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Deregulation of the Beauty and Barber Industry

I was recently asked about my opinions on the repeated attempts to deregulate the beauty industry, so I decided to share my thoughts with our future professionals that follow our State Board Professor platform. In my opinion, deregulation of the beauty and barber industry is purely irresponsible. It’s irresponsible because it puts the general public at risk. The state board of cosmetology and barbers’ sole purpose for existing is to protect the public from negligent professionals. That says to a normal person that there is a certain level of risk…

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Help! I Keep Failing My State Board Exam and I’m Scared to go Back.

Help I keep failing my state board exam and I’m scared to go back! Believe it or not this is a statement that I hear a lot from students all over the country. The feeling of having graduated from a salon professional school and taking your test to become licensed is one of the most exciting feelings that you are ever going to experience. It’s also one of the most nervous feelings that you are going to experience and even on test day that nervousness won’t go away but you…

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NIC Exam vs State Exam(Practical Exam)

When talking to individuals about state board exams and state board kits there are two questions that we get asked quite frequently. It doesn’t matter if we are on one of our social media pages, in a live training, or in our email. One of these two questions will be asked. What are the two questions you might ask? They are: 1.) What is NIC? 2.) Is my state NIC? Since we get asked these two questions all the time I figured I would use our new blog as an…

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Getting Ready for State Board

Getting ready for state board can be a scary process,but don’t let it overwhelm you. The best thing that you can do to take the edge and stress off is to prepare. Make it a priority to have a breakdown of what is on the test for your state, and exactly how you will be expected to execute each task of the exam. Next be clear on what the passing score is for your state, and be ready to perform at your very best. One of the most important things…

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