The Academy of Beauty Professionals is a premier provider of beauty education with schools in Appleton, Green Bay and Madison. Our programs train students as cosmetologists, estheticians, hair stylists and colorists, makeup artists, manicurists and nail technicians. We’re passionate, dedicated, and devoted to the art of beauty. Established in 2015. The Academy of Beauty Professionals is a family business that started with a single salon more than 70 years ago and now spans three generations. It was the parents of John Martin who began the family’s involvement in the beauty industry with Martin’s Beauty Shop in 1940, which was located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Since then, the shop was passed on to John and soon became a beauty school, which then became several schools. John founded the ideals of the Academy of Beauty Professionals in 2015 as a brand new venture. The three schools are now located in Madison, Appleton, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.