Beauty Changes Lives is accepting applications for its Summer 2026 scholarship cycle, offering more than $250,000 in funding for current and future beauty and wellness professionals. Applications open June 1st and close July 31, 2026, with awards spanning cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and massage therapy.
BCL Scholarship Recipient, Raquel Murphy, shares, “I am eternally grateful and I cannot tell you how much this helps the trajectory of my education and my career.”
The nonprofit, known as the beauty industry’s leading scholarship resource, has partnered with major brands including amika, Dermalogica, Hydrafacial, L’Oréal Professionnel, Wella, OPI, and Ulta Beauty to fund the awards.
Scholarships Available:
- Amika “Friend to Hair” Student Scholarship — 6 awards, $20,000 each, Cosmetology
- I ❤ NAILS Scholarship Program Nail Technology Student — 1 award, $1,500, Nail Technology
- The Borboleta “Pro Path” Scholarship — 2 awards, $3,000 each, Licensed Estheticians & Esthetic Students
- Dermalogica Future Industry Professionals Esthetics Scholarship — 1 award, $5,000, Esthetics
- European Wax Center “Experts in Wax” Student — 3 awards, $3,000 each, Cosmetology/Esthetics
- Hand & Stone x Dermalogica In Good Hands Esthetic — 1 award, $2,500, Esthetics
- Hand & Stone x Universal In Good Hands Massage — 1 award, $2,500, Massage Therapy
- Hydrafacial Glow Getter Advanced Education for Estheticians — 2 awards, $2,500 each, Esthetics
- Hydrafacial Glow Getter Esthetics Student Scholarship — 2 awards, $5,000 each, Esthetics
- Find Your Passion Scholarship Esthetics Student Scholarship — 7 awards total: (1) $5,000, (1) $3,000, (5) $2,000, Esthetics
- L’Oréal Professionnel Jeff DeShazer Memorial Scholarship — 1 award, $5,000, Cosmetology
- Miller Foundation: Arnold M. Miller-Find-A-Way — 1 award, $15,000, Cosmetology
- Miller Foundation: Sydell & Arnold Miller The “Art of Haircolor” — 1 award, $5,000, Cosmetology
- Miller Foundation: Sydell & Arnold Miller The “Art of Haircutting” — 1 award, $5,000, Cosmetology
- Miller Foundation: Sydell & Arnold Miller The “Art of Hairdressing” — 1 award, $5,000, Cosmetology
- Miller Foundation: Sydell L. Miller-Total Image — 2 awards, $7,500 each, Esthetics
- Sola Ignite Grant — 1 award, $10,000, Esthetics
- Sola Spark Student Scholarship — 2 awards, $2,500 each, License Pro-All Disciplines
- The Possibilities are Beautiful® Ulta Beauty® Cosmetology — 1 award, $10,000, Cosmetology
- “WE are Wella” Cosmetology Student Scholarship — 3 awards, $2,500 each, Cosmetology
- OPI’s “OPIcon” Nail Technology Student Scholarship — 3 awards, $1,500 each, Nail Technology
How to Apply
Applications are open now through July 31st, 2026. Beauty and wellness students and licensed professionals across cosmetology ethics, nail technology and massage therapy can apply directly at beautychangeslives.org.
