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Beautician / Beauty Therapy Schools and Courses

Beauty therapy (beautician) training combines facials, body treatments, waxing, nails and makeup. It is the common name for multi-treatment qualifications in the UK, Ireland, Australia and elsewhere. 36 verified listings from 28 providers below.

36 programs & classes

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What beauty therapy training covers

  • Facial and body treatments
  • Waxing and hair removal
  • Manicure and pedicure
  • Makeup
  • Client care and salon practice

Typical routes

Often an externally awarded vocational qualification at college, with levels set by a national framework. Private academies also award their own diplomas.

Also searched as: beautician, beauty therapist, beauty therapy, beauty courses, beauty school, beauty academy. Variants are folded into this page rather than split into near-duplicates.

Before you choose a course

  • Which authority, if any, approves the school or the course for the place where you want to work
  • Contact hours and practical hours, shown separately from elapsed time
  • Whether the certificate is an attendance record, an assessed provider award or an external qualification
  • What the price includes: kit, consumables, uniform, registration and assessment fees
  • The awarding body and level, as published

What this is not

Beauty therapy is wider than esthetics and does not by itself make you a licensed cosmetologist.

More in Beauty therapy and spa

Beautician, beauty therapist, parlour and spa training that combines several treatments.

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