Celebrate Black History Month

The 2022 theme of Black History Month is “Black Health and Wellness.”

At New Age Spa Institute, this theme resonates especially with our value on wellness and inclusivity.

The rich culture and accomplishments of Black Americans today not only strengthen our nation, but a large number choose to represent and progress the beauty community. We recognize the intersectionality of black women regarding beauty standards and the need to expand our industry’s diversity standard.

At New Age Spa Institute, our world-renowned educators teach classes that explore the emerging modern approaches for brown and black skin. These classes include “Innovative Treatments for Complex Clients” and “Ethno-Esthiology: Treating Skin Discoloration and Skin Problems in Skin of Color.”

Aside from the most well-known activists and civil rights pioneers like Rosa Parks and Malcom X, we’d like to honor a few of the contributions that black women have made in the beauty and wellness industry.

Madame C.J. Walker – In 1905, she found her success when she invented a line of haircare products and became the first African American woman self-made millionaire.
Pat McGrath – Other than her legendary status as a stunning makeup artist on fashion runways, her makeup line, Pat McGrath Labs, is amazing quality and can be found at Sephora.
Balanda Atis – As L’Oréal’s Women of Color Lab manager, Atis works in research and development of new shades in the laboratory, and spearheaded a new category devoted to creating a wide spectrum of shades for Black women in all L’Oréal products.

The New Age Spa Institute doesn’t have to look too far for inspiration. We’re honored to include Black students, alumni, and staff in the New Age Spa Institute’s legacy of quality and education in nail technology, makeup, massage therapy, esthetics, and clinical aesthetics. Among the many, we’d like to finish some of the most recently featured professional makeup artistry work done by our NASI alumni Morgan Farrior, founder of Akee Artistry.

Read on for ways you can celebrate Black History Month.

Support Black owned small businesses and entrepreneurs
Acknowledge the issue of colorism and work toward finding inclusive solutions
Follow Black Estheticians on Social Media like Nai (@LAbeautyologist) famed for her #60secondrule and explore skin tips with Sean Garrette (@sgarretteskin)
Read poetry and other literary works from Black authors like Octavia E. Butler’s “Kindred” and Laila Haidarali’s “Brown Beauty: Colour, Sex, and Race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II”
Study Black artists’ contributions like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kara Walker, and ‎Edmonia Lewis