This school is REALLY BAD!!!!
I was in the esthetics course with Ms. Grant. I quit 2 weeks before graduation because I was worried about applying for jobs with this school on my resume. They only taught one type of basic facial that was used for everyone. It consisted of cleanser, exfoliant, mask and moisturizer. No Toner or serums. We didn't learn about serums or any other correction products.
We didn't learn anything about skin types or which products should be used on which skin types. It was literally one product for everyone.
We were never taught makeup. We only brought in our own makeup and used it on each other without sterilization just to complete the quotas. Our lash instructions consisted of being handed a box of lashes, dried up glue and dummy heads and we were told to work on our lashes. There was absolutely no instruction given. Two of the students ran to CVS to get some glue because all the glue we were given was literally dried up and unusable.
The conditions were unsanitary. We were never once instructed to wash our hands before touching someone's face. We used the same dirty sponges on every person. One Tuesday after a long weekend the wet sponges were green and they were still used on people's faces. We were instructed to change the barbizide once a week, which is gross enough, but I never saw it get changed the entire 6 weeks I was there and it was used everyday to soak the disgusting sponges.
The teacher was moody and we never knew if she was going to be in a good mood or snapping at everyone. She claimed to be very experienced and knowledgeable but as the class went on it became clear that she really didn't know a lot outside of her basic routine. There was a ton of wasted downtime in the class. First thing in the morning, the teacher read directly out of the textbook for about an hour. After that we were on our own. After lunch we went to the lab to do facials. We weren't allowed to be in the classroom during lab time and vice versa. If you didn't have a client you did nothing. We were supposed to complete 40 facials but we got 2 quotas for each facial we did because we had limited clients. They had absolutely no paying clients while I was there. We got quotas for working on dummies, and we even got a quota when a facial was done on us so we probably only completed 8-10 actual hands on facials.
You don't receive a license from this school, only a certificate.
I am now attending a reputable school where I will receive a state license, and have realized that Orange Tech was even worse than I initially thought. The amount of basic information that is not taught at OTC is a lot. I can't imagine that anyone who graduated from OTC's esthetics program was actually able to get a job. read more