Guides
Practical, honest articles on training paths, certification, licensing basics, and building a practice in electrolysis, cosmetology, and waxing.
These guides go deeper than a single FAQ answer or a state licensing table. Each one tackles a specific question we hear often from students and practitioners: how to sequence online theory against in-person school hours, which license path actually fits the services you want to offer, what a national certification exam like IBEC's CPE credential really involves, what to check before opening a home-based practice, and what genuinely drives income in a hands-on service profession.
We hold these articles to the same standard as the rest of the site. We do not print numbers we cannot verify, we do not duplicate the state-by-state hour tables that already live on our licensing pages, and we are direct when the honest answer is "it depends on your state" rather than inventing a one-size-fits-all number. If a guide sends you to check a specific detail with your state board or a certifying body, that is intentional, not a cop-out.
Guides FAQ
We add guides as real, useful questions come up often enough from students to warrant a full article, rather than on a fixed schedule.
No. Guides cover general, cross-state topics like training sequencing, certification, and running a practice. State-specific hour requirements, exams, and fees live on our licensing pages, and we intentionally do not duplicate those tables here.
Yes. Contact us with what you would find useful and we will consider it.