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Scholarships for Beauty School Students: Your Path to a Fabulous CareerApril 22, 2024
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Keeping Up with the Arches: 2024 Eyebrow TrendsMarch 14, 2024
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Sweeping in from France: The History of BalayageDecember 10, 2022
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Cosmetology Requirements: Learn What It Takes to Become a CosmetologistJune 3, 2020
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Ready to Start Beauty School? Here’s Your Step-by-Step Plan
From Dreaming to Doing: Your Beauty Career Starts Step by Step Because your beauty career won’t start itself, let’s make it happen one step at a time. You’ve been thinking about beauty school for a while now. You scroll, you dream, you picture yourself doing what you love, but something keeps hitting pause. Maybe it’s […]
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Future-Proof Your Passion: Careers in Beauty Are Booming Right Now
The beauty industry is evolving faster than ever, and that’s great news if you’re dreaming of a creative, people-focused career that will always be in demand. At The Salon Professional Academy (TSPA) Rapid City, we know that beauty careers aren’t just about trends, they’re about building a future-proof profession that grows with you. So, which […]
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Master the Lingo: Essential Beauty Industry Terms Every New Salon Pro Should Know
Stepping into the beauty industry is like learning a new language filled with balayage, keratin treatments, and microdermabrasion. Whether you’re a fresh graduate from The Salon Professional Academy (TSPA) or just starting your journey, knowing these terms will help you communicate like a pro, impress clients, and build confidence in your craft. Let’s decode the […]
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Is a tech school the right decision for you?
As the world continues to change and the standards for continued education evolve more people are choosing to take a different route than traditional college. In the past several years we have seen an increase in tech schools. A decision to develop tangible skills that translate directly to the work force. According to Statistica, as […]
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Spring Nail Trends 2023
TSPA Rapid City is one of the leading choices for artists who choose to pick the medium of nail art. Over the decades people have been creating their individual styles down to the details. Nail trends change with each season. Some looks will forever be a crowd favorite like French manicures but every year we […]
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Gel vs. Acrylic
Gel polish or acrylic nails? It seems to be a constant debate, but which one really takes the cake? Let’s start with acrylics, considering they’ve been around over a decade longer. Acrylics became popular in nail salons in the 1970’s and are still one of the most time-consuming manicures you can get. They’re made from […]
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Benefits of Pedicures – Your Feet More Important Than You Think
According to some of the latest research, “the average person (moderately active) takes around 7,500 steps per day. If this is maintained daily through the age of 80, a person will have walked about 216,262,500 steps throughout his or her life. And that person would average about 1,300 to 1,500 miles a year, and about […]