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"If you’re reading this, you must be considering a career in the beauty industry. Good for you!...You will not find a better mentor, coach, teacher, master, and, when needed, tough love provider, than Jill Kohler...When you graduate and need a career in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, look me up!"

Owner, Cary O'Brien's Colour and Day Spa
20+ year hairdresser, platform artist, trainer
St. Charles, Missouri
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Cosmetology Program

Kohler Academy offers comprehensive programs for hair stylists and skin therapy specialists. Prerequisites are minimal.

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Shampoo BowlsStudents in the Cosmetology Program study a basic foundation of courses in anatomy, hair sculpting and cutting, shampooing, grooming tools, sanitation, and hygiene using Pivot Point International’s world-renown Designer's Approach-based cirriculum. Advanced courses cover the methods and products involved in changing hair texture and color, skin therapy, nail care, and makeup application.

As the first and only Bumble and bumble University Partner School in the world, Kohler Academy cosmetology students learn exclusive cutting methods and techniques developed by the forward-thinking New York based company. Using Bumble and bumble products in their hands-on training provides students with in-depth product knowledge and facilitates a seamless transition to the Salon Clinic.

Students receive six coursebooks that include the following:

  • Cosmetology Fundamentals, A Designer's Approach to Career Success
  • Sculpture, A Designer's Approach
  • Hair Design, A Designer's Approach
  • Color, A Designer's Approach
  • Texture, A Designer's Approach
  • Salon Success, A Learning Guide for Career Advancement

All Kohler Academy students also spend time in the Salon Clinic, interacting with and servicing guests in a real-world setting. The Salon Clinic is a full service facility open to the public, and includes a professional reception area, retail shop, and 67 hair cutting stations.

  • Personal and professional development
  • Interpersonal skills and professional ethics
  • Theory of cosmetology, anatomy, physiology, and histology of the body, electricity, diseases, and disorders
  • Theory of infection control
  • State cosmetology laws and rules
  • Clinical and laboratory cosmetology, including theory that involves nails, hair, and skin
  • Principles and practices of infection control and safety
  • Recognition of diseases and the treatment of disorders of the hair, skin, and nails
  • Morphology and treatment of hair, skin, and nails
  • Interpersonal skills and professional ethics
  • Product pharmacology and chemistry interaction, formulation, composition, and hazards
  • Cosmetology machines, tools, and instruments and their related uses
  • Chemical texturizing
  • Changing existing hair color
  • Hair and scalp care
  • Fundamentals of hairstyling, including braiding and extensions
  • Body, scalp, and facial massage and manipulations
  • Hair cutting fundamentals
  • Fundamental aesthetics of the body and face
  • Fundamentals of nail technology
  • Clinical and laboratory practice that includes hair, skin, and nails
  • Alternative hair, skin, and nail technology
  • Pre- and post-client consultation, documentation, and analysis
  • Body and facial hair removal (except by electrolysis or laser)
  • Cosmetology technology
  • Required industry standards and ecology, including monitor duties