COSM 61L - Basic Esthetician Laboratory
- Prerequisite: High school diploma and Placement in ENG 22/60
- Corequisite: COSM 60
- COSM majors only
A basic foundation of practical skills in facial cleansing, facial massage, facial treatments, hair removal and makeup application.
Contact: 15 hours lab. minimum per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of COSM 61L, the student will be able to:
- Practice professional standards of hygiene and grooming.
- Perform sanitation and disinfection procedures during skin treatments.
- Perform sanitation and disinfection of equipment and tools.
- Demonstrate proper skin analysis using different skin analysis tools.
- Conduct a client consultation.
- Identify different skin types.
- Perform proper facial cleansing techniques.
- Perform a European facial.
- Handle skin care equipment properly and safely.
- Execute an Acupressure facial.
- Apply different types of specialty masques.
- Recognize a few skin disorders.
- Categorize product uses according to different skin types and conditions.
- Apply the following hair removal methods:
- depilatories
- waxing strips
- hard wax
- List the contraindications for facial treatments or ingredients.
- List the contraindications for hair removal with wax depilatories.
- Recognize different facial shapes.
- Apply contour and highlighting to emphasize or minimize certain facial features.
- Apply basic make-up techniques for different
- skin tones
- facial shapes
- features