100% Purchase Price Protects Clean Water… 

Our “Light the Way” 100% naturally derived soy wax candle infused with organic lavender (smells grrreat) and other pure flower and plant extracts in candleholders that were once wine cooler bottles (awesome)…available (limited supplies) in honor of Earth Month 2010. 

Your Light The Way^TMcandle purchases and donations since 2007 have touched the lives of 25,000 families worldwide by helping Global Greengrants fund water projects like these: training 3,500 people in sustainable and organic agriculture methods; helping 20 communities implement local water resource management plans; enabling 100 communities to take action against toxic industrial pollution and hundreds of other projects that have helped protect water rights and water access around the world.

Available at Aveda Institutes Florida!!

Our team members, and students, are joining efforts to raise money for Haiti Relief.  We are shedding our black – hard to believe we know, and wearing jeans for a $5 donation to the fundraising effort, and we’re doing so the entire month of February.  Our hope is to make a small difference wherever we can.

The wonderful team at the Aveda Institute Tallahassee works hard to make a difference in their community providing services and assistance to a number of groups in need.  Ladies from the Chelsea House, a transition home for homeless women, recieved the royal treatment  Christmas Eve, and many had the time of their lives.  They received manicures, shoulder massages, hair and makeup applications from the Aveda Institute.  Dressed in their best attire, they boarded a limousine and cruised neighborhoods in search of the best holiday light display in town.  In addition to the Aveda Institute, various businesses, including Mikes Limousine, Walmart, Starbucks, The Cake Shop, Peterbrooke Chocolatier, Winn-Dixie and realtor, Sandra Purvis, donated food, transportation, and money in support of the event.

 Stumped as to what to buy your favorite co-worker, best friend, sibling, spouse, parent or even in-law?   Aveda has the perfect answer and the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday list - an Aveda Gift Set!  The best part is that every gift set, topped with Nepali handcrafted paper, makes a difference.  For 3 years, Aveda has joined hands with paper-making communities in Nepal to sustain real change. 

YouTube- Aveda 2009 Holiday Video 

Visit your local Aveda Salon, or any of the four Aveda Florida Institutes, to make this holiday the brightest ever!

Thank you everyone for helping the Aveda Institutes Florida raise $20,000 for the Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation during the month of October.  The Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder.  Since 2004, Aveda has contributed $1.2 million! 

Here’s how we did it:

• t-shirt sales
• pink hair strand sales
• fashion shows
• bake sales
• yard sales
• Walk to the Light live auction
• and more.

“Thank You” for your support!

Sweet sixteen! It is required that students are above compulsory school age, which is 16, to attend the Aveda Institute Florida.  Additionally, students must have earned either a high school diploma or GED prior to acceptance into the Aveda Institute’s educational programs.  However, attending beauty school is about more than just your age, it is about your ability to further your education in preparation for life…your life! 

At the Aveda Institutes Florida, we value the importance of all education and we believe it is through education that:

• knowledge is received and shared
• our minds are opened to new ideas and 
• we are prepared for wise leadership and personal development.

So…if you’re 16, have your diploma/GED, you’re good to go!! 

Contact the Aveda Institute Florida  admissions team to learn more about the process of acceptance.

The November issue of Real Simple, within their Beauty Guide, ranked our very own Smooth Infusion Shampoo as the Best Natural Shampoo, stating that it tames flyaways with babassu oil, aloe and guar bean.  Daily cleansing smooths and softens hair up to 60%. Congratulations Smooth Infusion!!

 The endless opportunities available to an AVEDA Institute graduate are commonly taken for granted.  Yet, some of our graduates have taken their education, talent, and desire to excel, to the next level by teaching and promoting the Aveda experience throughout the beauty and product network.

Cresent Davis, a 2008 Aveda Institute Tallahassee graduate, has taken her remarkable talent and interest in the beauty industry to that level…

While a student, Cresent entered into the Edwin Neill Full Potential Competition where her passion for makeup was ignited.  Her introduction to the variety of palettes made its mark on her and changed the course of her career.  From that point forward, she was determined to take Aveda makeup to an entirely different spectrum of the beauty industry while educating people on the countless impressions and final touches that could be achieved with Aveda’s all-natural makeup.

She began doing freelance work as a makeup artist in the local Tallahassee area, from weddings, to proms, to local salon events and large-scale charity balls.  She even worked closely with the FSU Film School.  This exposure led to a position as a makeup artist for the FSU thesis film, Drift. Her debut was created entirely with the use of Aveda makeup.  Cresent’s talent led to a position as Makeup Director for six more contracted films and the honor of being published in Tallahassee magazine.

Her goal of becoming an Aveda Global Makeup Professional is well under way and her desire to teach and educate Aveda students and professionals on Aveda makeup is sure to take her to the top!          

Congratulations Cresent – you are a true inspiration!