LASH & BROW CLASS

Well...here's the last post about all of my first classes!

Tuesday I took my first Lash and Brow Fundamentals class. My teacher for this class was very personable and knowledgable about the subject and interested in her students. The morning was filled with PowerPoint and theory and more student introductions as with all the other 'first classes'. We learnt once again about the layers of the skin (the same as Facial Fundamentals class), which was good in a way because I think I've memorised quite a bit of it now.

After lunch there was a bit more theory about skin and contraindications of lash and brow tinting/shaping then we got into the practical stuff! I was pretty delighted to hear that this subject was going to be largely practical.

For the first class, we did lash tinting and eyebrow shaping (with tweezers - unfortunately eyebrow threading is not covered at school, but You Tube is a God for that). The teacher gave the class a demonstration first on a fellow student - showing us how to set up our work area, follow safe practices and maintain a connection with your client (who will have to close their delicate eyes and trust you for up to 15 minutes through the whole procedure of lash tinting). After the demonstration we all buddied up in twos and dived in and grabbed our materials and safety equipment and had our buddy lay on the bed (also, on that note - we have no desks at CNB, each classroom seems to have massage beds in it and you sit at those instead, often unfortunately on a very uncomfortable wheeled stool with no back!), and the teacher walked everyone through the process one step at a time, checking how everybody was going, then we swapped over and our buddy did our treatment.

Blue-black eyelashes...hell yeah!

It was all very easy to do, just a little bit fiddley and easy to forget some of the hygiene procedures which seem to be very important when it comes to coming in contact with a clients bodily fluids.

So at the end of the day, my sensitive eyes came home a bit itchy but with blue-black tinted lashes and a few stray brow hairs plucked. Next week will be a bit more theory about skin and glands and brow tinting prac - I can't wait for that because my tragic orange bleached eyebrows are getting to be a pain!

Homework for this class seems to come in the form of a workbook that you fill in the answers to. All the answers are included in the resources provided at the beginning of the trimester (PDFs with all the PowerPoints and info you get in class), but I've found it helpful to be taking detailed notes in class too. There's also a workbook for facials class. I've gone ahead through the workbooks and filled out everything I could so I wouldn't have to worry too much about them later. The lash and brow workbook is due in two weeks as the whole subject is a short one (four weeks actually - we move on to nails after this).

Exams for this class are practical assessments. Lash and brow assessment will be in week four, then after we have passed that, we are qualified to perform that treatment on real clients! Hooray!

I am off to bed now to get my beauty sleep for Facial Fundamentals class tomorrow! Hoping for some practical but I'm looking at the unit guide, it seems there will be an exam and more theory so I'll be hitting the Berocca hard!