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THE CITIZEN
11
Robert Burrell- Creating
�I nviting Illusions'
By Larry Carter
Just because a person own
a hair brush and pair of clip­
per it doe not m e him or
her cosmetologist. Just
obert Burrell, owner of Kal -
mazoo Beauty Academy:
"You can buy vegetable,'
he ys, "but if you can't cook,
the meal is not going to be
inviting. "
And turning out profe ional
cosmetologi s who now how
to m e you 100 'inviting'
is what the Kalamazoo Beauty
c demy has been doing for
the p st 25 years.
The art of cosmetology is
intricately connected with the
fashion. industry 0 that each
fit and start - whether it origi­
nate from the west coast, the
ea co ,or as far away' as
Europe - i clo ly watched
by theKBA.
"It is a constantly changing
indu try," ys Burrell. "Pre-
gist mu complete 150 cloc
hour of training in a lieen d
institution ch the Kalama­
zoo Beauty Academy before he
or she can graduate with a
diploma. The graduate, then,
must send her papers to Lansing,
Michigan where they are proces-
d and a date is arranged for
the udent to take her state
board examination in Detroit.
"It can be an anxious
moment," say Rita Thomas,_
who received her license ay
16, 1984 after completing the
one-year course in ten months.
"I practiced up until the time
1 was to take the test, however,
and by then, I was confident."
Indeed, Rita proved to be
uch an exceptional tudent that
management at the KBA asked
her to stay on as an instructor.
'That meant 600 more hours,
and another state exam," Rita
says. "But 1 was ready for that
as well."
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All S rvices Performed
ntly, there i a kind of color
explo 'on oing on in hair.
And " ui les", or fun hair,
i in i the 'exploded 1 ok'
in to meone getting
out of bed, pu in their fingers
up through their hair, and
epping out into the treet.
And nail technician ... ye ...
nail arti try is a hot item."
AI , to eep up with r pid­
fire trend gue sarti ts are
brought in for th tudent
body. And minar to en­
lighten instructor in the latest
techniq ue are nece ry part
of the cademy' overall effort
to eep in ep ith a dynamic
indu try.
Under the leadership of
Robert Burrell since 1975, the
Kalamazoo Beauty Ac emy at
02 8. e ned e teache u
dent e 16 (minimum) to over
60 the art and ience of en­
hancing the individual.
Each prospective cosmetolo-
ccording to Robert Bur­
rell be ide having the techni­
cal ill a good co etolo­
gist mu be able to relate to
his/her client on a very per-
nal level. She must be nsi-
tive, and even prepared to deal
with the trauma of a client who
request that her hair be cut
short, only to scream once she
find that it has been. Burrell
refers to that ability a 'Chair­
side manner",
e're one of the few pro­
fe sions, out 'de of medicine,
where touching i not only
legal, but nece ary. nd,
just as a good doctor must
h ve a good bed ide manner, so
a good cosmetologi mus have
an equally good chair 'de man­
ner."
'Our busine is illu ionary,"
he continue. 'e cannot
change," which, for the e of _
vanity, is change, and just what
the doctor ordered.
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