About Entourage Institute · Lenexa, KS
Where Beauty Professionals Train and Customers Shine.
A family-owned, woman-led beauty school on W 95th St in Lenexa, training cosmetologists, estheticians, nail technicians and massage therapists since 2017, with a student salon and spa open to the public every day the school is in session.
Family-owned, since 2017
A school built by two women who spent their careers teaching.
Since 2017, Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics has trained cosmetologists, estheticians, nail technicians and massage therapists on W 95th St in Lenexa. The school is family-owned and woman-led, built around personal attention rather than a lecture hall of strangers: small classes, instructors who know each student by name, and a clinic floor where the coursework turns into real work on real clients.
That is where the line over the front desk comes from: Where Beauty Professionals Train and Customers Shine. It describes both halves of the building at once, the classroom and the chair.
“We empower talented artists, and we believe kindness matters. When push comes to shove, never fear, we've got your back.”
Entourage Institute, in its own words
Leadership
Two owners, thirty years each, two campuses.
Michaelle Holland
Co-owner · Lenexa campus
More than 30 years in higher education, mostly spent on this campus, building the programs students go through today.
Susan Wurtele
Co-owner · Lincoln, NE campus
More than 30 years in higher education, based at the school's sister campus in Lincoln, NE.
Serene Stricklin
Campus Director
A licensed esthetician who runs the day-to-day of the Lenexa campus, from the class schedule to the clinic floor.
Approved, and part of the neighborhood
State-approved programs, local ties.
The Cosmetology, Nails and Esthetics programs are approved by the Kansas Board of Cosmetology, and the Therapeutic Massage program is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents. Every program is built toward Kansas licensure.
Chamber of Commerce
Listed among the school's associations.
VA Funding
Listed among the school's associations. Ask the front desk how it applies to you.
Voc-Rehab
Listed among the school's associations. Ask the front desk how it applies to you.
What students train on
The professional lines you'll find on the clinic floor.
Students train on the same product lines working salons and spas use, so the techniques and the tools carry over the day they graduate.
- IMAGE Skincare
- Babe Hair Extensions
- Face Reality
- Gel-X
- Redken
- Amika
- Biolage
Google · 4.6 from 230 reviews
Clients ask for their student by name.
Christiana · 60-minute facial
“I had a very knowledgeable sweet student named Christiana. She preformed a 60 min. Facial, tailored to my skincare needs. I am still very impressed with the level of professionalism executed by this esthetitian in training and my results exceeded my expectations.”
Harper · Hard builder gel removal
“Harper worked diligently and meticulously to get my nails to a state from which I can start again.”
Faith · Hair color
“I got the sweetest student her name is Faith, i showed her some pictures of what I would like and let me tell you she made a 50 year old woman feel beautiful again.”
Eunik · Facial
“She took the *best* care of me during my facial!! I felt completely pampered and my skin was GLOWING for days!!”
Also in Lincoln, NE
A sister campus, and a floor you can walk before you enroll.
Co-owner Susan Wurtele runs a second Entourage Institute campus at 5601 S 59th Street, Suite D, Lincoln, NE 68516, (402) 261-0610. This site covers the Lenexa, Kansas campus. Meet the people who teach here, look through every program, or come see the floor for yourself.
A campus tour takes about 30 minutes: the classrooms, the clinic floor, and a conversation with admissions about schedules, transfers and financial aid.
Schedule a tour