Independent directory · local and international training
Compare cosmetology, esthetics, hair, barbering, nails, lashes, brows and makeup training near you or abroad: qualifications, hours, kits and fees, each with a source and a date.
Counts are verified listings only. Coverage grows by research, not by claim: see the methodology and each destination’s research status.
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Subjects and specialties are grouped by pathway. Spelling variants such as aesthetician and esthetician, or hairdressing and hair styling, live on one page.
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Enter a city, state or postcode in the search above, or press “Use my location”. Only real teaching addresses count; online courses are never shown as local, and distances use the coordinates a school publishes.
US states with the most verified schools
31
Courses that say they are for beginners, with no prior qualification assumed.
66
Advanced skills and courses for people who hold a licence or qualification already.
20
Continuing education, where an authority’s approval and hours are confirmed.
Archive photographs of a vocational hairdressing and barbering school in 1953, used as general illustration. They do not show any school listed on this site. Image credits.
A certificate is not a licence, and a one-day workshop is not a career program. Browse by what the course awards and how long it runs. Short-term means under six months, long-term six months or more; these are browsing labels, not official levels.
Nineteen launch destinations, chosen for coverage, not ranked. Research status is shown honestly; a destination with no verified listing yet is marked as such.
A sample of verified teaching programs, one per school, alphabetical. It is not a ranking, and sponsors do not appear here.
Assessed provider certificateCareer training
A.S.P.P.E.I. · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Structured course (no award)Career training
Aaron's Academy of Beauty · Waldorf, Maryland, United States
Assessed provider certificateCareer training
ABC School of Cosmetology, Barber, Esthetics & Nail Technology · Lake in the Hills, Illinois, United States
Structured course (no award)Career training
Academy Di Capelli · East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Structured course (no award)Career training
Academy of Professional Barber/Stylists · Wheaton, Maryland, United States
Structured course (no award)Upskilling
Advanced Esthetics Institute · Eugene, Oregon, United States
Online and blended
45 online or blended offerings are verified so far, 1 with live teaching. Online theory does not mean a professional qualification can be finished remotely: each listing shows campus attendance, practical assessment and model requirements.
Tuition, registration, kit, consumables, uniform, assessment and awarding-body fees are recorded separately, in the original currency, with what the price includes. An instalment is never shown as a total, and a missing price never means free.
World Beauty Schools is an independent directory. It is not a school, a licensing authority or an accreditation body, and The destinations shown are launch destinations, not an official country ranking.