AIIC Classes

AIIC Specialty Classes

The American Institute of Intradermal Cosmetics (AIIC) offers specialized training in these areas:

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Microdermabrasion:
An AIIC Certified Master Instructor will educate professionals in mechanical skin exfoliation on state- of-the-art equipment. This comprehensive course encompasses both theory and hands-on teaching methods. You will learn multiple opportunities of the profession in microdermabrasion and will discover the benefits of the procedure. Client consultations, topical ingredients and post-treatment instruction are a few topics discussed during this course. You will also learn skin physiology, contraindications and various applications. This course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, and a certification certificate.

Eyelash Extensions:
This course introduces you to the fastest growing trend in the beauty industry ? Eyelash Extensions. The extensions eliminate the need for mascara or an eyelash curler; they look astonishingly natural and last up to two months. During the class, you will learn how to safely apply long lasting extensions using the “lash by lash” technique. You will also be educated on the most effective way to market and charge your clients as well as how to do touch ups. This class includes lecture, demonstration, individual hands-on training on mannequins and a certificate. Also available in Spanish.

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Master Machine Workshop:
An essential course for those technicians wanting to move their practice to a new level, or those who just want to explore the advantages of a more powerful machine. These machines are suitable for tattooing larger areas and thicker skin allowing you to do areola, scar camouflage and body art tattoos quickly and easily. This course will cover the pros and cons of each machine, needle selection, tuning, sterilization and trouble shooting techniques. This course includes lecture, manual, demonstration, hands-on training and a certificate.

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Blush:
Most women apply color to their cheeks everyday to give their face a healthy youthful appearance. Imagine how excited they will be to find out that they could have this look all the time. Take this highly intensive course and learn how to perform blush procedures that are designed as a natural enhancement. This course will cover client concerns, color selection and shading techniques that work specifically for contouring cheeks. You will learn everything you need to know to perform blush procedures safely by following the guidelines taught in this course. This course includes lecture, manual, demonstration, hands-on training and certificate.

Eye Shadowing :
Eye Lights will teach you how to create a soft subtle shade or a dramatic elegant look while creating shadows and highlights on the upper eyelid. Learn the different techniques to accent every shape and size variance bringing out the natural beauty of each client. Lecture will include color selection, color combinations, machine and needle selection. This course includes lecture, demonstration, manual and certificate.

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Animal Art:
Animal Artistry is a new and exciting profession! This class will teach you how to market animal artistry to veterinarians, registered breeders, show specialists, ranchers and the public in general. Learn various applications and benefits of permanent make-up for animals; including registration and identification markings, various cosmetic procedures for show animals, and targeting and tattooing areas for the purpose of cancer prevention. Anesthetics, machines, techniques and various applications will be covered in this class. Other topics include consent, considerations, procedure pricing, consultations and color selection. Don’t miss out in this ground floor opportunity! Animal Artistry is a niche market that can be very rewarding and easy to promote. This course includes lecture, class manual and certificate.

Areola Applications:
Working with plastic surgeons doing areola reconstruction can be one of the most emotionally satisfying and financially rewarding parts of a permanent cosmetic practice. In this workshop you will learn the newest techniques surgeons are using today to reconstruct nipples and areolas lost from cancer excision, trauma or congenital absence. You will learn the specifics of adding color to skin grafts, local tissue flaps, cartilage grafts, tissue-engineered structures, and shared nipples, as well as techniques for mimicking nipple projection and position with shading and color. This course will also cover the challenge and the psychological implications of working with mastectomy patients and the rewards of returning them to a symmetrical aesthetically pleasing appearance. Course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, hands-on training and certificate.

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Stretch Mark Strategies:
Eighty percent of all women over 18-years-old have stretch marks. Remarkable isn’t it? What skills can we learn as technicians in helping women overcome this embarrassing skin distortion? Stretch Mark Strategies is a course designed to isolate this subject from other scar revisions, completely inform you on technique and take away your hesitations of performing this procedure. What causes stretch marks? When are stretch marks safe to work on? Do I use camouflage colors? Can all stretch marks be worked on? What are the final results and healing time? All of these questions and more will be answered in this confidence building class. Your clients will be thankful you took it!

Practicing Paramedical Procedures:
Join the rewarding field of paramedical scar revision. An AIIC Certified Instructor will cover everything you need to know to start you on your way to performing successful paramedical procedures. You will go step by step from the initial consultation exam and color testing to the final color application. Lecture includes new developments in Vitiligo, Stretch Marks and Keloid Scaring. This course includes case studies, manual, demonstration, hands-on training and certificate.

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Contouring Cheeks:
Most women apply color to their cheeks everyday to give their face a healthy youthful appearance. Imagine how excited they will be to find out that they could have this look all the time. Take this highly intensive course and learn how to perform blush procedures that are designed as a natural enhancement. This course will cover client concerns, color selection and shading techniques that work specifically for contouring cheeks. You will learn everything you need to know to perform blush procedures safely by following the guidelines taught in this course. This course includes lecture, manual, demonstration, hands-on training and certificate.

Eye Shading:
Eye Shading will teach you how to create a soft subtle shade or a dramatic elegant look while creating shadows and highlights on the upper eyelid. Learn the different techniques to accent every shape and size variance bringing out the natural beauty of each client. Lecture will include color selection, color combinations, machine and needle selection. This class includes lecture, manual, demonstration, hands-on training, and certificate.

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Dynamic, Defined-Hairline Stroke Eyebrows:
Learn how to create beautiful hairline strokes that work to add dimension and definition to your eyebrow procedures. This advance course will cover everything you need to know in order to create hairline stroke eyebrows that look real, including machines and needle selections, artistic technique, pigment placement with multiple shades to create depth and texture. This course is a must for any technician that wants to improve on the simulation of hairline strokes. This class includes lecture, manual, demonstration, hands-on training, and certificate.

Easy Eyeliners:
Implantation of subtle shadowing in the lash line can mimic hundreds of tiny eyelashes, popular among men as well as women. Additional shadowing of color can create a soft enhancement of the eye or a bold line can be achieved, depending on the desired result. This class will cover step by step eyeliner application, approaching your procedure, appropriate anesthetic application, keeping your clients eyes closed, and proper stretching techniques. Get that extra assurance that you are providing the best eyeliner service possible with optimal results.

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Vibrant Lips In Minutes & More:
An AIIC Master Instructor will teach new innovative techniques for achieving Vibrant Lip Color in Minutes. State-of-the-art technology has enabled her to perfect the art of vibrant full lip color in as quickly as 15 minutes! You will learn her secrets; techniques and the ability to perform beautiful, vibrant, smooth lip color in half the time it takes you today. This class will cover technique, product knowledge, color selection and tips for Vibrant Lips in Minutes. You will not want to miss this fast moving, dynamic hands on workshop that is guaranteed to change your lip procedures forever. This course includes lecture, demonstration, class manual, hands on training and certificate.

Minimizing Mistakes:
Finally a class designed to prevent mistakes before they ever happen. This confidence-boosting course will act as a refresher course on both basic and advanced procedures. Avoid costly mistakes by knowing the tricks of the trade. Eliminating mistakes and unsatisfactory results you will increase your clientele, improve your reputation, and reduce the headaches of disgruntled customers. This course includes lecture, class manual and certificate.

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Mucosal Matters:
Mucosal eyeliner is a great addition to any eyeliner procedure. This course covers fact and fiction regarding mucosal eyeliners, including: artistic technique, pigment placement, machines and needle size selection. Other topics include numbing techniques, corneal abrasions, anatomy of the eye, migration, the cause and how to avoid it. You will learn how to compliment the iris by selecting the proper colors to add depth or vibrancy to the eyes. This course includes lecture, demonstration, hands-on training a class manual, and certificate.

Eyelash Perming:
Let an AIIC instructor teach you these quick, easy and profitable services for building repeat clientele and marketing permanent makeup procedures. Eyelash Perming is a simple 45-minute procedure that can increase your income dramatically; clients are amazed with beautiful curled lashes and return every two to three months for this procedure. Eyelash Perming services are presented for both men and women and can be offered to your clients during a facial or prior to permanent makeup. This course includes an Eyelash Perm Kit that will do approx 50-60 procedures, lecture, hands on training, a reference manual and certificate. Also available in Spanish.

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Eye Accents:
Learn the latest in updated cosmetic eyeliners that are sure to put you ahead of other technicians in your area. This course is designed to insure you are on the cutting edge of eyeliners by offering various unique styles including the new French Eyeliner. Learn how to create beautiful eyeliners using multiple colors that create a soft, subtle effect that will enhance your client’s appearance. This class includes lecture, demonstration, hands-on training, class manual and certificate. Also available in Spanish.

Ethnic Skin Considerations:
Increase your client base by learning how to treat and care for skin of women from all nationalities. This course will cover color selections for African American, Asian, Hispanic, Indian and other skin types. Lecture will cover hyper-pigmentation, hypo-pigmentation, keloid scarring, color selection and special considerations when performing intradermal cosmetics procedures on ethnic skin types. This class includes lecture, case studies, manual, demonstration, hands-on training and certificate.

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Eyebrow Threading:
Threading is the hottest and most natural way to remove unwanted hair using a cotton thread. This is an ancient method of depilation used in many countries. This delicate procedure is suitable for even the most sensitive skin types and is highly recommended as an excellent option instead of waxing or tweezing. Though this technique is primarily known for facial hair removal, this method can be used for removal of body hair as well as some countries actually do full leg threading. This course includes lecture, demonstration, hands-on training, manual and certificate.

L.I.N.D.A./Anesthetic Delivery System
Master the exact steps necessary to completely pre-deaden all procedures: The L.I.N.D.A. Technique is a revolutionary method that ensures your anesthetics has reached peak performance before you touch your client’s skin. This method allows your client to maintain a comfort level that will enable you to implant more color with less trauma to the skin. You will also learn the crucial steps you need to take and the times necessary to achieve pain free permanent cosmetic procedures. This course includes lecture, technical manual, demonstration, hands on training and certificate.

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Eyebrow Essentials
This class is a must for any technician who needs professional eyebrow design instructions. Learn techniques that show you how to design eyebrows that will enhance any face shape. This course covers how to measure, shape, and space eyebrows. You will also learn how to apply stencils using various techniques. The Eyebrow Essentials class will help you design beautiful brows and save time for both you and your client. This course will include lecture, demonstration, hands-on training, a class manual, and certificate. Also available in Spanish.

Color Correction Clinic:
Do you know how to correct blue lips? Orange eyebrows? Or a distorted lip liner? You will leave this workshop with the techniques and skills necessary to improve less-than-desirable procedures. Come and learn color theory and color harmony as you study contrast and dominance, proportion and intensity. We will examine contextual color basics and the effect on our perception of color. Take your practice to the next level by overcoming the challenges of correcting the unsuccessful work of your competitors and/or covering inferior iron-oxide colors. Course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, hands-on training and a certificate.

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Revenue Remedies:
Have you ever wondered how you could increase your revenue without having to create a whole new clientele? This exciting new course will give you innovative ideas and resources to increase your revenue all year long. You will learn about body wraps, teeth whitening, non-surgical face-lifts, light therapy, anti-aging products and more. Learn how to incorporate optional procedures to all your clients and attract new clients with these new and exciting treatments. This course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, and a certification certificate.

“Apeeling Effects:”
For thousands of years, women have used a range of substances from sour milk to fermented grape skins to improve their complexions. Today we use different acids to exfoliate the outer layers of skin and improve its appearance. This class will distinguish the chemical differences between Alpha-hydroxy and beta-hydroxy acids, retinoids, and various vitamin combinations for the skin. By incorporating a synergistic approach to enhance your treatments, your clientele will see better results. This course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, and a certification certificate.

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Skinsations:
Experience the latest and greatest technologies in equipment and how to use combined and layered techniques for those who want that “lifting and tightening facelift effect” without surgery. Treatments and protocols will be discussed; topics of treatment will include Acne, Rosacea, Hyper-pigmentation, and Anti-Aging. Demonstrations include LED Red Light Lift Therapy, LED Blue Light Therapy (Acne), Micro Current, Facial Rejuvenation, and Skin Renewal Systems. This course includes lecture, demonstration, manual, and a certification certificate.

Everything New and Exciting for Aestheticians:
For the first time ever on Grand Stage see expert aestheticians demonstrate cutting edge skin rejuvenation procedures. The workshop includes an interactive audience question and answer session. You will also receive products and tools necessary to perform procedures. Learn about the most progressive treatments that feature the latest in cosmeceutical interventions.
You will learn how advanced compounds help address acne, hyperpigmentation, rosacea, contact dermatitis, regeneration of the epidermis while increasing collagen production, circulation and oxygenating tissues to preserve young, healthy skin. Identify the hidden culprits of aging skin and learn to reduce the signs of aging with treatment. Learn what works safely to produce great results and higher client satisfaction ? all to grow your business. Both permanent cosmetic technicians and aestheticians will benefit from this class.
Adding skin care to your service offerings can expand your permanent makeup business while developing an additional residual income from product sales. The retail value of the products you will receive is over $100! It is like getting paid to attend this class.
Class includes: Manual, Product Samples and Certificate of Attendance. Course includes lecture, demonstration, hands-on training, manual and certificate.

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“Seeing is Believing” from The Eye Experts
This class is a must for any technician who needs professional eyebrow design instructions. Learn techniques that show you how to design eyebrows that will enhance any face shape. This course covers how to measure, shape, and space eyebrows. You will also learn how to apply stencils using various techniques. The Eyebrow Essentials class will help you design beautiful brows and save time for both you and your client. This course will include lecture, demonstration, hands-on training, a class manual, and certificate. Also available in Spanish.

Color Correction Clinic:
Sandi Hammons will host the world’s leading Eye Experts in an interactive, thrilling Grand Stage Multi-media Production. AIIC Certified Eye Experts will demonstrate various permanent eyeliner procedures along with a myriad of associated profit centers for eyes. They will guide you through each step of the procedures. Eye Illusions, Advanced Eyeliners, Eye Accents, Eye Shading, Eyelash Tinting, Mucosal Magic, Eyelash Extensions, French Eyeliners and more. You will see each procedure up close on our big screen monitor as Sandi and several AIIC Certified Eye Experts cover the secrets and steps of each procedure. Discussion topics include: Step-by-step Instructions, Maximizing Profits and Marketing Multiple Procedures, Considerations and Interactions of various profit centers for eyes, pain Management, Mitigating Migration and Avoiding Abrasions, correction, needle and color selections and more. You will learn how to incorporate these master techniques and optional procedures with new and exciting treatments and market them to all your clients to increase your income dramatically.
Course includes: Manual, Product Samples and Certificate of Attendance.

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Learning More About Lips and Time Saving Tips:
Sandi Hammons will MC this class while AIIC certified instructors demonstrate step-by-stop procedures for Faux Lip Enhancements, Coloring & Camouflaging Cleft Lips, Advanced Techniques for Lip liners and Full Lip Color, Correcting Symmetry and Scars, Time Saving Tips and much more. You will see each procedure up close on our big screen monitor as Sandi and our Experts in Lips cover every step of each procedure. Topics for discussion will include minimizing touch-ups and maximizing color, medication interactions, pain management and lip color correction and selection. You will learn how to incorporate these optional procedures with new and exciting treatments and market them to all your clients to increase your income dramatically. Class: 1.5 hours. Manual & Certificate Included.

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Paramedical Professions and Protocols:
AIIC certified Paramedical Professionals will demonstrate on Grand Stage a broad view of paramedical procedures including: advanced areola art, camouflage of contracture tissue, dry needle techniques, vitiligo & scar camouflage, re-pigmenting with repetition, camouflaging stretch marks & birthmarks, dry needle collagen rejuvenation and other paramedical applications. Demonstrations will focus on technique and discussions will include initial consultation, setting expectations, color selection and testing, application tips and techniques and marketing to physicians. You will learn how to eliminate or significantly improve the appearance of skin imperfections. You will learn how to incorporate these optional procedures with new and exciting treatments and market them to all your clients to increase your income dramatically. Class: 1.5 hours. Manual & Certificate Included.

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Eyebrows, Fine Lines and Micro-Hairlines
Sandi Hammons will MC this class while AIIC Eyebrow Experts demonstrate step-by-step instructions for performing our industry’s newest art form, micro hairline strokes! The audience will follow along with practice materials and tools as they learn to create fine lines and micro hairlines. Eyebrow threading, working with pencils & stencils, face shapes & eyebrow design, and dimensional colors will also be demonstrated and discussed. This technique can be used not only for eyebrows but also for scalp camouflage hairline strokes. You will see each procedure up close on our big screen monitor as Sandi and our Certified Instructors cover every step of each procedure.
Course includes: Tools to Create Micro Hairlines, Manual, Product Samples and Certificate of Attendance.

Color Applications for Asians, Hispanics, Ethnics and Caucasians...
Discover Premier’s latest innovative tool to simplify your color decisions! Sandi Hammons and skilled practitioners offer new tips and secrets for proper color selection and application when dealing with Asians, Hispanics, Ethnics, and Caucasians.
Learn to analyze your client’s complexion, determine warm or cool undertones and ensure a flawless final result. Take the guesswork out of color selection as you delve into: saturation, contrast and color balance. Study the art of color layering, color mixing and color correction. Gain confidence in finding the ideal color that balances your client’s requests with the color that best suits their skin type.

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Classes are limited in size and prices are subject to change. Please call to confirm availibility before you make flight and hotel arrangments. Hands On demonstrations and procedures are subject to availability and health considerations of models. For more information, call 1-800-642-1096.