Beauty and Aromatherapy (Level 3) Course

Course Structure

The Beauty and Aromatherpay is divided into following comprehensive modules:

Beauty Therapy Level 2

Unit 1: Health and Safety

• Employers’ and employees’ duties
• Legal responsibilities
• Health and safety at your place of work
• The law
• Risk assessment
• First aid
• Fire protection
• COSHH
• Manual handling
• Data protection
• Security procedures

Unit 2: Developing and Maintaining Effectiveness at Work

• Your job role
• Salon timings
• Working with others
• Dealing with conflict
• Continual professional development (CPD)

Unit 3: Promoting Additional Services and Products to Clients

• Quality assurance
• Improving sales

Unit 4: Fulfilling Reception Duties

• Maintaining the reception area
• Equipment
• Client enquiries
• Making appointments
• Handling payments

Unit 5: Facial Skin Care Treatments

• Contraindications
• Consultation
• Cleansing
• Routine
• The skin
• Skin types
• Epidermis
• Dermis
• Bones of the face and head
• Massage
• Muscles of the neck and face
• The cardiovascular system
• The lymphatic system
• The nervous system
• Aftercare

Unit 6: Manicure and Pedicure Services

• Anatomy of the hands and feet
• The nail
• Contraindications
• Nail shapes
• Filing and polishing
• Products and equipment
• Manicure procedure
• Hand massage
• Pedicure procedure
• Bones of the arm and leg
• Specialised treatments

Unit 7: Eyelashes and Eyebrows

• Contraindications
• Eyebrow shaping
• Equipment
• Consultation
• Procedure for eyebrow shaping
• Eyelash/eyebrow tinting
• Skin tests
• Eyelash tint procedure
• Eyebrow tint procedure
• False lashes and application

Unit 8: Waxing Service

• Benefits of waxing
• Safety
• Structure of the hair
• Hair removal
• Contraindications
• Consultation
• Hair growth patterns
• Warm wax application
• Hot wax application
• Sugaring
• Waxing troubleshooting

Unit 9: Make up Services

• History of make up
• Consultation
• Equipment
• Preparing the skin
• Application of make up

Aromatherapy Level 3

Unit 1: Introduction to Aromatherapy

• The history, philosophy and role of aromatherapy.
• Introduction to aromatherapeutic terminology.
• Methods of extraction and sourcing of essences and oils.

Unit 2: Anatomy

• The physiological and psychological effects of aromatherapy massage.
• The benefits of aromatherapy on different body systems.
• Understanding how essential oils are absorbed by the body.

Unit 3: Safety

• Recognising contra-actions that may result from treatment.
• Understanding cautions that may restrict or prevent treatment.
• The importance of working safely with aromatherapy oils.

Unit 4: Blending

• Understanding chemical constituents of essences.
• Dilution and blending techniques.
• The uses, applications and origins of essences, fixed carrier oils and other media.

Unit 5: The treatment

• Consultation techniques.
• Conducting professional aromatherapeutic treatments.
• The characteristics of an appropriate consultation.
• Aromatherapy techniques used in conjunction with reflexology treatments.
• Professional codes of conduct.

Unit 6: Aftercare and reflection

• The effectiveness and results of aromatherapeutic treatments.
• Reflective practice and its relevance to the aromatherapist.
• The importance and role of maintaining treatment records.

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