WE HAVE MOVED!! Our facility is now located at

525 SW 12th Ave in downtown Portland.

Beau Monde Academy of Cosmetology is a competency-based program college which allows the student to accelarate in their course of training, depending on their skill level and individual learning. This competency based campus enables the student to complete the program sooner than in a clock hour program school.

}Using the Pivot Point approach to learning makes it possible for virtually every student to understand and learn easily. Students receive their own workbook library that works in conjunction with all instruction. Subjects include the designer's approach to hair sculpture, hair designs for classic styling and long hair styling, as well as perm and color techniques. At Beau Monde Academy of Cosmetology we have established career development courses that include setting up a business, resume preparation, advertising and promotion, time management, and salon success skills.

The founder of Pivot Point, Leo Passage, includes a welcome message from Pivot Point along with student identification card, lapel pin, certificates of achievement issued upon completion of the courses. With your Pivot Point training, you have the skills to work in the finest salons.

Beau Monde Academy of Cosmetology has established techniques along with progressive ideas and advanced staff training in areas of hair design, facial technology, nail technology and barber styling. Our mission is to serve the needs of private, vocational education; emphasizing a personal concern for its students.

As a Pivot Point-Beau Monde trained professional, you will have a wealth of opportunities open to you – opportunities not always available to the average stylist. With a Beau Monde diploma behind you, in our opinion you have an outstanding education in basic sculpture and design concepts, and that you're well on your way to success. The competency based training allows each student to progress through the course at a pace determined by each student's individual learning, successes and measurable achievement!

Pivot Point is a worldwide educational network utilized by Beau Monde Academy of Cosmetology. Using a system based upon timeless, universal concepts of science and art, Pivot Point teaching methods make it possible for virtually every student to understand and learn easily. The easy to follow, stepby-step modular learning system segments of design and technique are divided into simple units, enabling students to grasp concepts and develop the skills needed to excel in a professional environment.

Pivot Point's time tested, classic training methods undergo continual assessment, study and development, to ensure that students will have contemporary and professional "tools of success" upon the completion of the program of study.