Run your own course as a beauty therapist

Beauty therapists who teach often start because someone new to the trade asked, or because their own protocol works better than what they were taught. A course of your own turns that know-how into something fixed, with a price, a practical day and a certificate. The Avana Academy sets it up in the same system as your calendar.

Which treatment should you teach?

Choose a treatment you have your own reliable protocol for. Chemical peels, lash lifts and brow lamination make good first courses, because each follows a clear sequence and can be practised after a single practical day. Skin analysis also works as a course with no practical day at all, entirely online.

Theory first, then the model

With acids and lash adhesives, everything comes down to contraindications. Cover skin types, acids, reactions and when not to treat in the lessons, then turn it into a quiz that must be passed before anyone can book a practical day. Each wrong answer shows the explanation you wrote. On the day, nobody stands at your treatment bed without the basics.

Protocol and intake for your models

Your protocol, consultation form and product list hang under the lesson as files. Every learner then uses the same version, and when you update something the new one is there immediately. If you already use the Avana consultation form with your clients, copy the same questions into the one for your models.

Working with a product brand?

Some brands have conditions for anyone using their products on a course or putting their name on a certificate. That stays an arrangement between you and the brand. In the course you describe which products you use and why, and the certificate carries your salon and your own wording.

What your certificate does and does not mean

The certificate confirms that someone completed your course, with your salon on it and a number anyone can check. It is not a regulated qualification, and some insurers will only cover treatments learned on courses they recognise. It is fair to tell learners to check their insurance before they treat paying clients.

Pricing and payment

None of your course price goes to Avana. Learners pay you directly or online, and for online payments any service fee is included in the price shown from the start. Each online sale produces an invoice in your salon's name.

A skincare evening for your own clients

Not every course is for people entering the trade. An evening on looking after your skin at home is a good way to keep clients coming back to your salon. If you already use the beauty salon software, it all lives under one login.