Esthetics (Skincare)
Esthetics (Skin Care) Program
- Relaxing, Calm, Healing Atmosphere
- Professional Instructors
- Small Class Sizes
Esthetics - Skin Care and Cosmetics
The Esthetics Program will introduce you to a scientific approach to corrective and protective skin care. If you need any additional information, call Bucks County School of Beauty Culture at (215) 322-0667.
Esthetics Daytime Program is 16 Weeks. Esthetics Night Program is 30 Weeks.
Esthetics Program Courses
Fundamentals of Non-Hair Services
- 4 weeks full time days / 7 weeks part time evenings
- Maximum Time Frame = 120 hours
- Satisfactory Academic Progress = 83.34%
- Minimum Graduation requirement = 100 hours
- Hygiene
- Poise
- Professional ethics
- State law
- Sanitation and sterilization and bacteriology
- Anatomy and physiology
- Other topics relevant to non-hair programming
Skin Care (Esthetics) and Cosmetics
- 4 weeks full time days / 8 weeks part time evenings
- Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Non-hair Services
- Maximum Time Frame = 120 hours
- Satisfactory Academic Progress = 83.34%
- Minimum Graduation requirement = 100 hours
The Skin Care and Cosmetics course is the job skill element of the Esthetics Program. This course has two primary goals. The first is to provide students with the technical knowledge of the job skills relevant to becoming an Esthetician and/or Makeup artist. The second primary goal is to ensure each student has sufficient practice in a clinic environment to refine the job skills. The Esthetics teaches students a scientific approach to corrective and protective skin care.
This course may be taken with Fundamentals and Skin Clinic as a specialty course for a diploma (Graduation certificate) or used with Fundamentals & Skin Clinic as an elective to the Hairdressing Program. A license is available in Pennsylvania and this course will cover exam preparations. Esthetics prepares the student to enter the Skin Clinic to be a profitable professional Esthetician. Primary skills include:
- Facials
- Backcials
- Waxing
- Makeup application
- Color draping
- Product knowledge
- Rotary brush peeling
- Aromatherapy
- Massage techniques
- Desincrustacion
- Galvanic current
- High frequency
- Pneumatic vacuum
- Lontophoresis
- Ionic vapor
- Masks and specialty treatments
- Salon management
- Nutrition
Skin Care Clinic
- 8 weeks full time days / 15 weeks part time evenings
- Prerequisite: Fundamentals or Non-Hair Services and Skin Care and Cosmetics Maximum Time Frame = 240 hours
- Satisfactory Academic Progress = 83.34%
- Minimum Graduation requirement = 200 hours
Skin Care Clinic is a dedicated clinic experience grading students clinical work on people by the use of generic lesson plans (procedure guides). Students are graded daily on their progress, attitudes and maintaining satisfactory progress to graduate. Students are graded upon completion of the following services:
- Facials and bacials
- Waxing (hair removal)
- Specialty skin treatments
- Other services
This clinic may be taken in combination with other non-hair clinics.
Scope and Sequence of Courses in These Programs
Esthetics
Esthetics Program
- Day Program: 16 Weeks
- Evening Program: 30 Weeks
Esthetics and Nails
Esthetics and Nails Program
- Day Program: 28 Weeks
- Evening Program: 53 Weeks
Pennsylvania Esthetician License
The Skin Care program will prepare you for the skill set of questions on the Pennsylvania Esthetician exam. Once passing the exam, you are on your journey to becoming a profitable, professional Esthetician with a Pennsylvania State License.
Employment Benefits
Upon graduation and passing your exam, you will be qualified to practice Esthetics and Skin Care in a salon, spa or other facility. You will also be legally allowed to own and operate your own Esthetic salon in Pennsylvania.
Approximately 88% of our graduates are working in their elected field and enjoy the job security of a financially rewarding career!
Additional Information
For more information on course descriptions, please see our Student Catalog.
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