Track 01
Cutting Foundations
No experience needed- Sectioning, elevation & tension
- Layers & graduation
- Blowout & finishing
- Curly & textured hair
By the endConsultation to finished cut and blowout, on your own.
Hands-on cutting, color & balayage — taught by Melany on a working Brooklyn salon floor.
What Brooklyn salons charge for the services you'll learn to do yourself.
Typical Brooklyn market rates for reference — not a promise of earnings. What you charge depends on your skill, speed, location and clientele.
Take one, or take all three. Hands-on from day one.
Track 01
By the endConsultation to finished cut and blowout, on your own.
Track 02
★ Signature
By the endFormulate, paint and tone a full balayage solo.
Track 03
By the endPrices set, booking ready, a plan for your first clients.
The salon floor
Sectioning
Formulating
Hand-painting
The cut
On the demo heads
The finish"I took the balayage class in the spring. I'm charging $220 a head now."
"Never held shears before the class. Six weeks later I rented my first chair."
"She taught me how to price. That conversation alone paid for the class."
Certificate of Completion
Recognizes hands-on training here. Not a New York State cosmetology license — we'll explain how the two fit together.
Send your name and which class. Melany replies with dates and pricing.
Small group, real tools, real hair — on the floor at 2581 Pitkin Ave.
Leave with a certificate, portfolio photos, and a plan for clients.
She built her salon on Pitkin Avenue one client at a time, and made her name on the balayage people cross Brooklyn for.
Everything she teaches is what she does every day — on real clients, in a real salon.
Two fields. Melany texts you back with dates and pricing — no obligation.
New to hair? Cutting Foundations. Already working and want stronger color? Color & Balayage. Going independent? Add Salon-Ready Business. Unsure — text us your goal and Melany will point you.
No. Cutting Foundations starts from zero. Color & Balayage welcomes beginners and working stylists alike.
Pricing and dates vary by class and group size — we send the current schedule the same day you reach out, with no obligation.
No — you earn a Melany's Beauty Academy Certificate of Completion for hands-on training. New York State licensure is a separate process; we'll explain how the two fit together.
Sí — Melany teaches in English and Spanish. Tell us your preference when you reserve.
Melany's Beauty Academy
Small groups. Real training. A certificate with your name on it.
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