Cosmetology

Cosmetologists use a variety of skills to improve the personal appearance of their customers. If you enjoy helping others look and feel their best, cosmetology may be the right career for you. Students should enjoy interacting with people, have good listening skills, and have good manual dexterity.
The Lone Star College-Kingwood Cosmetology Program features small classes, excellent instructors, low tuition and fees, career planning and state-of-the-art facilities.
For more information, contact:
Bliss Mayberry, Coordinator
CLA 100 · 281.312.1680 or 281.312.1681
Bliss.Mayberry@lonestar.edu
kingwoodcollege.com/goto/cosmetology
Our programs

Lone Star College-Kingwood offers certificates for an operator's license, facial specialist, nail technician and cosmetology instructor license along with a 2-year associate of applied science degree.

The cosmetology operator certificate program is a full time, 12-month program. Graduates have many employment opportunities including becoming a stylist, skin-care specialist, make-up artist, or hair coloring and chemical technician.

Other options are to become a research assistant in the cosmetology industry, a sales representative for a beauty product, or beauty editor for newspapers and magazines. Salaries vary depending upon the place of employment and the graduate’s skills and experience.

The facial specialist certificate prepares an individual to perform all aspects of skin care and make-up. The nail technician certificate is designed to prepare an individual for all aspects of the nail profession. Each one of these certificates are approximately half of the length of the cosmetology certificate program.

The instructor program is for the individual who wishes to teach cosmetology in either a public school, college, technical school, or private cosmetology school.

Lone Star College-Kingwood
20000 Kingwood Drive
Kingwood TX 77339
Phone 281.312.1600