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Each year Salon Today, a top beauty industry magazine, releases their list of the top 200 salons in the country. These salons excel in a number of different categories including customer service, advanced education, growth, philanthropy and more.

Not only is Aveda Columbus passionate about providing students with the top quality training for careers in the beauty industry, we’re also passionate about giving back to the community and the earth.  Earth Month and the events associated with it offer students and staff to be a part of several amazing fundraising events for our [...]

The beauty industry is growing, and major news outlets are taking notice.  Earlier this week we shared an article in which US News and World Report named hairdresser as one of the top jobs in 2012.  Today we wanted to share an article by USA Today that touts the salon industry as turning the corner [...]

US News and World Report lists hairdresser as one of the top jobs for 2012 citing a 15.7% projected growth in employment from 2010 to 2020 during which 98,400 cosmetology jobs will need to be filled.  If you’ve been thinking about what your future holds, the time is now to take the first step toward [...]

Here at the Aveda Institute Columbus we make it our mission to create an experience that you can only get from our talented educators and staff.  We want to equip you with all of the skills necessary to make your dreams come true.  From curriculum to social responsibility to special events, the focus is you. [...]

The first day of February has come and gone, and this means we are getting closer and closer to Valentine’s Day. Ah Valentine’s Day, a time of red and pink roses, boxes of assorted candy and candlelit dinners. Many movies have a plot based around it and cupid’s calendar is planned around it. Women constantly [...]

Although blow dryers, flat irons and curling irons are used to make hair look its best, many times they are caught red handed when it comes to damaging hair. The high heat setting that most of these tools are set to can cause hair to become brittle, create split ends and even contribute to hair [...]

If you have ever dealt with thinning hair, you know how frustrating it can be. Hair products that actually reduce or stop hair thinning are impossible to find and home remedies are pretty strange (rubbing olive oil and an onion on your scalp? No thanks!). Well, Aveda has decided they want to take frustration out [...]

Braids of many varieties have been everywhere in 2011. Simple clean braids, fish tail braids, braided buns, one sided braids … the list goes on & on. One braid that is particularly easy and very stylish is the messy over-the-shoulder braid. This is a great look for the everyday; comfortable, simple and stylish all rolled [...]