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VisionCAST 2015

By JanyNicole Stehman Over the holidays the students divided into groups and did a creative editorial photo-shoot competition we dubbed VisionCAST 2015. They were able to decide what they felt the upcoming hair and makeup trends would be, style their group members to reflect those trends and post the images online. Winners were picked by one final

Real Weddings, Real Happi

By JanyNicole Stehman Esthetics student Happi Y. recently won the Garden Party Cover Model contest for Real Weddings Magazine. She was one of three finalists to be showcased in the current issue and her solo work will be on the cover of the February issue. The shoot to decide the final winner took 13 hours, during

The Underground Revolution

By JanyNicole Stehman On November 17th 2014 8 finalists all gathered in Las Vegas to compete in Underground Revolution’s Men’s Haircutting Championships hosted by Peter Anthony.  Andy Bates, Senior Stylist at AJFsalon and part time teacher here at Federico,  was one of those 8. Finalists competed to place in one of three categories, Best Over

Halloween Round-Up

By JanyNicole Stehman It’s the 31st and the official end of our month-long  Halloween activities at Federico. October lets us explore a different side of the beauty industry than what we see in the normal day to day. We go from the everyday to full fantasy. The students get to do everything from dolls and

Foil Boot Camp

4 pm on a Wednesday in the Advanced Training room… Ms. Carrie has a small group of students for a class she likes to call Foil Boot Camp. The class revisits concepts that they learned in color class, but is designed to strengthen the student’s dexterity and proper foil placement.  She reminds them that, “Tension

Study Abroad: Tokyo, Japan

A group of nine very lucky students left October 16, 2013 for “The Land of the Rising Sun,” Tokyo, Japan. After an incredibly long International flight, the students hit the ground running! Throughout their journey the students got to sightsee, learn about Japanese Culture, and engage in Japanese traditions but most importantly the students got to be a