Outline of Subject Matter

Health & Safety

• Infection Control & Regulations

• Principles of Infection Prevention Measures

• Chemicals and your Health

• Safety Data Sheets: What you need to know

• Protecting Yourself from Hazardous Chemicals

• Safe Chemical Handling in the Establishment

• Communicable Diseases: Prevent the Spread

• Health and Safety Laws and Agencies

• Solving Health and Safety Problems

• Ergonomics: Fitting the Job to the Person

• Worker’s Rights

• Sexual & Physical Assault Awareness

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Disinfection and Sanitation

• Protecting the Health & Safety of the Consumer & You

• Proper Hand Washing

• Disinfectants

• Cleaning and Disinfecting nonelectrical tools and implementing

• Standard protection precautions

• Personal protective equipment

Chemical Hair Services

• Hair Analysis & Predisposition

• Identify natural hair color and tone

• How chemical services affect the structure of hair

• Techniques for permanent waving

• Soft Curl permanents

• Techniques for chemical hair relaxers/straightening

• Safety precautions for chemical hair relaxing services

• Hair color consultation & strand tests

• Alternative hair coloring techniques: Balayage, Ombre

• Proper mixing and formulation of hair color

• Applying hair color

• Hair color retouches

• Bleaching: How to use lighteners

• Color correction and effective use of dye removers

• Hair coloring safety precautions

Hairstyling Services

• Styling and arranging of various hair lengths and styles

• Pin curls

• Roller curls

• Hair wrapping

• Master comb-out techniques

• Basic blow-dry styling techniques

• Thermal hair straightening

• Curling iron techniques

• Safety in thermal hairstyling

• Shampooing principles and techniques

• Basic haircutting techniques

• Principles of wet and dry haircutting

• Proper use of haircutting tools: shears, razors, electrical clippers and trimmers, thinning shears

• Posture and body position

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Skin Care

• Manual Facials

• Electrical Facials

• Chemical Facials

• Methods of treating the face, scalp, neck, or body without ablation or destruction of live tissue:

  • ​Hands

  • Esthetic devices

  • Cosmetic products

  • Antiseptics, lotions, tonics, and creams

Hair Removal and Lash and Brow Beautification

• Eyelash tinting and perming

• Application of eyelashes

• Eyebrow tinting and perming

• Eyebrow shaping

• Hair analysis

• Hair removal best practices and techniques

• Acceptable hair removal methods:

  • Depilatories

  • Waxing

  • Sugaring

  • Nonprescription chemicals

  • Tweezing

  • Electrical hair removal devices (excluding laser/light wave devices)

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Manicure and Pedicure

• Differences between Water and oil manicures

• Performing the Basic Manicure

  • Nail analysis

  • Manicuring techniques

  • Hand and arm massage

• Performing the Basic Pedicure

  • Nail analysis

  • Pedicuring techniques

  • Foot and ankle massage

Artificial Nail Services

• Acrylics application best practices & techniques

• Understanding Brush-ons: Liquid & Powder

• Nail Tips and Wraps: Why and How

Artificial Nail Repairs:

• Nail wrap maintenance

• Repairs

• Proper removal

Depending on how long it takes a student to complete the required number of practical operations, a student may exceed the total number of hours required in a subject, or may not yet meet the total hours required in a subject. If a student does not yet meet the total number of hours required, the school will be responsible for making sure the student completes additional hours to meet the total hour requirement in that subject.

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• The minimum combined total clock hours of 1000, include the technical instruction phase and the opportunity for the student to acquire the necessary skills through practical applications developed under the supervision of the school instructors.

• Technical instruction means instruction by demonstration, lecture, classroom participation, studying textbooks and related material, the writing of outlines, classroom use of audio and visual film, tapes, slides, and examination.

• Practical Operations means the actual performance by the student of complete services on another person or a mannequin.