Georgia Cosmetology CE – License Renewal Deadline March 31, 2012

Calling all cosmetologists in Georgia! The Georgia cosmetology license renewal date of March 31, 2012 is fast approaching. Five hours of CE are required every two years to maintain a GA cosmetology ce license and time is running out for 2012 renewals.

The Georgia Board of Cosmetology mandates that every cosmetologist in the state have a license, which needs to be renewed every two years. To renew, license cosmetologists are required to complete five hours of continuing-education (CE) credit: three hours of health and safety courses developed by the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE), and two hours of other courses in health and safety or in a related area of practice, such as industry trends, computer skills, or business management.
To complete their continuing education, license holders can select from a list of approved CE course providers published by the Georgia Board of Cosmetology. Note that not all cosmetology schools in Georgia are on the list.

Cosmetologycampus.com, an approved online provider of cosmetology continuing education, and the cosmetology portal of e-learning hub 360training.com, offer a suite of 5-hour complete packages, each one fully approved by and meeting all the requirements (including the required 3-hour DTAE course) of the Georgia state board. Students can simply choose the Georgia 5-Hour Cosmetology Success Package or the Georgia 5-Hour Cosmetology Career Package to satisfy all the CE requirements for license renewal. Students also have the option of selecting individual courses. For example, the 3-hour HIV Prevention and Sanitation (DTAE course) can be combined with a 2-hour course, such as the 2-hour Hair Color Made Simple, to complete the 5-hour CE requirement.

Cosmetologycampus.com offers two convenient formats for CE courses: online and e-book. If students select the online format, all course materials and quizzes are available online. Students will log in with a password and click through to the multimedia course. Students selecting the e-book format will download an e-book (PDF format) to study at their convenience then take an online exam. Students can print certificates of completion after the successfully completing the final quiz.
For more information regarding Georgia cosmetology CE courses at cosmetologycampus.com, contact 360training.com at 1-888-360-TRNG.

Poison Nails – What? A Cosmetologist should know

Toluene. Butyl acetate. Ethyl acetate. Dibutyl phthalate. Four common ingredients in nail polish, four common health hazards. If ingested (swallowed or inhaled by accident, one hopes), in large enough amounts, they can cause any of the following: eye irritation and possible eye damage, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, balance problems, coma. They can also cause cancer in the long run.

If you’re a cosmetologist with a proper cosmetology license, you shouldn’t worry. Proper training in health hazards and health issues are provided in cosmetology CE (continuing education) from cosmetology schools like Cosmetologycampus.com, a top provider of online training for cosmetology professionals. Practicing cosmetology is no nail-biter if you’ve got the right knowledge at your fingertips.

If any of these symptoms manifests itself, bring the victim to a hospital immediately. The amount of poison ingested determines how well the patient recovers. The faster he or she gets emergency medical care, the better the odds of recovery. Nail polish usually comes in small bottles, so lethal poisoning is highly unlikely in cases of accidental ingestion. This, mind you, shouldn’t be an excuse not to get immediate medical help.

Beauticians working in poorly ventilated nail salons are in danger of inhaling too much nail-polish fumes, which can cause "painter syndrome." It’s a permanent condition, unfortunately, characterized by balance problems, speech problems, and memory loss.

Cosmetology Nails Day – Start Your Carer as a Professional Cosmetologist!

Fall is the witching hour of the fashion year, when colors are supposed to give way to the season’s grays, but don’t. And so this fall that old word “incarnadine,” that most alive of reds, comes back to life. This fall, incarnadine makes a big splash on the nails scene with a classic comeback courtesy of Dashing Diva Stock Exchange polish. 

The deep blues are back, too, resurrected, as it were, from the deepest recesses of the Cathedral Gothic. Stained-glass blue and bronze manicures amalgamated from a base of CND Midnight Sapphire, tipped with Gold Chrome, then emboldened with drips of Gold Pearl, Iced Blue Shimmer, and Midnight Sapphire.

The grays are getting an airing as well, courtesy of the models at Wes Gordon. After graying the fingernails, layer a shiny coat over matte or cream-dove gray.

To know more which colors to snatch from the grays this autumn and about how haute you can go with nail fashion, head on to Cosmetologycampus.com, the leading cosmetologyschool online.  It provides convenient and complete training packages—including the cosmetology CE (continuing-education) program that many state cosmetology boards require—that lead to a cosmetology licence in your state.

Again, Health Dangers in Nail Salons – Cosmetologycampus.com Has All The Solutions

The health hazards of a visit to a nail salon have seen ample publicity in print and in blogs in recent years, but because of the relative ease with which diseases such as bacterial, fungal, and viral (HIV, for instance) infections are transmitted, they certainly bear repeating.

Salon technicians across the U.S.—from those who have gone through training like the Kentucky cosmetology CE to cosmetology aspirants in Texas just taking up the Texas cosmetology CE—are taught in cosmetology class or in cosmetology CE about the dangers of infection from improperly cleaned and disinfected instruments such as scissors and clippers, and on how to reduce or eliminate these health hazards.

Health Magazine recently underscored this when it put together practicable safety tips for the practical and conscientious nail-salon client. 

·         Before anything else, ask the salon technician to wash her hands. Yes, it’s almost rude, but it’s necessary and it’s the professional way.

·         Make sure that the technician has properly cleaned her workstation after her client before you. Lysol or Clorox are in order. 

·         Don’t let the technician cut your skin, period. If she (or he) has to, make sure that the implement used (usually a cuticle clipper or a Credo blade) has been thoroughly cleaned and properly sterilized. Ask how the sterilization was done. 

·         Bring your own implements, if you prefer, if your salon doesn’t provide a new buffer and file. 

·         Ask for a single-use plastic hand bowl inside the ceramic bowl when given a fresh bowl of soapy water to soak your nails in. This, of course, reduces contact with germs while you soak. 

·         Don’t depilate (shave, wax or use hair-removal creams) a day before a pedicure. Recently depilated legs often have small abrasions or micro-cuts in the skin that can become entry points for germs. Best to delay your salon visit for at least a day to give your traumatized skin time to heal. 

·         Shun artificial nails, no matter how good they look on you. They tend to lift from the natural nail at the base, creating space for microbes to proliferate in. 

·         Make sure the salon is licensed and the technicians’ licenses are posted.

Cosmetologycampus.com, a top provider of online training for cosmetologists, provides not just a convenient, fully online cosmetology CE program (mandatory in renewing a cosmetology license), but also vital training to prevent infections at the salon.

A Cosmetic Job After The Storm

Battered, flood-soaked East Coast, a week after tropical tempest Irene hit, is struggling mightily to recover its footing and its joie de vivre. The dire evidence of meteorological mayhem stretches from Florida to Vermont, with the total cost of damages threatening to breach the $10-billion mark. 

As New Yorkers and folks from other states try to get back into the groove, they are discovering (as others had in years past after a hurricane) that one of the ways to do that is surprisingly to have one’s hair done.

Having a perm or a haircut seems to have a cleansing effect on the psyche with the unexpected but welcome result of getting one past the post-disaster blues.

That is good news for cosmetologists and aspiring cosmetologists, who must earn their cosmetology licenses first via training and cosmetology CE (continuing education) packages at cosmetology schools like Cosmetologycampus.com, one of the leaders in the industry.

Across the U.S., annual salaries for cosmetologists are highly variable, depending on the industry in which they practice. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data revealed an average range of $15,530 to $42,460. On average, the full-time cosmetologist in a typical city or town receives about $11.13 per hour or $23,140 in a year. 

Cosmetologists who work in full-service salons, day spas, and as skin-care and nail technicians earn a bit higher, an average of $12.96 per hour or $26,950 per year. Those who work in Hollywood (movies and video) command an average hourly wage of $29.50 or an annual salary of about $67,370. Not bad.