Student work

Portfolios built in the chair.

A selection of student work from recent groups, photographed on the studio wall. Filter by discipline and open any image to see it larger.

Show

Graduate stories

Where some of them went.

Stories shared by graduates, as examples. Results vary with practice and the market; we do not promise work or income.

I do brides most weekends now, and gele for the mothers. I still use the timing sheet from the bridal module.

Ngozi, example client

I braid from a room in my house in Kubwa. The tension lessons saved my edges and my clients’ edges.

Aisha, example client

Three of us from the same nail group opened a small bar together in Lugbe.

Blessing, example client

Portfolio day

At the end of each term we invite Abuja salons, photographers and bridal planners to see graduate portfolios and meet the artists.

Graduates work on models while guests watch.

Each graduate gets a printed portfolio to hand out.

We introduce graduates to salons that are hiring, where we know of openings.

Your work here

Every course photographs your work after each module, so you leave with a real portfolio, not a promise.

Next step

New groups start every month, weekday and weekend.