Beauty school is more than just sitting in a classroom. While there are certainly opportunities for practice throughout your time at beauty school, it’s through events and networking that you can really enhance your beauty school experience. This is what some students at Empire Beauty Schools recently did.

The 5^th annual tradeshow and competition, known as the Future Professionals Expo, was held in Hershey, PA, on June 7-8. Here, almost 2,000 beauty school students from Empire Beauty Schools gathered together and participated in beauty workshops, enjoyed networking opportunities, sampled beauty products, and even had a career fair experience and completed interviews with potential salon employers.

Competition was fierce, as beauty school students competed in categories, such as long hair evening design, nail art display, and others. Top industry professionals from Goldwell, OPI, HAI, and Odyssey Nail Systems were judges for these competitions. Winners received top awards with professional tools and products, workshops, and job opportunities in major cities like Las Vegas and New York.

The event was certainly a good way to branch out from the typical beauty school education. Empire Beauty Schools, which boasts 88 schools in 19 states, has provided beauty school education to students for over 75 years and plans to continue this annual competition for its students.

-Amanda Fornecker

Photo: The event in action, courtesy of Empire.edu

Tags: Beauty, beauty career, beauty school, empire beauty schools

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