Men’s Vogue

Recently, the San Fernando Valley Campus of renowned Western Beauty Institute held a “Men’s Vogue” for the students. A total of six up-and-coming stylists coifed and groomed the male models “to a T.” The primarily female student populace greeted the models with great enthusiasm.

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WBI Student Team Wins Barristar Awards

Talented students from Western Beauty Institute once again took home awards from the 2008 Barristar Beauty School Forum student trade show and competition, which was held on Sunday, April 20th and Monday, April 21st at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, California.

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Make Mom’s Day Beautyful!

At Western Beauty Institute, Be Beautyful for less! Give your Mom a day at the salon and the spa without spending a fortune!

Western Beauty Institute is once again celebrating Mothers Day with coupons and specials to help you pamper your Mom with services to make them feel beautiful. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to give Mom the best,” says WBI Marketing Director Randy Fugate.

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Poppy Festival “A Huge Success” For WBI

On Saturday April 18th, WBI staff and students were present again supporting the local Poppy Festival celebration in Lancaster City Park in the Antelope Valley. This is the second year the school has participated and again it was a rewarding experience for all.

From the opening of the festival with the wailing bagpipe procession, the WBI team was inundated with parents and children. At times, the crowd was 5 to 6 rows deep. We even had Captain Jack Sparrow drop by for a few trinkets.

Children had their faces adorned with custom flowers and creatures, children and adults had their hair braided and spray-painted bright neon glow colors. The crowds were so great, every brochure, folder, pen, key fob or other gift was given away by the end of the show.

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Poppy Fest

It’s time again for the Antelope Valley Poppy Festival, slated for Saturday, April 19th through Sunday, April 20th. And once again, Western Beauty Institute students, instructors and staff will be giving away free T-shirts, pens, prizes and more, as well as providing fun face painting and tattoos for the kids, hair braiding, and generally contributing to the fun.

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Locks of Love

Hairstyles are a big part of the social image and identity that children explore and develop. Because of disease or medical treatment, some children and teens must suffer the loss of a crucial part of their identity. Imagine being a teenager and going to school without your hair.

Locks of Love is a national organization which seeks to return that all-important sense of self identity by providing kids with custom hairpieces made from ponytails of women and men who generously donate a part of themselves to the cause. Students from Western Beauty Institute recently got together with the Locks of Love organization in the Antelope Valley for a special event to cut hair for donation. Twenty-two students from WBI were assisted and supervised by Instructors Ms. Daisy Enamorado and Ms. Bertha Rubio, and Placement Counselor Ms. Valeria Montenegro, hosted at the Lancaster Baptist Church on Saturday, April 5th.

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Our “Beautyful” Buses

“We want to get the word out about the fabulous school and training available to such a diverse population of students as we have here in Southern California,” said Western Beauty Institute Director of Marketing Randy Fugate recently. His “Be Beautyful” poster designs are now appearing on buses all over the San Fernando Valley and beyond.

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Randy Fugate and WBI Win ADDY Award

The prestigious American Advertising Federation Addy award was presented to Randy Fugate and Western Beauty Institute on Sunday night, March 16th. Randy Fugate, Director of Marketing for Western Beauty Institute, his wife Birte and Western Beauty Institute CEO Christina Diaz were at the Los Angeles Ad Pros awards dinner celebration held at the Odyssey restaurant in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.

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