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Sep 1

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This could be your classroom. 🕯️ Esthetics students practicing brow and facial waxing — trading textbooks for treatment beds. Next start date: October 13, enrolling now.

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Aug 31

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Real guests. Real chair. Real skills.

Mannequins only get you so far. Our students earn their 1,000 cosmetology hours on the clinic floor — real guests, real timing — with a licensed educator right there. That's why our grads start their first salon job already knowing what the chair feels like.

Financial aid available for those that qualify.

📍 New Braunfels, TX
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Services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 31

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> POV: your class started in August. 👀 Three weeks in and they’re already styling, polishing and prepping for the clinic floor. Next start date: October 13.
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Aug 31

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Color is chemistry you can see. 🎨

Adasyn weaving foils, McKenzie walking her guest through the swatch book, Mackenzie sectioning before the first application — one color day, three sets of hands learning the same lesson: get the prep right and the color takes care of itself.

Our student clinic is where the theory becomes muscle memory. All services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

Now enrolling for October 13. Book a tour at williamedgeinstitute.com or call 830-387-4094.

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Aug 30

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Braids are patience made visible. 🩷

Julia spent today's class sectioning and braiding her classmate Mackenzie — clean parts, even tension, every braid tracking straight from the crown down. Practicing on each other is how our students build the hands before a guest ever sits in their chair.

Braiding, color, cutting, styling — it all gets built here, hour by hour.

Now enrolling for October 13. Book a tour at williamedgeinstitute.com or call 830-387-4094.

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Aug 29

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Last punch. ⏰ Jordan clocked her final hours yesterday — from her first day on a mannequin to a full clinic floor behind her. Congratulations, Jordan.
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Aug 28

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Steady hands don't happen by accident. 💅

Nail tech is detail work — the shaping, the cuticle care, the clean polish line. Our manicure students learn it the only way it sticks: 600 hours of training and real guests in the chair on our clinic floor.

About 5 months. One skill set you can build a career on.

Next class starts October 13 — book a tour at williamedgeinstitute.com or call 830-387-4094.

All clinic services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 27

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750 hours. Then you prove it. ✨

This is Angela performing a luxury facial on her model for test out — the day an esthetics student stops practicing and starts proving. Steam, cleanse, extractions, massage, mask. Timing, pressure, and product choice all judged.

Six months ago she'd never held a mag lamp. Today she runs a full treatment room.

Esthetics · 750 hours · about 6 months full time. Now enrolling for October 13.

Services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 27

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Sorry Lisa Doll — you've been replaced. 😅 Students took everything they practiced on the mannequin and put it to work on a real client for the first time today. All services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 27

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> Lash day in the esthetics program. 👁️
Individual lashes, one at a time, on mannequin heads until the placement is second nature — then our students take that skill to the clinic floor.
Esthetician program: 750 hours, about 6 months full-time. Next class is enrolling.
All clinic services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.
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Aug 27

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Boots on today for Dolly. 🤍
She taught a whole lot of us that big hair, red lips and a big heart aren't a costume — they're a calling. Rest easy, Miss Dolly. 1946–2026.

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Aug 26

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You don't just learn a trade here — you find your people.

Real hands-on hours, real guests, and educators who know your name. Cosmetology. Esthetics. Manicure.

Now enrolling for our October 13 start — financial aid available for those that qualify, plus interest-free payment plans.

📍 New Braunfels, TX
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Services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 26

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Week two and they're already tinting brows and lashes. ✨

Our August esthetics class practiced brow and lash tinting on each other today — placement, timing, and that clean, defined finish that makes a whole face look done without a drop of makeup.

This is what beauty school actually looks like: hands on, day one forward.

Now enrolling for October 13. Link in bio to book a tour.

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Aug 26

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"What if I mess up on a real person?"

You won't - because you don't start there. Every technique starts on a practice head and at the dispensary bench: warm towels, steam, product knowledge, formulation, timing. An educator is right there the whole way.

You move to guests when you're ready. Not before.

Cosmetology - Esthetics - Manicure - New Braunfels
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Salon & spa services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 25

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When the assignment is "cut and color a mannequin to look like your educator" and they absolutely nail it. 😂

Our students recreated Morgan's exact cut and color — the fade, the texture, the red. Copying a look hair-for-hair is one of the fastest ways to learn shape, sectioning, and formulation, and Morgan gets to grade her own twin.

This is basic classroom cosmetology before they ever hit the clinic floor.

Now enrolling — link in bio to book a tour.

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Aug 20

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Two days in, and they're already learning what a guest is supposed to feel.

Before shears, before color — the Aveda Chakra sensory journey. Aroma, touch, intention. They practice it on each other first, because you can't guide someone somewhere you've never been.

Week one of our August class. Their February class photo is going to look very different.

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Aug 18

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Day three: kit day. 🎁

Shears, dryers, irons, brushes, mannequins, practice hands — everything our August class will spend the next several months getting fast with.

There's a very specific kind of quiet right before nine people open nine boxes.

This is the day it stops being an idea and starts being a career.

Next class starts October 13. 📞 830-387-4094 · williamedgeinstitute.com

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Aug 17

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It's never too late to start something new.

Whether you're 18 or 45, we welcome adults who are ready to build a career they actually chose.

Cosmetology. Esthetics. Nail Tech.
Classes start October 13.

📍 New Braunfels, TX
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Aug 15

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Our June cosmetology class had their first day on the clinic floor. We asked them how it went.

“Really, really nervous — but also very excited.”

“The nerves went away.”

Every stylist you admire had a first day. This is what it actually looks like.

All clinic services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 15

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Ten weeks ago they were practicing on mannequins. This week they walked onto the clinic floor and met their first guests. 🖤

That’s the moment it gets real — real guests, real chairs, real careers taking shape. Our June cosmetology class is officially taking appointments.

Come let them take care of you.

All clinic services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 14

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Every one of those handprints learned from the same person.

Meet Morgan Schuchart, our basic classroom cosmetology educator — the one who teaches the fundamentals before anyone touches a guest. Sectioning. Sanitation. Foils. The thousand small things that turn a beginner into a professional.

When people ask "who's actually going to teach me?" — this is the answer.

Come meet her. williamedgeinstitute.com | 830-387-4094

Services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Train with the best.

As an Aveda Partner School, our students learn with the same premium, plant-based products used by top salons worldwide.

Botanical Repair. Invati. Botanical Kinetics.
Hands-on training with products clients actually request.

📍 New Braunfels, TX
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Aug 13

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POV: your 5th birthday party comes with mini manis and mini facials. 💅

Hannah’s mom did the balloons and our students did the pampering. Pink robes, puffy headbands, heart-shaped sponges, and nine very serious little clients.

Happy 5th birthday, Hannah. Thanks for spending it with us. 🎈

Services performed by students under the supervision of licensed educators.

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Aug 12

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Graduate debt-free. Yes, really.

Pell Grants and VA benefits are available for those who qualify — and many of our students graduate without a dollar of debt.

Don't let money be the reason you don't pursue your dream career.

📍 New Braunfels, TX
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Ten weeks ago they walked in as strangers. Today they're wearing each other's handprints.

Thursday, the June cosmetology class moves from the classroom to the clinic floor — real guests, real chairs, real appointments. They started June 2nd and they graduate February 2027, and this is the part where it stops being theory.

If you've been waiting for a sign to start: they were exactly where you are, ten weeks ago.

Book with a student stylist or come see the school for yourself.
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William Edge Institute

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