Esthetics
Our 600 Hour Esthetics program is designed to help prepare students for the state board licensure exam and to pursue entry-level employment opportunities in the beauty industry. The curriculum includes training in skin analysis, facials and exfoliation, hair removal, basic makeup application and lash and brow beautification. After completing the freshman training period, students advance to the student clinic floor, where they perform skin care and waxing services on guests under the supervision of licensed instructors.
Practical and Technical instruction in the Esthetics Program Includes:
- HEALTH AND SAFETY
- DISINFECTION AND SANITATION
- SKIN ANALYSIS
- FACIALS & EXFOLIATION
- DERMALOGICA SUPERFICIAL CHEMICAL PEEL
- HAIR REMOVAL
- LASH AND BROW BEAUTIFICATION
- BASIC MAKEUP APPLICATION
According to the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, there are a wide variety of professional careers a graduate can pursue after earning a diploma from a cosmetology school and getting their license. These include: Skin Care Therapist, Spa Technician, Facialist, Skin Care Technician, Makeup Artist, Lash Artist, Wax Specialist, Makeup Designer, Makeup Specialist, Product Specialist, Product Sales Rep, and Salon Owner.
Palomar Institute of Cosmetology offers both day and evening classes, along with various forms of financial aid.
Call (760) 744-7900, option 5 or use our contact form to learn more about becoming a student at Palomar Institute of Cosmetology.
State Curriculum Requirements
| Pursuant to B&P 7362.5(c) the curriculum for a skin care course shall, at a minimum, include technical and practical instruction in the following areas: | MINIMUM HOURS |
| Health and Safety: Including instruction on hazardous substances, chemical safety, safety data sheets, protection from hazardous chemicals, preventing chemical injuries, health and safety laws and regulations, and preventing communicable diseases. Board Approved Health & Safety Course (B&P 7389(a)): Including instruction on hazardous substances, basic labor laws, and physical and sexual assault awareness. | 100 |
| Disinfection and Sanitation: Including instruction on disinfection procedures to protect the health and safety of consumers as well as the technician and proper disinfection procedures for equipment used in establishments. | 100 |
| Skin Care Services: Three hundred fifty hours in skin care, which includes chemical and manual facials and massaging, stimulating, exfoliating, cleansing, or beautifying the face, scalp, neck, or body by the use of hands, esthetic devices, cosmetic products, antiseptics, lotions, tonics, or creams that do not result in the ablation or destruction of the live tissue. | 350 |
| Hair Removal and Lash and Brow Beautification: Including instruction on tinting and perming eyelashes and brows and applying eyelashes to any person, and includes removing superfluous hair from the body of any person by use of depilatories, tweezers, sugaring, nonprescription chemicals, or waxing, or by the use of devices and appliances of any kind or description, except by the use of lasers or light waves, which are commonly known as rays. | 50 |
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