Beauty Therapy General course
Do you dream of becoming a beauty therapist? Learn the skills and carve your own beauty career within 4 months
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Beauty Therapy General course
Do you dream of becoming a beauty therapist? Learn the skills and carve your own beauty career within 4 months.
VTCT Level 2 Diploma
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Training duration
17
classes
per week
per week
practical lessons
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course
1½
10
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1. Provide facial skin care treatment
Enhance, improve and nourish your client's skin with exfoliation, comedone extractions, invigorating massage, skin treatments, hydration and moisturising products
You will learn to
2. Enhance the appearance of eyebrows and eyelashes
Provide beautiful symmetrical shaped and defined eyebrows and eyelashes using a combination of tinting and client specific treatments
4. Provide manicure, pedicure, make-up and threading services
3. Carry out waxing services
Remove unwanted hair with wax from the eyebrows, face, legs, underarm and bikini line and provide aftercare advice to soothe and reduce any skin irritation
Give clients attractive hands and feet with manicure and pedicure treatments. Apply makeup to perfect the skin for day, evening and special occasion looks.
Arrange and position eye-popping displays in your own salon to sell more promotional stock.
Arrange and position eye-popping displays in your own salon to sell more promotional stock.
Course programme
Participate in virtual classes or watch the recorded sessions
Ask questions and chat with a live expert
Study materials
Your lecturer will answer your questions personally
We provide our learners with resources and recorded lessons. Keep them to refresh your knowledge whenever you need to.
100% interactive course
You will learn
⦁ Identify workplace instructions
⦁ Report hazard(s) to the responsible person, manage them
⦁ Perform work activities at own level of competence in accordance with identified health and safety
⦁ Report hazard(s) to the responsible person, manage them
⦁ Perform work activities at own level of competence in accordance with identified health and safety
Tools
Health and safety
Manage hazards
Working practices
1. Identify hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace
2. Be able to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
3. Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
2. Be able to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
3. Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
You will practice
Workplace
You will learn
⦁ Identify own strengths and weaknesses and discuss them with the relevant person
⦁ Find out more information when the instructions are unclear and report problems
⦁ Find out more information when the instructions are unclear and report problems
Tools
Work with others
Team
Salon roles
1. How to improve personal performance at work
2. How to work effectively as part of a team
3. Salon roles, procedures and targets
4. How to work with others
2. How to work effectively as part of a team
3. Salon roles, procedures and targets
4. How to work with others
You will practice
Personal performance
You will learn
⦁ Identify appropriate services or products that may interest your client
⦁ Give your client accurate and sufficient information and time to ask questions about the additional services or products.
⦁ Give your client accurate and sufficient information and time to ask questions about the additional services or products.
Tools
Client consultation
Client commitment
Additional services
1. How to identify additional services or products that are available
2. How to inform clients about additional services or products
3. How to gain client commitment to using additional services or products
4. How to promote additional services or products to clients
2. How to inform clients about additional services or products
3. How to gain client commitment to using additional services or products
4. How to promote additional services or products to clients
You will practice
Products promotion
You will learn
⦁ Prepare the work area and environment to meet legal, hygiene and industry requirements
⦁ Consult with the client to identify any contra-indications
⦁ Recommend suitable treatments and products for the client's skin type and nail condition
⦁ Consult with the client to identify any contra-indications
⦁ Recommend suitable treatments and products for the client's skin type and nail condition
Tools
Safety and effectiveness
Work with clients
Services, techniques and products
1. How to use safe and effective methods of working
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation. Contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict manicure services
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to manicure services
4. Manicure techniques, products and service planning
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation. Contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict manicure services
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to manicure services
4. Manicure techniques, products and service planning
You will practice
Aftercare advices
You will learn
⦁ Prepare the work area and environment to meet legal, hygiene and industry requirements
⦁ Consult with the client to identify any contra-indications
⦁ Complete the service to the client's satisfaction and to meet the agreed service plan
⦁ Consult with the client to identify any contra-indications
⦁ Complete the service to the client's satisfaction and to meet the agreed service plan
Tools
Safety and effectiveness
Work with clients
Services, techniques and products
1. How to use safe and effective methods of working
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation. Contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict pedicure services
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to pedicure services
4. Pediure techniques, products and service planning
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation. Contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict pedicure services
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to pedicure services
4. Pediure techniques, products and service planning
You will practice
Aftercare advices
You will learn
⦁ Set up and maintain the work area to meet legal, hygiene and treatment requirement
⦁ Perform a skin analysis on the client, and record the skin type and condition
⦁ Select suitable facial products and equipment. Cleanse the skin and then use all products.
⦁ Perform a skin analysis on the client, and record the skin type and condition
⦁ Select suitable facial products and equipment. Cleanse the skin and then use all products.
Tools
Effleurage
Petrissage
Massage techniques
1. How to use safe and effective methods of working
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to facial care treatments
4. Facial care treatments techniques, products and service planning
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to facial care treatments
4. Facial care treatments techniques, products and service planning
You will practice
Mask treatments
You will learn
⦁ Perform a sensitivity test on a suitable area of the client's skin
⦁ Cleanse and prepare the eyebrow area prior to the treatment. Remove the hair, use suitable soothing products, mix tints
⦁ Follow safe and hygienic working practices
⦁ Cleanse and prepare the eyebrow area prior to the treatment. Remove the hair, use suitable soothing products, mix tints
⦁ Follow safe and hygienic working practices
Tools
Brow shape maintenance
Brow total reshape
Strip lashes application
Individual flare lashes application
1. How to shape and tint eyebrows and lashes
2. How to apply artificial eyelashes
3. How to work safely and effectively when providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
4. The equipment, materials and products to use when carrying out eyebrow and eyelash treatments
2. How to apply artificial eyelashes
3. How to work safely and effectively when providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
4. The equipment, materials and products to use when carrying out eyebrow and eyelash treatments
You will practice
You will learn
⦁ Agree the waxing treatment and outcomes that are acceptable to your client and meet their needs
⦁ Conduct a test patch and skin sensitivity test immediately prior to the intended waxing treatment
⦁ Apply and remove the product. Provide clear instructions to the client on how and when to support their skin during the waxing treatment
⦁ Conduct a test patch and skin sensitivity test immediately prior to the intended waxing treatment
⦁ Apply and remove the product. Provide clear instructions to the client on how and when to support their skin during the waxing treatment
Tools
Face waxing treatment
Leg waxing treatment
Underarm waxing treatment
Bikini line waxing treatment
1. How to use safe and effective methods of working when waxing
2. How to consult, plan and prepare for waxing treatments with clients
3. Equipment, materials, products, techniques and treatment planning for waxing . How to remove unwanted hair
4. Contra-indications that affect or restrict waxing treatments
2. How to consult, plan and prepare for waxing treatments with clients
3. Equipment, materials, products, techniques and treatment planning for waxing . How to remove unwanted hair
4. Contra-indications that affect or restrict waxing treatments
You will practice
You will learn
⦁ Record the client's skin type and condition
⦁ Clean, tone and moisturise the skin prior to the application of make-up
⦁ Apply foundation, a powder eye shadows, eyeliners, liquid eyeliners, mascara, cheek and lip products, strong coloured lipsticks and lip liner
⦁ Clean, tone and moisturise the skin prior to the application of make-up
⦁ Apply foundation, a powder eye shadows, eyeliners, liquid eyeliners, mascara, cheek and lip products, strong coloured lipsticks and lip liner
Tools
Types of make-up
Communication with clients
Salon services, products and pricing
1. How to use safe and effective working methods when providing make-up services
2. How to apply make-up products
3. How to work safely and effectively when providing make-up services
4. How to use client consultation, treatment planning and preparation for make-up service
2. How to apply make-up products
3. How to work safely and effectively when providing make-up services
4. How to use client consultation, treatment planning and preparation for make-up service
You will practice
Make-up products
You will learn
⦁ Prepare the work environment to meet legal, hygiene and safety requirements for threading
⦁ Provide suitable support and cushioning to the back and neck area
⦁ Create a well-balanced, proportioned and defined eyebrow shape to suit the client's requirements
⦁ Provide suitable support and cushioning to the back and neck area
⦁ Create a well-balanced, proportioned and defined eyebrow shape to suit the client's requirements
Tools
Mouth technique
Neck technique
Hand technique
1. How to use safe and effective methods of working when providing threading services
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation.
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to threading services
4. Threading techniques, products and service planning
2. How to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation.
3. Anatomy and physiology that relates to threading services
4. Threading techniques, products and service planning
You will practice
Reshapes of the brows
Participate in virtual classes or watch the recorded sessions
Ask questions and chat with a live expert
Study materials
Your lecturer will answer your questions personally
100% interactive course
100% interactive course
We provide our learners with resources and recorded lessons. Keep them to refresh your knowledge whenever you need to.
You want to change your job
The course will be suitable if:
You want to improve your practical skills
You want new experience
You want to develop your own business
After that course you can work in a commercial beauty salon, in your own retail concession area in a larger department store, on a cruise ship.
If you have been working in the field of beauty for a long time, the course will help you replenish your skills and portfolio, increase the number of new and interesting orders. You can improve your professional skills and find new orders.
You can start your own business and be independent, go self-employed, be mobile, work as a home-based beauty therapist.
If you are excited about beauty field and dream of doing the same, this course is for you. You will find new sources of inspiration for yourself, learn how to use tools and you can turn your hobby into a profession.
The eLearning platform
How are classes delivered?
Blended learning
Home tasks
During your course, you will get practical and written tasks to complete outside of the scheduled lessons (home study). Our expert tutors will check your work and give you regular feedback, which will go towards your accredited certification.
Community
We keep our students constantly motivated by providing them with regular feedback and a direct channel of communication with each other and our practising experts. Live tutors share professional up-to-date information and will help you keep on track to complete your qualification with confidence.
As soon as your course starts you'll get access to the educational platform where you will find your study materials. You will also be able to communicate with your tutor and other learners in your class.
Your training will be delivered through blended learning (both online and in our centre) with a tutor.
Student reviews
I remember, with a deep sense of gratitude, studying at ICS school. During the time spent with you, I gained so much knowledge that I was able to open my aesthetic office from scratch. I want to say thank you so much for the knowledge that gave me a head start. Thank you very much, I am glad that I chose your beautician course.
Teresa Bradley
Completed a skincare formulation course on Cosmetics at the ICS centre. The impression was of great enthusiasm. The high professionalism of the teachers, who, in a very accessible form, gave a large amount of both theoretical and practical information. There were no problems at all with employment after graduation. ICS diploma is a visiting card of cosmetology. I want to say "Thank you" to the teaching and administrative staff of the school for the level of knowledge that you give us.
Joann Harper
I'm happy that I got here! Top-level skincare training courses. Everything is clear, in accessible words. There is so much practice that in the evening I was like a squeezed lemon But how else, now I really know everything about aesthetic cosmetology! The trainer also explained to us, cosmetologists, in a simple and accessible language, how to promote ourselves and our services on the Internet. It was interesting to listen to her, she answered all questions cheerfully and fervently.
Patricia Bell
Thank you for making learning so much fun, as useful as possible. For the clear, accessible presentation of information. For instilling the desire to work at a decent level. I got incredible pleasure in the learning process at the short beauty courses, no fatigue, even after 8 hours! Thanks to you, I am inspired to work and confidently ready to step in the direction of my dreams.
Judy Jones
Student reviews
I remember, with a deep sense of gratitude, studying at ICS school. During the time spent with you, I gained so much knowledge that I was able to open my aesthetic office from scratch. I want to say thank you so much for the knowledge that gave me a head start. Thank you very much, I am glad that I chose your beautician course.
Teresa Bradley
Student reviews
I remember, with a deep sense of gratitude, studying at ICS school. During the time spent with you, I gained so much knowledge that I was able to open my aesthetic office from scratch. I want to say thank you so much for the knowledge that gave me a head start. Thank you very much, I am glad that I chose your beautician course.
Teresa Bradley
Student reviews
I'm happy that I got here! Top-level skincare training courses. Everything is clear, in accessible words. There is so much practice that in the evening I was like a squeezed lemon But how else, now I really know everything about aesthetic cosmetology! The trainer also explained to us, cosmetologists, in a simple and accessible language, how to promote ourselves and our services on the Internet. It was interesting to listen to her, she answered all questions cheerfully and fervently.
Patricia Bell
Student reviews
Completed a skincare formulation course on Cosmetics at the ICS centre. The impression was of great enthusiasm. The high professionalism of the teachers, who, in a very accessible form, gave a large amount of both theoretical and practical information. There were no problems at all with employment after graduation. ICS diploma is a visiting card of cosmetology. I want to say "Thank you" to the teaching and administrative staff of the school for the level of knowledge that you give us.
Joann Harper
Student reviews
Thank you for making learning so much fun, as useful as possible. For the clear, accessible presentation of information. For instilling the desire to work at a decent level. I got incredible pleasure in the learning process at the short beauty courses, no fatigue, even after 8 hours! Thanks to you, I am inspired to work and confidently ready to step in the direction of my dreams.
Judy Jones
Student reviews
Thank you for making learning so much fun, as useful as possible. For the clear, accessible presentation of information. For instilling the desire to work at a decent level. I got incredible pleasure in the learning process at the short beauty courses, no fatigue, even after 8 hours! Thanks to you, I am inspired to work and confidently ready to step in the direction of my dreams.
Judy Jones
Study and earn
You can work in the beauty industry straight away as a junior beauty therapist, or choose to develop your skills with further training.
Be self-employed: check some rates for freelancers
Skin care treatment
Waxing services
Manicure
£49
£29
£50
1450
£32800
Vacancies are open in UK
Therapeut earns first year
£0
Manage to get a discount on the course
if you match criteria
To get this course free you must be eligible for the UK Government funding:
⦁ You are 19 years old or older before the academic year starts (31st August)
⦁ You are either a citizen of UK / EU / EEA countries or have the right to abode in the UK
You are receiving JSA/ESA/Universal credit or a low wage
The funding value of the course is £3,345.