Friday, July 03, 2009

WBI Goes Hollywood For A Day

They rolled out the red carpet and the entertainment's industry most famous celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Marilyn Monroe, singer David Cook, Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sandra Bullock, even Octomom and many others shined at the Western Beauty Institute. Of course we are talking about look-a-likes.


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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Enjoying Pajama Day During Spirit Week

Did our WBI students oversleep or miss their morning java? Nope. As part of Spirit Week at the Western Beauty Institute, Antelope Valley students put on their best sleepwear for the first ever Pajama Day. How cool is it for a school to let their students wear their flannels for a day?


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Monday, June 22, 2009

WBI Students and Staff to Volunteer with Style

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and his staff have organized a Day of Service event to help the people of Los Angeles and surrounding communities. In collaboration with the city, Western Beauty Institute will be offering free haircuts, manicures and hair styling for both men and women.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

WBI Wins 5 Consecutive Years In A Row

For the fifth year in a row Western Beauty Institute students collectively won the competition for largest number of students at the Supercuts SuperSunday event. In fact, this year Western Beauty Institute won First Place AND Second Place school attendance award. WBI’s San Fernando Valley Campus in Panorama City was the First Place winner and WBI’s Antelope Valley Campus in Lancaster was Second Place winner. The event was part of the SuperSunday event held at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California on May 31st.


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Monday, June 15, 2009

WBI Wins Again, and Again, And Again, and Again!!!

On May 31st, Western Beauty Institute instructors and students were invited to the Pechanga Casino and Resort in Temecula, California to participate in this year's SuperSunday event sponsored by SuperCuts and The Regis Corporation with help from Esche and Alexander Public Relations.

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Monday, June 08, 2009

$1,000 Economic Incentive for Estheticians

In response to recent economic news, Western Beauty Institute is offering aspiring Estheticians some economic incentives to follow their path to stable career advancement in these uncertain times.


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WBI’s Mark Walker, Supervisor Instructor, helps keep students safe

Recently, legislation has been introduced into the California legislature which will allow the use of a restraining order for an entire school, protecting the entire student body and staff from known threats. The implementation of this as a legal tool for schools was the brain child of Western Beauty Institute's Mr. Mark Walker, Supervisor Instructor, (pictured with our CEO, Ms. Christina Diaz). WBI's Director of Marketing, Randy Fugate says,


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WBI Announces $1,300 Education Stimulus For Students

Renowned Western Beauty Institute announced today the WBI Education Stimulus Program for newly enrolled cosmetology students. From today forward, Western Beauty Institute is offering all newly enrolled


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Night of Magic and Light, the WBI 2009 Graduation

On February 7th, 2009, graduation ceremonies and dinner were held at the fabulous Odyssey Restaurant overlooking the San Fernando Valley in Granada Hills, California. Graduate students, their families and


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Monday, February 23, 2009

Davey Award Received For WBI Web Site

Director of marketing, Randy Fugate announced,"Today, WBI and I have been honored with a Silver Davey award from the International Academy of the Visual Arts. This is tribute to the hard work of our


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WBI Teams up with Murad

Recently, Western Beauty Institute partnered with Murad, Inc. to bring to our students and customers to the exclusive Western Beauty Institute Skin Care Center and Spa the finest skin care products developed by Dr, Murad

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WBI Graduates Celebrate Mass

A long running tradition of some graduates at Western Beauty Institute has been to celebrate Catholic mass the day preceding their graduation


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WBI Celebrates Another Successful Year!

Western Beauty Institute’s faculty, executive administration and staff celebrated their annual Christmas Party on Saturday, December 20th at the beautiful Odyssey

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WBI Winter Wonderland 2008

It's a Winter Wonderland Competition!

It's winter and what can we do here at Western Beauty Institute but put on another opportunity for our students to be creative, have some fun and shine through the cold winter days (well, here in California, that's pushing it a bit, but it is chilly). The students were asked to come up with their best winter fantasy hair. makeup and costume combo and let our judges pick

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WBI Halloween 2008, Ghouls Rule at School!

Every year at this time, some really cool ghouls rule this school! During our WBI Halloween 2008 contests, WBI students and staff from our Lancaster and Panorama City campuses displayed yet again how creative

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WBI Student Wins Scholarship

Recently, Western Beauty Institute was fortunate to have quite a number of student teams competing in the recent Barristar Competition (sponsored by the Long Beach Hairdressers Guild) held at the Pasadena Convention Center.
While at the competition, Marvin Westmore of Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts selected our student, Tiffany Jones, out of a large number of competitors to receive a cash

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