It's all about the Face
Do you love make-up and eyebrows? Then this exciting course will develop your creative make-up and brow skills while developing a professional understanding of skin treatments and luxury facials.
Our course will provide you with formal qualifications and includes the following Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) units:
- Facial Therapy Treatments
Develop the skills and underpinning knowledge to perform luxury facials and devise treatment plans for clients. This unit will give you key knowledge of the skin to complement the make-up unit or allow you to offer bespoke facial treatments to clients.
You will learn how to consultation with clients, devise facial therapy treatment plans, provide homecare, after care and retail recommendations and evaluate the effectiveness of the facial therapy treatment. You will be assessed on the theoretical aspects of this unit as well as the practical. You will be required to work on clients in a realistic working environment.
- Make-up skills
Enter the exciting and creative world of make-up and develop skills in make-up application from natural day to glam evening and inspirational. You will plan and design make-up looks with creative face plans and research make up products, tools and techniques. You will also create photo finish looks for assessment. You will be required to bring your own models for assessment.
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Brow Artistry
It’s all about the brows…..learn the current trends in eyebrow styling, colouring and shaping to give a highly defined brow.
You will research different brow treatments and gain a comprehensive knowledge of the subject including identifying consultation, contra-indications, general effects and maintenance requirements of eyebrow treatments as well as identifying face shapes and eyebrow shapes.
You will learn in one of our modern beauty salons and once you have developed your skills we will need you to bring your own models for some glamourous looks.
Day and time: Weekly, Wednesdays, 6pm to 9pm
Course length: 34 weeks
Start date: 10 September 2025
End date: 3 June 2026
Delivery mode: Face to face, on campus. Online support and materials will be provided via Brightspace, our virtual learning environment.
Equipment: Make-up brushes and products will be available for use on campus; however, recommendations will be made throughout the course on an array of product brands and tools to create industry standard looks. It would be advisable to bring along your own set of make up brushes to classes and recommendations can be made to suit all budgets.
SCQF level: This course represents 30 SCQF credits and is delivered at SCQF level 7.
Cost: £344. Applicants may qualify for part time fee grant funding from SAAS.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and assessment
Open book research and tasks will be used to assess the theoretical aspects as well as practical assessments throughout the duration of the course. You will be required to undertake some of this study independently.
You will be required to source models for assessments.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this course.
Fees and funding
Fees and funding
Course fee: £344
You could be eligible for financial support to pay your course fee if you earn less than £25,000 per annum and meet residency criteria. Find out more about the Student Awards Agency Scotland Part Time Fee Grant.
If you are not eligible for the part time fee grant, you may take advantage of paying your course fees in instalments. Payment can be spread over 3 months, with the first payment of approximately £115 payable before starting the course. Full details of our payment plan and accepted methods of payment can be found on our Fees page in the section, Payment options and fee waiver information.
Find out more about fees and funding.
Next steps
Next steps
- Further study within Beauty therapy – progress to HNC full programme (direct entry)
- Expand on existing skills in the beauty industry or upskills from NQ5/SVQ 2 beauty.
- Go into self-employment as a make-up artist/ skin specialist
- Become employed as a make-up artist.
Student services
Student services
Part-time students have access to all our facilities, including:
- The library and learning resource centre
- Student support services
- Brightspace, our virtual learning environment