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A study coach on your phone for your theory retake

You study from your own book. Send me your test date and I’ll send back a free day-by-day plan: what to study each day, how, and how to see what you’re still missing.

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On Instagram? DM PLAN to @lisensaapp.

Why I’m building Lisensa

Studied harder and still not sure what you’re missing?

Retakers say this a lot. It’s usually a study-method problem, and methods can change. Your plan starts by finding what’s missing.

Your free day‑by‑day study plan

No cost, nothing to buy, no account.

  1. 01Send me your test date, your state and how much time you have most days.
  2. 02I send back a day-by-day plan to your test date: what to study each day and how, using your own book.
  3. 03On day 3 I check in. If the plan doesn’t fit your week, I change it.
  4. 04Around your test: a note the night before, and a check-in the day after. If it’s a not‑yet, you get a new plan that day.
  5. 05Want more help? Book a free call, or ask about one of five Season 0 spots: your own study app for the month and weekly support by email.
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Made by me, Alison, not an app. Private: nothing I send says “retake,” and I never post about you.

Rather talk first? Book a free call

Open to retakers in the states that use PSI’s national cosmetology exam: Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Tennessee. Include your state and test date. For people 18 and older. Please don’t share actual exam questions. Testing somewhere else? Email alison@lisensa.com and I’ll add you to the waitlist for the first small group.

To be upfront: Lisensa is a free first version, and working with early retakers helps me learn what they actually need. Your plan doesn’t give you answers or promise a score; it helps you study.

A study coach that teaches you how to study

You already know hair. The written test asks about it in a different way, and that part can be practiced.

  1. 1

    Send me your test date

    You get a day-by-day plan to it, with the topics that matter most for you in order.

  2. 2

    Study about 20 minutes a day from your own book

    Your book is the answer key: close it, remember, then open it and check. Each session uses the study habits, a few at a time:

    Tap a habit to see how it works.

  3. 3

    See what you only think you know

    Before you check your book, you say how sure you are. When you were sure and it didn’t come back yet, you’ve found a gap a practice score can’t show you. That’s tomorrow’s plan.

    A score tells you how many you missed. Lisensa shows you what you only think you know.

    Day 3 · Find your gaps

    Day 3 done.

    You found 2 gaps today that a practice score wouldn’t have shown you. Tomorrow we bring them back, book closed first.

    Made-up example of the end of a session

On your phone or on paper, no account. Missed a day? Tell me and I’ll move the plan.

Retaking soon? Read my free retake study plan →

Helping someone get ready?

Partner, parent or friend of someone retesting? Send them this page, or email me and I’ll tell you how to help.

Teach, or run a salon?

Have a grad or assistant testing again? Send them here. The plan is free and works from the book they already have. Email me with any questions.

Illustrated portrait of Alison, founder of Lisensa

Hi, I’m Alison

I’m building Lisensa in Louisville, Kentucky, for people preparing for the cosmetology theory exam.

Growing up, I wasn’t a good test-taker, and more than once a test score, not what I knew, decided my path. One 6th-grade math test put me in remedial math until college and left me with math trauma I still carry. My SAT score limited where I could apply and the scholarships I could get.

I’ve spent my career helping people learn, as a teacher and then leading curriculum. Preparing for a big test is a skill that can be taught. No one should be blocked from their career because no one taught them how.

Questions? Email alison@lisensa.com or find me on Instagram at @lisensaapp.

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