the national level.  It has long been Laura's aspiration to move from representing esthetics at the state level to the national level!  

 

Laura is an Author of Milady's New Master Esthetics Text!

 

Milady's Standard Esthetics: Advanced is a brand new book created to introduce advanced treatments in the skin care industry. This text is designed for those students who are enrolled in an advanced esthetics course from 600-1200 hours. This in-depth, yet easy to understand resource is essential for programs that require advanced materials.
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Laura's Book - Advanced Face and Body Treatments for the Spa

Laura Todd is an Author: "Advanced Face and Body Treatments for the Spa... It is a complete guide for providing the most imaginative and cutting edge spa treatments."    Laura is a specialist in Lymphatic Drainage techniques and received advanced training in European LD techniques of the face and body while in Italy in 2006.  
Included Topics: Lymphatic Drainage, Laser, IPL, Microcurrent, LED, Ultrasound, Cellulite treatments, European Skincare and Body Techniques.
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