Taylor Andrews Academy, Provo

The classrooms at Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design trade chalkboards and desks for mirrors and styling chairs to create an environment for new stylists to hone their crafts. After a quarter of a century in the trade, owners Larry and Sherri Curtis opened the school with a curriculum the teaches the business side of salons, as well as essential beauty skills including hair design, makeup, extensions, aesthetics, and waxing. To supplement this core program, they bring in guest teaching artists, host photo shoots, and do everything else they can to turn their graduates into the styling successes of the future.

All of that is down the ombre brick road, of course. Today, the next generation of style unfolds at Taylor Andrews' salon chairs, and thankfully the general public can take advantage of these budding stars with services from nail design, to waxes, to colors and cuts for men, women, and children.