The five weeks hair school didn’t give you.
Hair school teaches you how to become a hairstylist. Cove Academy helps prepare you for what comes next.
Cove Academy is a five-week, hands-on program created for hairstyling students and recent graduates who want to feel more confident stepping into real salon life.
Because graduating with your license and feeling ready to work behind the chair are two very different things.

Over five Sundays inside Cove Hair Co., we’ll bridge the gap between school and the salon with honest conversations, hands-on education and practical skills you can actually use in the beginning of your career.
We’ll talk about the things that aren’t always taught in hair school:
How to find the right salon
How to be a great apprentice
Salon etiquette
Working with a mentor
Taking feedback
Communicating professionally
Creating an amazing client experience
And so much more.
Then we’ll take those foundations behind the chair.
You’ll learn how to lead a thorough consultation
Read the hair in front of you
Approach cutting and styling with intention
Plan a modern blonding service from consultation through toning
Understand the why behind the decisions you’re making not simply memorize another technique.
Being a hairstylist is about more than doing great hair.
We’ll also teach you how to start:
Building your personal brand
Create content
Photograph your work
Write captions
Use social media intentionally
Find models and begin building a clientele even when you're starting from zero.
Finally, we’ll talk about the part of becoming a hairstylist that often gets overlooked entirely: building a career that actually works for you. You'll learn the basics of:
Retention
Rebooking
Retail
Understanding your numbers
Protecting your time
Setting professional boundaries and creating realistic goals for the stylist and life you want to build.
Five Sundays
Five Parts Of Your Career
01 SALON READY
Salon life, apprenticeships, professionalism, communication, client experience and becoming the kind of apprentice people want to teach.
02 CONSULT • CUT • STYLE
Consultations, reading the hair, cutting fundamentals, a modern salon haircut, blowouts, finishing and teaching your client how to maintain their look.
03 MODERN BLONDING
Colour consultations, hair history, reading the canvas, strategic placement, foiling fundamentals, hair integrity, processing, toning and creating modern dimensional blondes.
04 GET SEEN
Personal branding, social media, content, hair photography, captions, models and practical ways to start building a clientele.
05 BUILD YOUR CAREER
Retention, rebooking, retail, understanding your numbers, boundaries, professional communication and creating a 90-day plan for your career.
We aren't here to reteach everything you've already learned.
We're here to help you connect the pieces.
Classes are intentionally small, relaxed and interactive so you can ask questions, practise, make mistakes and learn alongside working salon professionals in an actual salon environment.
You'll leave with five weeks of education, hands-on experience, your own Cove Academy workbook and resources, and a clearer understanding of what stepping into the industry can actually look like.
You don't need to have everything figured out before you start.
You just need to be ready to learn.
5 Sundays • Small Group • Hands-On Education
$749 + HST
Cove Hair Co. | London, Ontario
Be teachable. Be intentional. Build something sustainable.
Click Here To Register For January 2027