About Our School

Long known to the residents of Santa Monica and Los Angeles as Hawthorne Beauty School, we were honored to become a TONI&GUY® Hairdressing Academy in 2008. With the look and feel of our Los Angeles area beauty school being very open, passersby can see the action that goes on in every room through the nearly floor-to-ceiling glass windows that line the entire facility’s facade. On the inside, our design showcases the history and collections of TONI&GUY very prominently and in a way that is meant to inspire. In order to keep our TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy stylishly current and on-trend, given our visibility to the outside world, we also update the interior of our cosmetology school every few years!

One thing that does not change, however, is the quality of our cosmetology program and other beauty profession related courses. Our instructors have real-world experience in the beauty industry and have also attended an accredited hair design school or hair stylist school.  Leaning on over 150 combined years of industry and educational experience, our team of beauty experts knows how to transform talent and passion into skill and devotion. Not your typical cosmetology education, our unique combination of teaching methods that include demonstration, discussion, practice, and more, results in cosmetology school graduates capable of nearly anything. Have you ever visited our TONI&GUY Student Salon?