Regency Beauty Institute

Regency Beauty Institute is a great place to get your cosmetology training, and have Beauty Services performed!

Read this if you are considering attending Regency as a student!
I am a student currently and since they have switched to the new Studio Luma program the educational experience has declined severely. I want all potential students to be aware that they will be sitting around watching videos and taking tests on tablets half of the time. When I first began before Studio Luma I got to experience workshop class and actually be shown by a real person right in front of me, my instructor, on how to do services. Not watch videos of strangers doing it who can’t answer any questions I have, which is how Studio Luma is. In all honesty, if I had missed out on workshop and began with Studio Luma, like anyone starting new will, I would not feel a single ounce of confidence in my work. I like my instructors but Studio Luma is a flawed program that wastes the students time. If you want to have a hands on learning experience Regency Beauty Institute is not the place for that anymore, not since they switched to Studio Luma. Also, in all honesty this school is not nearly worth $ 18,000 and they don’t tell you when you sign your contract or take a tour but be warned that they charge you more money if you get below 90% attendance, called overtime fees. For myself and all my fellow students they only informed us that you would be terminated if you got under 80% and nothing else. So we had assumed that as long as we were above 80% attendance we were okay but, surprise overtime fees! And these charges are extra, on top of the 18,000 you already pay. The real catch is that you have to pay them back before you clock your last hour at Regency so if you don’t have the money you can’t graduate, and when you aren’t there and haven’t graduated your attendance goes down and the overtime fees wrack up even more! So don’t get trapped by overtime fees!
Keep in mind, I didn’t post this to «bash» Regency, I am not angry with the school, I am just disappointment that they switched to Studio Luma half way through my stay because it is not what I was looking for when picking a school and I feel as though half of my education was stolen from me.