Hairstyling

Students in Lakeland College’s Hairstyling program will use and develop their creativity and people skills. Learners will work with real clients, manage the salon and use professional products. Through this Hairstyling program, students will receive hands on experience in a work setting allowing them to apply and put into practice the knowledge and skills learned in theory and lab courses.

What You’ll Learn

• Salon operations, consultations, tools, and equipment: the requirements, care and use of the equipment necessary for the hairstyling professional and the professional requirements in a salon.
• Hair and scalp care: the anatomy of the hair and its function and of hair types and conditions. The correct use of various hair analysis methods and tools and the recording of the findings are also considered.
• Hair cutting: the basic types of haircuts for men and women and an understanding of the theory the fundamentals of haircutting. Students also learn to identify cutting varying types of textures, as well as the foundations and skills to effectively style clients’ hair from wet to dry. Additionally students learn to use hair products and tools for a specific style and hair texture.
• Hair styling: using colour to promote harmony. Course content includes colour, physiology, skin tone, and the relationships with different colours.
• Chemically wave and relax hair: an introduction to chemical texturizing (perm waving) and hair relaxing and curl reforming.
• Colouring hair: an introduction to hair coloring techniques and the effects it has on the hair.
• Specialized services and standards: advanced skills to style client’s hair to effectively apply an advanced styling approach. Students learn special techniques, procedures, the use of specialty tools, and advanced finishing artistry.