Open House & Q&A with Atelier Esthetique Founder, Annette Hanson!
September 10th, 2025
Sessions at 5 pm and 6 pm
We invite you to join us on September 10th, 2025, at Atelier Esthetique for an open house session with Ms. Hanson. You’ll be able to tour the school, meet our staff, and get a special presentation from our school’s founder, Annette Hanson.
40 years ago, Annette Hanson opened up the school that would later become known as Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics. A master esthetician with decades of expertise, Ms. Hanson shaped a generation of beauty in America. Now, this esthetician legend is back on campus for one day only to speak with students past, present, and future about the evolving world of esthetics.
To RSVP, fill out the form below. We can’t wait to see you on September 10th to welcome the wonderful Ms. Hanson back to the school she founded, and we can’t wait for you to meet this living legend!
Meet Annette Hanson
Considered by many to be “the Julia Child of Esthetics,” Annette began her career by traveling through Europe and developing her skills. She eventually moved to New York City and opened the first Lancôme Institute in New York.
But providing the tools of esthetics was not enough; instead, she began to train students in the French tradition of esthetics. In 1985, Annette opened what was at the time called the “Cosmetic Distribution and Postgraduate Training Facility for Skincare and Body Specialists,” a place where she could educate cosmetologists in the art of esthetics.
In September 1993, Annette officially spun the school off into its own business, christening it Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics. Ever since, it has offered esthetics licensing to thousands of students in esthetics and associated programs such as waxing.