The Beauty Academy are the UK’s leading provider of private beauty training courses. We have been delivering our fast track, intensive training courses since 1990. With over 32 years’ experience in the industry, we have refined our courses to ensure they meet the highest standards of industry training, while ensuring a welcoming and enjoyable training experience. Most courses are suitable for complete beginners.

We work with only the most passionate, qualified and experienced beauty training professionals. We regularly update our team’s training to ensure we are delivering the most up to date knowledge and techniques.

All courses are accredited for insurance by IPHM and/or ABT. We also provide OFQUAL regulated, internationally recognised qualifications for those seeking employment within beauty through both VTCT and City & Guilds.

We train only from our own well-equipped and well located training centres for ease of finding us. Never from conference suites or hotel rooms. Most centres are only a short walk from public transport links, or with parking on-site or locally. We keep our class sizes small (typically only 4-12 students per tutor) to give you every opportunity to ask questions and get support on your training days. Our in-house Support Team are available by email during your studies and beyond to give you the best start to your beauty career.

Entry Requirements

You must be aged 16 years or over to attend our classroom courses. This course is suitable for complete beginners to nails / beauty, however we recommend studying Manicure & Pedicure before or alongside this course, to get the most from this course.

Course Duration / Timings

This course is completed within 1 day. The course duration is 6 hours, you will attend from 10am – 4pm with a short break for lunch. Please arrive at 9.45am for a prompt course start.

Dress Code

If you have beauty uniform (tunic, fitted trousers etc.) this would be ideal. Otherwise smart, comfortable clothing suitable for the practical nature of the courses, such as short sleeved t-shirt with trousers or leggings would be suitable. Shoes must have a closed toe and flat sole. No flip flops / sandals for safety. Long hair (as applicable) should be tied back. Valuables such as jewellery should be removed and left at home.

Structure:

You will attend for 1 day from 10am – 4pm with a short break for lunch. The course is very much hands-on practical throughout the day. Short introduction on the theory followed by tutor demonstration & practical work by students. There are no exams or case studies required, your competence is assessed informally by the tutor throughout the training day.

Models:

No models are required for this course. Students will work on a professional nail training hand. You will not receive any treatments on this course.

You will need to bring:

Cold food (salad or sandwich) for your lunch. Clean hand towel for personal use on the course. Pen/paper if you wish to make any brief notes.

Kits:

No kit is included in the course fee. All products / tools required to complete this course as provided at the centre for your use on the training day. Guidance will be given on the day by the tutor about products / suppliers so we recommend waiting to buy any kits. If you would like a convenient way to source products to begin offering treatments immediately following your training day, you may wish to view the following optional starter kit:

Upon booking, you’ll be sent a confirmation email with course e-manual attached. We recommend reading this before your training day to get the most from your course.

As part of this pre-course learning and tuition on the training day, you will learn the following: