Aesthetics Northwest Institute

Piece Of Crap School!. Skip this school. I read the other bad reviews on here & they are true. I toured the school & this place is a dump! You walk in, it's dark & I don't mean no lights, I mean in the sense that there is a coldness, no warmth or good vibes at all. The color of the place is kinda dark, not very uplifting or happy colors, it's depressing.

I talked with Vincent, the owners son in his office & it reeked of mold! The place is not clean looking & all the furniture, lights, etc. are very old looking, junky. Some thing's actually look broken & torn. The pedi station is a joke! They don't have actual pedi chairs like you expect.

The station is old 70's looking random chairs for clients. The student has a wheel around seat but also has to fill up plastic basin tubs for pedicures. They looked scruffy and dirty. That is gross! Plastic holds bacteria longer for 1 & 2, that is hard to fill up & lug around & 3, why not invest in REAL pedi chairs with the built in whirlpool foot soakers?

They take your money & don't put it back into this place. & it would also be beneficial for students to learn on real pedi spa stations since that's what they will be using after they graduate & start working. So he gives me the tour.

He goes over the costs of tuition & things & then tells me, the first 4 Saturday's a new student starts school, on all of those Saturday's I must bring a friend or family member with me to do 2 different sets of nails on. The first person comes the 1st Saturday & gets a gel set, then comes back in 2 weeks for a fill. The 2nd person comes the next Saturday & gets an acrylic set & then comes back in 2 weeks for their fill.

But this is only after 4 days of class people! Since this is the first time for students putting nails on, these poor people you have to bring & poor students too cause this is torture, but that person has to sit there for 6 hours to get it done! Saturday class is 9-3. I asked why do they have to be here all day?

He actually got quite snippy & rude & raised his voice saying, "have you ever put on a set of nails?" I said no. He said, "well it's going to take you that long to do them, that's why they have to be here all day" "you're going to have to make some kind of commitment to this class" I was like wtf! 1st of all, if it takes a student 6 hours to put on a set of nails & to fill them, clearly they are not ready to put nails on people so why make anyone go through that for 6 hours?

I sure don't want to sit 6 hours to get my nails done. It's the students 5th day, they are no where near ready for that! That's why it takes 6 hours to do it you moron! A new student is supposed to put in 100 hours before doing services on people. This told me that all this school is into is getting the students on the floor asap so they can start doing clients & make money for the school.

Why else would they make anyone go through that for 6 hours? That's ridiculous! If you read more of these reviews, you'll see more from former students who say the same thing, they make students work on clients way before they put in 100 hours & before they are even ready. They are just a greedy little s**t hole & could care less if the student is ready or if the client gets a good service. You're not going to get the education you need from them. They are not up on any new techniques. Right now the rage is Shellac so I asked if they taught this, his answer was no of course. If this is the new rage & it's what people are looking for & really want, why not teach it? They are too cheap to invest in the products!

I did a little test. I searched for people on facebook who went to this school & sent them messages asking about their experience & all of them said they do NOT recommend this place & that I'd be better off going somewhere else.

Just trust me, save yourself the time & skip this place!…

Worst Place Ever. DON'T GO TO THIS SCHOOL unless you want the following:1. An OWNER that is so rude and arrogant she talks down to you as if you are nothing, yes, this includes adults, OK, she's 80 something and in desperate need of updating her own education. 2. The owners son who is also arrogant, not friendly and holds your paperwork over your head as a control issue. 3. Only one other instructor who although is a nice person, knows little about today's new techniques and products not to mention proper sanitation procedures they know nothing about or practice. THIS school is stuck 20 years in the past. You can learn more on Youtube or from a good nail tech. They also will talk down about other schools and make themselves look better. Do not waste your time here. It's sad to pay all that money and have to learn and teach yourself how to do nails.

I do not believe for 1 second the positive reviews on their web site or this one. They ask people to write positive reviews but there is not much positive here. Do a filtered search for a post from Vincent M. 8/1/2011, a total lie. He is the owners son who works there. I truly do not believe any of these positive reviews.…

Thanks Aesthetics Northwest. I attended Aesthetics Northwest, in January 2011. I can speak only from my personal experience, and Aesthetics Northwest changed my life. I am a firm believer that every lesson is what you make of it. Going into any school, there will be high stress days and days of fun learning. Number one: school is to learn and better yourself. I knew when I walked into Aesthetics Northwest, it was my choice and I was ready to challenge myself as an Esthetician and individual. So in this case, I walked in with open arms and I was ready to give my all I did! And it was one of the best decisions I have made!!! Aesthetics Northwest introduced me to the technical side of Esthetics, the business world of how the industry works and how to become the qualified professional you want to be. I was taught from teachers that are the best in the industry. I was there to learn every day, and I gave my best. It was well worth the hard work and I am a better Esthetician for it. I went with every intention of learning as much as I could, yet on top of learning Esthetics, I left with friends that have touched my life in such a changing positive light. I continue these friendships and feel grateful. When you are looking at schools, go with your heart and be sure to go for the right reasons. Being an Esthetician is hard work. It's about putting all your efforts, working on your craft constantly, being able to adapt and take critique's to become better. I chose this career because I've always been a giving person, it is in my blood. I also knew the work behind it would be well worth it. I got my first job 2 weeks after graduation, and I love it. School prepared me to be a professional…