Anitra Brown, the spa guide at About.com, has written two excellent guides to finding the right esthetics or massage schools. Excerpts and links to the complete articles are provided below:

Choosing an Esthetics School

This article tell you what you need to know before you go to esthetician school. Skin care -- also known as esthetics -- is a fast-growing career option, but school is a big investment of time, energy and money.  Find out about the realities of being an esthetician, and how to find the best school for you.

for the complete article, click on the link below:

http://spas.about.com/od/spaschools/bb/Estheticsschool.htm

Choosing a Massage School

This article tells you what you need to know before you go to Massage School.  Massage therapy is a fast-growing, lucrative career option that requires education at a massage school and a state license. But going to massage school is a big investment of time, energy and money.  Find out about the realities of being a massage therapist, and how to find the best massage school for you."

http://spas.about.com/od/spaprofessional/bb/massageschool.htm. 

***Links to these excellent articles are provides because About.com, a subsidiary of The New York Times, does not allow other sites repubish their content