Teen Beauty Boot Camp 

FOR ASPIRING MISS AMERICAS

When July 30-August 3 and August 13-17; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost $369

Duration One week

Where Owings Mills and Pikesville Hiltons

Open to girls ages 12-15

More information 410-356-5999, or http://www.marlenekurland.com/For_Teens/for_teens.html

  "All right, brush the blush on lightly," says Marlene Kurland over the pop music playing in the background. "don’t go too high-keep it on the cheekbones."

  The girls at Teen Beauty Boot Camp are assembled in a circle around Kurland. Some of them bop to the Britney Spears on the radio, but they still watch the transformation of their fellow camper's cheekbones and take mental notes.

  Ricki Lake’s makeover team has nothing on camp director Kurland, a local makeup guru who’s done makeup for everything from movies to weddings to beauty pageants.

  Girls at Teen Beauty Boot Camp learn the basics of beauty: skin care for all different skin types; every variety of cosmetic and how it's applied; hair care and styling tips; and how to use a salon's worth of beauty products. They also learn body language, posture, social politics, and etiquette. It’s a finishing school an E! TV makeover show rolled into one. Girls get to practice all their special techniques by working on each other under close guidance-there are four instructors and classes aare limited to 15 girls each.

  So what do girls come away with her, besides extensive knowledge of blushes and lipsticks? They get a lesson in self-confidence, says Kurland,at a time when many girls are confused about their appearance and proper nutrition. These are the major concerns of Teen Beauty Boot Camp.

Locally, the camp is held at the two Hiltons, which can provide lunches and an exercise room.

This article by: Alex Ball & photographed by: Scott Suchman was feature in the February, 2001 issue of the Baltimore Magazine,  volume 94 WWW.BALTIMOREMAG.COM

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