Why Barbering? Why Now?

The door just opened. Be early.

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Utah just rebuilt the path into barbering. For years, becoming a licensed barber meant the better part of a year in a classroom. Now, under the state's updated licensing law, there's a barbering permit you can earn in about 130 hours — roughly three and a half weeks of hands-on training.

That's not a loophole. It's the state's new front door. And the people who walk through it early — while the field is wide open — are the ones who'll have a head start building a clientele.

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​What a barbering career actually looks like

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Barbering is one of the few real crafts you can turn into a career fast — and then take anywhere.

• You're in demand. People need haircuts in good times and bad. It's about as recession-proof as a trade gets.

• You control your path. Work a chair in an established shop, build your book, rent your own chair, and one day run your own. The ladder is yours to climb.

• Your name travels with you. A great barber builds a following. Once clients trust your hands, they follow you — that's leverage no employer can take away.

• Flexibility. Set your hours, your style, your specialty. Few careers let you start this fast and steer this freely.

 

What your permit unlocks

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Your barbering permit makes it legal to cut hair for paying clients anywhere in Utah — haircuts, fades, clipper and shear work, razor and beard work, and hairpieces.

If you've been cutting on the side, this is how you go pro: market yourself openly, work in a real licensed shop, and put your name on your work without looking over your shoulder. Legitimacy isn't just a piece of paper — it's the difference between a side hustle and a career.

See the credential for yourself: Utah DOPL — Cosmetology/Barbering.

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Your ceiling is yours to set

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We won't hand you a fake number. What a barber earns comes down to skill, hustle, the clientele you build, and whether you're working a chair or renting your own. Some treat it as steady work; some build it into a serious living and their own shop. The craft gives you the ceiling — what you do with it is on you.

What we can promise is the foundation: the hours, the training, and the preparation to pass your state exam and earn a credential that's genuinely yours.

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Why learn it at Lavish

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Anyone can teach you to hold clippers. We train you to be a professional.

• A real shop, not a classroom. You learn on real clients, on a working floor, from instructors licensed by the state of Utah.

• Booked Out built in. Your coursework, your exam prep, and a passing standard set higher than the state's — so you walk into the exam more than ready.

• A credential and experience. You don't just leave licensed. You leave having done the work in a live shop, which is what actually makes you hireable.

• Selective by design. We only take two apprentices at a time. If you earn a seat, you know it meant something.

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Is this you?

You'll get the most out of this if you have your heart set on barbering and you're ready to work for it — or if you've been cutting on the side and you're done doing it in the shadows. If that's you, the timing has never been better.

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Lavish Academy at Lavish by Minor Details · 328 E 800 S, Orem, UT 84097 · (801) 709-1171