Learning Experience

Students get high marks making clients look and feel good at Royal Oak's sleek Douglas J. Aveda Institute.

Spa Spy

Courtesy of Douglas J. Aveda Institute

On the surface, having a student perform the work of a trained professional doesn’t sound like a good idea.
However, experience isn’t everything. Some people who boast about their seniority have been doing the same mediocre job for years and never aspire to improve. Conversely, some students are a quick study, charged with enthusiasm, and are as eager to please as they are to learn. I once had a student perform a massage on me at a school of myomassology, and he turned out to be better than a lot of seasoned masseurs I’ve had.
So I wasn’t too concerned when I learned that the people who would be performing my manicure and pedicure at the new Douglas J Aveda Institute in Royal Oak were students.

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