Are you ready to begin your journey as a Skin Care Technician? At Wrapture Beauty Academy, your Student Kit equips you with everything needed to develop professional skin care skills, while our structured 30-week program prepares you for success!
Here’s a sneak peek at what the next few weeks have in store for you, plus a breakdown of practicum and everything included in your kit!
What’s in My Skin Care Technician Student Kit?
Your Skin Care Technician Student Kit is packed with high-quality, professional supplies to help you develop confidence and expertise in facial treatments, hair removal, and skin care services:
- Facial & Skincare Tools – Extractors, facial bowl and brush set for deep cleansing, exfoliation, and targeted skin treatments.
- Hair Removal Essentials – A complete waxing kit and wax warmer to master professional waxing techniques for brows, lips, underarms, and more.
- Advanced Exfoliation Kit – A Dermaplaning Kit by DermaplanePro to provide deep exfoliation and vellus hair removal.
- Lash & Brow Enhancement Kits – Lash Lift Kit and Tint Kit to perform lash lifts, brow laminations, and tinting services.
- Makeup Kit – Professional-grade Makeup Foerever products for makeup application training.
- Back Bar Access to professional skincare & beauty products:
About Some of Our Professional Back Bar Products:
✔ Bernard Cassière Skincare – A luxury French skincare line designed for customized facials, professional-grade treatments, and targeted skin solutions using natural botanicals and advanced formulations.
✔ DermaplanePro – A leading brand in dermaplaning tools and skincare used by estheticians worldwide for safe and effective exfoliation treatments.
✔ Makeup Forever – A professional makeup brand known for high-performance, industry-quality products used by makeup artists and estheticians in editorial, bridal, and beauty applications.
Skin Care Technician Program Overview
Becoming a Skin Care Technician in Manitoba is a structured process designed to ensure you gain the skills, experience, and certification required to succeed.
Schedule:
During your program, you will learn theory and practice providing and receiving skin care services with your classmates from Tuesday to Thursday. On Fridays—and one Saturday a month—you’ll put your skills to work by offering services to models, including friends, family, or members of the public.
Here’s a breakdown of your week:
Theory: Learning the Science of Beauty
Your week starts on Tuesdays and the day starts with theory—because before you can master hands-on skills, you need to understand the science behind them. You will learn about skin anatomy, product ingredients, and safety protocols, setting a strong foundation for your career.
Hands-On Training
Once you have covered the basics in theory, it is time to put your knowledge into action. Afternoon hands-on training sessions typically begin soon in your program. First, you will practice on your classmates and experience both sides of the service—giving and receiving treatments. This helps you understand not just how to perform the service, but what the client feels.
Program Overview
During your training, you’ll gain hands-on experience in:
✔ Skin Care & Facial Treatments – Skin analysis, basic facials, advanced facials, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, and dermaplaning.
✔ Body Treatments & Massage – Relaxation massage, body scrubs, cellulite treatments, back facials, mud or hydro wraps, and hot stone massage.
✔ Hair Removal – Waxing for brows, lips, chin, underarms, bikini, and legs.
✔ Lash & Brow Enhancements – Lash lift & tint, classic lash extensions, and lash & brow tinting.
✔ Makeup Artistry – Daytime, evening, bridal, fantasy, and mature makeup applications.
✔ Sanitation & Safety – Workplace hygiene, sterilization, and client safety.
✔ Business & Client Management – Retail sales, salon management, and client service.
With expert educators, hands-on training, and industry-standard tools, this program prepares you for a successful career in the skin care industry.
Friday: Working with Live Models (+ 1 Saturday a month)
After mastering treatments on classmates, you will start working on models. These can be friends, family, or even members of the public looking for skin and beauty treatments at a fraction of spa prices.
Your first few models might be people you already know, which can help ease first-time nerves. “I find that when we reach this point, it makes it a bit easier the first time if it is a friend or family member,” educator Mel shares. “That being said, you do want to practice what real life will be like by offering services to strangers, too.”
Practicum Breakdown: Everything You'll Do!
To successfully complete your practicum, you’ll need to perform:
✔ 12 Skin Analysis (included in facial time)
✔ 5 Facial Massages (included in facial time)
✔ 10 Facials
✔ 10 Advanced Facials
✔ 4 Custom Facials
✔ 2 Chemical Peels
✔ 2 Microdermabrasion Treatments
✔ 2 Dermaplaning Treatments
✔ 5 Body Treatments (scrub, cellulite treatment, back facial, mud/hydro wrap, hot stone massage)
✔ 2 Brow Waxes
✔ 2 Lip Waxes
✔ 2 Chin Waxes
✔ 2 Underarm Waxes
✔ 2 Bikini Waxes
✔ 2 Leg Waxes
✔ 10 Brow Tints
✔ 10 Lash Tints
✔ 4 Lash Lift & Tints
✔ 2 Classic Lash Extensions
✔ 5 Relaxation Massages
✔ 1 Aromatherapy Treatment
How to Get Practicum Models and Future Clients
Practicum is the time to start building your personal brand. Posting model calls on your social media beauty student account helps fill your practice appointments and starts attracting potential clients.
Educator Mel encourages students to think ahead:
“When you work in a spa, you will experience more success if you have a personal esthetician brand. Even if your spa has a marketing strategy, clients also want to relate to a person, not just a business. Start now with a dedicated account by sharing your student journey and growing your audience.”
Plus, if you tag the school account as a student, we’ll repost your model calls, giving you access to an audience of thousands! This will make it much easier for you to acquire the models you need.
That’s not all: Students who create a dedicated beauty account while still in school find it easier to transition into their career. By the time you graduate, you often have already started to build a client base that follows you wherever you go to eventually apprentice if they know where to find you (aka: if they started following your account while you were in school).
Read More: 5 Reasons Why Personal Branding Matters for Estheticians
Your Pathway to Licensing
- 30-Week Skin Care Technician Diploma Program – Learn theory and hands-on skills in facials, waxing, beauty, body treatments, and salon management.
- Practical Diploma Exam – Complete your diploma and demonstrate your expertise.
- 1,100 Hours of Apprenticeship – Work under supervision as a registered apprentice to gain real-world experience for about a year.
- Written Licensing Exam – Pass the provincial exam to earn your Esthetician- Skin Care Technician license.
Once licensed, you can freelance or work for any beauty business, offering professional skin and beauty services in salons, spas, or even your own business!
What to Expect from Your Skin Care Technician Practical Exam
For aspiring skin care technicians, the practical exam covers skills including:
- Hair Removal and Eyebrow Shaping: Using depilatory methods.
- Skin Cleansing and Extractions: Prepping the skin with care.
- Massage Techniques: Facial and body massage methods.
- Mask Application: Using visible mask product to show precision
- Lash Tinting: Safe and effective application techniques.
- Evening Makeup Application: Creating a polished final look.
Recap
The Skin Care Technician Diploma Program is an esthetician designation focused on all things skin health and rejuvenation. This program is ideal for you if you are passionate about skin care and beauty.
What to Expect: Becoming a Skin Technician takes approximately 7 months of schooling. Once you graduate, expect about 1 year of apprenticeship (to be precise: 1,100 hours). In total, the journey takes just over 1.5 years.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates often work as skin care technicians and spa professionals, focusing on facial and skin treatments. This is a fantastic field with opportunities to grow by adding advanced certifications as you gain experience, including laser treatments and microneedling.
Many pursue additional education to transition into roles at medi-spas or other advanced beauty providers. As you build confidence and expand your skills through professional certifications, you open the door to higher earning potential and the opportunity to provide in-demand, premium treatments.
This information is accurate on the publication date of this article. Contact us for the most up-to-date information. No matter where you are in Canada, always check with your provincial authorities to ensure compliance with the regulations for offering beauty services professionally.