Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Dallas is excited to feature Xiomara Bermudez and Alexandra McElhannon as our June Beauty School Students of the Month!

Xiomara Bermudez

Xiomara’s journey started from a desire to apply eyelash extensions. While researching, she found out she needed to get her license in Esthiology or Cosmetology first. She selected the Esthiology program since she has always been one to take care of her own skin. This was originally something she was going to do part-time, but it turned into a longer process than anticipated.

Once she finishes her program here at Aveda she will continue her training with hopes of becoming certified in lash extensions. After she completes her certification she will remain at her current job as a Front Desk Hostess where she has been employed for the last ten years and start working toward creating her own business. Lashes have been a passion of hers because she personally struggled with her own lashes. Having her own lashes done makes her feels beautiful and gives her a confidence level that she cannot even explain. For Xio, a lash application is a luxury and a way to pamper oneself so that your inner beauty can be reflected on the outside.

Xio also shared how she tells her guests that there is nothing wrong with admiring or loving something about themselves. As a Wellness, she always congratulates her guests for taking the time to do something for themselves. In return, making her guests feel good makes Xio feel good.
When asked what motivates her to continue on this journey, Xio simply stated she tells herself she made a commitment and she is not the type to break commitments. She feels Aveda sets the standards and expectations that students can take onto a professional world. They are given the formula for success and all you have to do is follow it! Her employer now is also someone she looks up to. To Xio, he embodies all the qualities a good boos should be. Her other motivator is one of her regular guests at work because when she shared she was possibly going to pursue this career she told Xio she can do anything she wants to do…never belittle herself to maybes.

Xio’s advice to her classmates and to future students is to act like a sponge. “Students are given all the tools for success…listen to the educators…follow the mission…if you are open about it and allow yourself to be engulfed in it, there is no way you cannot succeed”. Just like her Intro Educator, Wendi Hardage, would say…hop on that Unicorn! Absorb the positivity and avoid the negativity. Hearing her words of advice really confirmed what her Spa Educator, Jude Richter, described of Xio. He stated she is truly a day maker always going above and beyond not just for herself but for her classmates and even for him. When you walk into her treatment room she exudes kindness, respect and a nurturing spirit.

Xio truly encompasses everything a student should be and for that she is our Esthiology Student of the Month! Congratulations Xio!!