FACIAL AND BODY SKIN HYGIENE AND HYDRATION (IMPE015PO)

50 hours Online Subsidised training Next start: 15 Oct 2026
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Course description

Learn the specific techniques for cleansing and hydrating facial and body skin.

Why enrol on this course?

Who can take this course?

Employed, self-employed or unemployed people who want to improve their skills.

Free course

Subsidised training, at no cost to the student.

Online course

Study from home with a flexible format.

Certified course

When you finish you will be able to certify the training you have completed.

Course content

1. SKIN HYGIENE
1.1 A brief history of hygiene
1.2 Hygiene: concept, types and examples
1.3 The skin: composition and functions
1.4 Skin damage
1.5 Skin hygiene
2. TYPES OF FACIAL AND BODY HYGIENE TREATMENTS
2.1 The beautician: profile and duties
2.2 Facial and body hygiene treatments. Overview
2.3 Facial hygiene
2.4 Body treatments
3. SURFACE CLEANSING AND MAKE-UP REMOVAL. TECHNIQUES
3.1 Skin hygiene: surface cleansing and deep cleansing
3.2 Facial surface cleansing and make-up removal. Procedures, materials and techniques
3.3 Body surface cleansing
4. DEEP CLEANSING OF THE SKIN. TREATMENT PHASE. TOOLS AND MATERIALS USED
4.1 Deep cleansing
4.2 Specific techniques and treatment phases
5. PREPARING THE CLIENT AND COMPLETING THE TECHNICAL RECORD
5.1 The workspace
5.2 Dealing with the client
5.3 Document repository in the beauty centre: the beauty history record, the technical beauty record and the patient referral report
5.4 Quality in beauty services
6. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING AND APPLYING SPECIFIC COSMETICS
6.1 What is a cosmetic?
6.2 Specific hygiene cosmetics
6.3 Criteria for selecting specific cosmetics
6.4 Applying specific cosmetics
7. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING, PROGRAMMING AND USING THE EQUIPMENT IN EACH TREATMENT PHASE
7.1 Beauty equipment
7.2 Classification of equipment
8. MANUAL TECHNIQUES USED
8.1 Massage applied to hygiene
8.2 Precautions and contraindications
8.3 Professional skills and materials required
8.4 Manoeuvres
8.5 Performing the massage
9. SPECIFIC DEEP CLEANSING TECHNIQUES BY SKIN TYPE
9.1 Normal skin
9.2 Alipic (lipid-deficient) skin
9.3 Dehydrated skin
9.4 Oily skin
9.5 Acne-prone skin
9.6 Sensitive skin
9.7 Ageing skin
9.8 Phototypes and the Fitzpatrick scale
10. SKIN HYDRATION
10.1 Manual techniques
10.2 Materials and technical resources
10.3 Specific cosmetics: selection criteria, handling and application
10.4 Equipment: selection criteria, programming and application