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Here is a list of how we will be raising money this April in support of the Hopkins demonstration forest!! Check out all of the amazing opportunities we have this year to have fun and give back!
1. Hopkins Demonstration Field Day
When: Sunday April 10th | Time: 10-12 and 12-4pm ( for Hands-On)
Where: The Hopkins Demonstration Forest
What: Come out and join students and staff of The Aveda institute Portland and Dosha Salon Spa for a guided tour through this fantastic forest! Get educated and for those of you wanting to...
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It is time to kick off the annual Earth Month Poster Photo Contest!!! Every year we hold a contest that gives you, our students, the chance to be the stylist behind our earth month poster! This is a huge opportunity to have your work on posters, social media, and even the tickets for our Evening for Earth Event! Check out some of our winners from years past:
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Holly is one of those people who has a wonderful energy about her. She has been the darling of her class and the kind of student, that when instructors close the door to the lunchroom, they sigh and ramble on about her openness to learn and do and grow. We sat down with her on what it was like to be moving into the next phase of her life, in a career as an aesthetician.
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Amanda Linton: The Loud One. The Jokester. The Heart.
Amanda is the self-proclaimed loud one. Seriously, it is the first thing she will tell you. She will also tell you about how she found something she is passionate for at the age of 29 and how much she loves the girls she became so close with at AIP. Plus the girl is just dang funny! Amanda, is a girl with a lot of layers and it makes her the kind of...
Wyatt Strand: The Trendsetter. The People-Person. The Look.
Wyatt Strand is the kind of guy you see a mile away, and not just because he is 6'4. To say he has had a big presence here at AIP for the last 2300 hours, is to say the very...
The Mission: Finding out what it is really like to leave beauty school and enter the AIP Alumni Family
Yesterday we got the chance to catch up with our 4 student speakers for last nights graduation. We followed them throughout the day, snapping pics and asking questions that made them a little misty eyed. Our goal was to find out what it is like, from their perspective, to be a student, a speaker, and...
Welcome back to our frighteningly fabulous Halloween hair and makeup looks! Brought to you by our stylist team, these too-cute costume ideas are ready for you to rock out step by step just in time for the most spooktacular time of the year...
Look #2 - Kitschy Alien Queen
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It's the most spooktacular time of the year!
Don't spend another October scouring the Halloween shops for a last minute party look - our team of stylists has created three delightfully stylish Do-It-Yourself costume ideas ready for you in 10 simple steps! Join us this week to catch each these chic hair and makeup looks worthy of a ghoulish good time...
Look #1 - Paper Doll Sweetheart
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Fall is upon us and that means a lot of delicious pumpkin things but also Fall Fashion Week! Every PNW resident’s favorite season. Aveda was at Fall Fashion week doing hair and makeup for some amazing brands like, Chiara Boni La Petite Robe, Oskar Metsavaht, and Latinista™, just to name a few. With a crew headed up by some big names like Jon Reyman, Tippi Shorter and Janell Geason the results are of course stunning!
First up on our radar...