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BY KAMERYN GRIESSER
Jennifer Painter took over the business from her father after his death in 2021.
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Painter said students are trained to cut and style a variety of hair textures to serve a more diverse range of clientele.
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Central Texas Beauty College celebrates 40 years in Round Rock Many parents teach their teenagers how to drive, but Jennifer Painter was taught how to do nails. Her father, Robert Painter, owned the Cen- tral Texas Beauty College for more than 35 years. “The beauty business tends to run in families,” said Jennifer, who used the money from working as a nail technician to pay her way through law school.
family-owned ethos. “You genuinely get the feeling that they care for you and your success,” Oliveres said. Most students get through the courses in seven months, Jennifer said, and the school has a passing rate on the state licensing exams of nearly 100%. The impact CTBC has worked with the Baptist Children’s Home in Round Rock to provide free haircuts and manicures to children and their mothers. “I didn’t realize until I was 40 working in corporate law that there has never been a more rewarding job in my life than doing nails,” Jennifer said.
When Robert died in 2021, Jennifer took over, determined to uphold CTBC’s legacy of providing students with an a ordable beauty education. The overview CTBC is a vocational school that has o ered cosmetology and manicuring license coursework to Round Rock and Temple for 40 years. In Round Rock, the 11,000-square-foot campus can accom- modate up to 120 students. Students nearing the end of their coursework can o er services at discounted rates under the supervision of their instructors. Cosmetology student Chelsea Oliveres said besides a ordability, she chose the school for its
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