Own beauty salon without officially certified training

Did you know that you can open a beauty studio in Switzerland and Germany without ever having completed formal training as a beautician? Nothing stands in the way of your dream career in the beauty industry – except your own strength and determination to pursue this path. Only certain treatments, such as medical cosmetics, must be left to qualified professionals. From skincare and lash & brow artistry to nail styling, there are many treatments you can offer even without formal qualifications. Find out how…

Becoming a beautician and beauty professional without state training – here's a detailed explanation

A certified beautician (EFZ) – in Germany, a state-certified beautician – is a professional qualification you can obtain through a three-year apprenticeship at a vocational school. However, even without the federal certificate of competence awarded upon completion of this apprenticeship, you are permitted to open a beauty studio and offer beauty treatments in Switzerland and Germany.

Especially for career changers who are already established in their lives and cannot simply start a three-year training program, this is a great opportunity to still achieve their dream job in beauty.

Of course, you should absolutely not offer just any beauty treatments without having the appropriate basic knowledge of cosmetics as well as in-depth know-how about your chosen beauty treatments – such as Lash & Brow Lifting, Microneedling, BB Skin and so on.

Especially when it comes to anything related to the skin: As soon as you perform more in-depth treatments on your beauty client, whether invasive or not, or if you want to offer special skin treatments like the silk thread lift - it is recommended to know exactly about the structure of the skin and how it reacts to what and why.

Ultimately, you want to impress your clients with excellent service and outstanding beauty results. You also need to adhere to legally mandated hygiene standards, which you should ideally have a professional demonstrate and explain to you. Only then can you offer your clients professional treatments in your beauty studio.

A lack of expertise and practical skills, on the other hand, leads in the “best” case to your customers, who come to your studio despite lacking certification, being disappointed and avoiding you from then on or even leaving you bad Google reviews.

In the worst-case scenario, a beauty treatment goes wrong and you find yourself in a difficult position, potentially having to answer for unwanted treatment results in court.

Trust in your beauty knowledge - customers want to see your certificates

Which certificate courses should you take if you want to work as a beautician?

However, as an alternative to cosmetic training, you can absolutely do to become a beauty professional through a renowned beauty training provider (such as BLASHY Academy, the No. 1 provider of online beauty training in Switzerland).

There are various ways you can obtain your relevant beauty certificates through training and gain the necessary expertise and important practical experience with clients.

Learn cosmetics techniques in person - beauty certificate courses will take you where you want to go.

Instead of training to become a state-certified beautician: Further education via beauty courses is still a path to a career as a beautician, even for those over 30.

Many practical training courses only require one or two days to complete the beauty training and receive a certificate upon completion. During this time, the beauty professionals you learn from will impart all the essential know-how, and you'll usually conclude by demonstrating what you've learned on a model, allowing you to truly put the beauty theory into practice.

For complete beginners, we generally recommend taking a practical course first for complex training courses such as permanent make-up or other invasive treatments at the BLASHY Academy!

Depending on which treatments interest you and your prior knowledge, you can also complete some training courses entirely online. Some training providers also offer hybrid courses, consisting of online training plus practical components with models.

What you need to open a beauty salon in Switzerland or Germany

You will also need these skills to become a successful beautician.

Besides beauty expertise and the corresponding skills, you also need other kinds of know-how to run a successful beauty salon in Switzerland or Germany.

Business acumen is a clear advantage when starting your own business – even if you're initially going it alone. Marketing knowledge, specifically how to generate new clients for your beauty salon, is also essential or something you should acquire soon. And most importantly: the right sales and marketing skills. These will help you retain your existing clients and increase your revenue so that you can soon make a living from your beauty business.

Yes, even as a beauty service provider, you need to be able to sell. No, you don't have to sound like a pushy salesperson when you're promoting your beauty treatments. Selling can be done elegantly – but it's an extremely important part of building a successful beauty business.

If you think you are a "loser" in sales conversations, or if the thought of having to sell treatments and products instead of simply waiting for people to come to you fills you with panic, then you shouldn't despair.

Even if you don't have a natural "salesperson's heart", with practice anyone can learn that selling doesn't have to be negative and what subtle tactics can be used to send their customer home a little bit happier.

Every beauty service provider and beautician can learn how to sell.

Learn how to easily encourage your beauty clients to book additional services or purchase your products.

Sales skills can be developed! Whether you're introverted or extroverted is irrelevant at first. Anyone can learn to use sales tactics. With the right guidance at the beginning, ideally from a beauty professional who already knows the target group, and a little practice, selling will later become second nature.

And the customer always remains the focus: because selling isn't about simply pushing anything on anyone. You should see selling as part of your service. Once you've furthered your training, you'll know exactly which products or treatments will help your customers with their problems or achieve the look they desire.

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PS You can find more information about the 3-month training course to become a Lash & Brow Stylist here.