Beauty Careers for Graduates of Aveda Institutes in Idaho

The Aveda Institutes in Boise and Twin Falls can prepare you for whichever beauty career you want to enter – but which one is right for you? Here, we’ll give an overview of Idaho’s different types of beauty jobs, including how much you could earn in each career.

Cosmetology Careers in Idaho

When you graduate from a cosmetology program in Idaho, the beauty world is your oyster. You may choose to be a beauty generalist, providing services in hair styling, makeup, basic skincare, and nails. Or, you might decide to specialize in one or two disciplines.

Licensed cosmetologists in Idaho are qualified to cut, dye, and style hair, perform skincare treatments, apply makeup, and provide a wide variety of other services. Those who enroll at our Aveda Institutes in our cosmetology or esthetician programs can opt to take the Bella Lash Extension Certification Course. Once trained in lash extensions, you can become a lash tech or add lash extensions to expand the services you offer.

Idaho cosmetologists can work in many settings. Most people think of working in a salon or day spa—whether you own it yourself or have a chair or booth—but there are many other venues to be a beauty practitioner. These may include medical and retirement facilities, or traveling on location to perform services at people’s homes or for special events such as weddings.

Working as an Esthetician

Our esthetics program teaches students how to succeed in a skincare career. Estheticians in Idaho can perform lash and brow tinting, temporary hair removal, electronic and traditional facials, chemical exfoliation, makeup application, aromatherapy, and more. They may work in salons, spas, on the road, and many other locations.

Like cosmetology students, esthetician students at the Idaho Aveda Institutes can complete the optional Bella Lash Extension Certification Course and become part-time or full-time lash techs.

Nail Technology Careers

The nail technician program at the Boise and Twin Falls Aveda Institutes trains students fast to become nail techs in salons and spas. In the state of Idaho, licensed manicurists can paint nails, apply acrylics, offer nail art and designs, and more.

Barbering Career Details

Barbers are qualified to provide any treatment they learned in an Aveda Institute barbering program. Most choose to offer a wide range of services, including hair and beard treatments, in barbershops. While cosmetologists spend a lot of time on longer hair, barbers tend to focus on shorter hair needs.

Beauty Careers Beyond Client Services

Many graduates of beauty programs earn a living doing something other than provide beauty services to clients. You’re only limited by your imagination, but here are just a few job titles you might hold with formal training in beauty:

  • Product sales or marketing – As a trained beauty professional, you could become an in-house expert with a beauty brand such as a company that sells hair styling equipment or nail polish, testing new products and techniques or doing content marketing for the brand.
  • Beauty influencer – With your expertise in beauty techniques and products and unique personality, you just might be the next social sensation on the platform of your choice.
  • Entrepreneur – Many licensed cosmetologists are self-employed or own their own shop or booth, but there are options beyond this to create a business around your passion. Maybe you want to try your hand at creating your own cosmetics brand, or selling your own lash extensions.
  • Educator – Our full-time instructor program is for licensed cosmetologists who want careers teaching the next generation of cosmetologists. Beyond teaching relevant skills, cosmetology instructors use tried-and-true teaching methods to ensure their learners get the best education possible. This means everything from lesson planning and implementation to providing one-on-one support.

Comparing Beauty Careers

There are multiple considerations when figuring out what beauty path to follow. Above all, it’s about what you want to do at work each day – which we’ve detailed above. But, if you want to compare these tracks against each other, consider this:

Career 2023 Median Salary 2020-2030 Anticipated Growth Training Hours in Idaho
Cosmetologist or Hair Stylist $30,990 23% 1,600
Esthetician $37,060 18% 600
Nail Technician $35,620 15% 400
Barber $36,150 17% 900
Instructor $48,280 29% 500 – 1,000

Salary and growth information is from O*Net Online. The barber salary information is the national average. Beauty instructor data are for all postsecondary career and technical instructors. Actual amounts vary based on exact locations, types of workplaces, years of experience, and more. These estimates do not include self-employed beauty professionals.

It’s important to note that the median salaries listed may be skewed low; certainly there are limitations to how the federal government gathers data. Other sources such as surveys of tax records indicate that, for instance, full-time hairstylists could readily make double these listed median salaries. In addition, Aveda Twin Falls or Aveda Boise grads have been known to parlay their training into six-figure annual earnings. While this kind of success can never be guaranteed, we know it is possible and meet amazing students all the time with the raw grit and savvy to make that happen.

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