Project Description

Become a Licensed Esthetician.

Become a Licensed Esthetician.

1500 hour full time diploma program

Spa professionals infuse confidence into the lives of their clients. Elevate yourself and choose from a myriad of career paths this industry has to offer from cruise ships to exotic resorts or a day spa in the city of your choice by attending our esthetics school in Nova Scotia. Our esthetics program includes skin and body science, nail technology, hair removal, and makeup artistry and will introduce you to a large variety of topics noted below.

Core Foundation – Topics Covered Under Licensing

The success of your career as an Esthetician is of utmost importance and largely depends on leaving school with the best possible foundation balanced with a thirst for lifelong learning. At Elevate Beauty, we focus on building an indestructible base for you to build upon as you progress throughout your career. Using the many decades of experience of our team, we have discovered the best formula to allow our students to perfect their core practical skills is for our major focus to be on the following practical applications:

  • Manicuring

  • Pedicuring

  • Gel Artificial Nail Enhancements

  • Hair Removal

  • Makeup Artistry

  • Lash Tinting and Lifting

  • Relaxation Body Massage and Treatments

  • Skincare and Facial Treatments

Elevate Beauty Esthetics School

Enhanced Topics

In the second half of your esthetics program, during your practicum, you will be exposed to some advanced areas of your esthetics license. How well versed you become in them will depend on your interest, self-study and guest speaker availability. Due to the limited time in this program to reach our core goals, additional home study, practice and upgrade classes may be required for extra certification in these areas. We do our best to stay current with industry trends so enhanced opportunities will vary with each intake but may include:

  • Microdermabrasion

  • Dermaplaning

  • Advanced Skin Treatments

  • Medical Esthetics Machines

  • Makeup Master Classes

  • Hot Stone Massage

  • Threading Hair Removal

  • Sugaring Hair Removal

  • Advanced Footcare

  • Acrylic Nail Enhancements

Intake Dates

  • Sept. 2026
  • March 2027

Esthetics Program Outline

  • Orientation and Spa Etiquette
  • Salon Ecology
  • Nail Sciences
  • Hair Removal
  • General Anatomy and Physiology
  • Skin Sciences and Skin Care
  • General Esthetics Facial and Body Treatments
  • Makeup Artistry
  • Business Skills and Occupational Health and Safety

Costs

Total Pricing: $15,843

Includes:

  • tuition
  • professional kit
  • books
  • CANS admin and licensing fee

Grants and funding available, contact us for more details.

Program costs are subject to change without notice.

Entrance Requirements

  • Completed application form accompanied by $100 non-refundable application fee
  • Successful interview
  • High school diploma, successful completion of an approved post secondary program, GED, or successful completion of approved test (contact us for details)
  • Copy of transcript for last grade achieved
  • Resume

Housing

  • Elevate Beauty offers student housing. Spaces are limited, contact us for details.
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Looking for an esthetics school in Halifax?

Elevate Beauty is a leading esthetics school in Nova Scotia offering a 1500 hour full time program designed to provide student with all the skills and experience necessary to become professional estheticians.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Below you will find answers to the most common questions asked regarding our Esthetics Program.

Our esthetics course cost as seen above. Included in this cost is also your CANS admin and license fee, professional kits as well as education resource tools such as books.

To be admitted into our esthetics school you will need a high school diploma, successful completion of an approved post secondary program, GED, or successful completion of approved test (contact us for details).

  • Student Loan and government funding approved
  • Condensed programs to get you licensed and working sooner
  • Flexibility to offer the latest techniques and industry changes
  • Busy working spa and salon to get you the practical experience required for success.
  • Our reputation is everything. If you don’t succeed, we don’t succeed.

We typically offer 2 intake dates for our esthetics program, in the fall and spring of each year.

At Elevate Beauty, we believe that a smaller number of students in our esthetics program helps improve student engagement and also helps us provide more individualized attention to our students. Hence, our esthetics program classes have a maximum number of 16 students.

There’s a lot of options to explore as a professional esthetician, below are five examples:

  • Eyelash and Brow Specialist

Everyday, more and more people want natural-looking brows with some pop touches, so the need for a Brow specialist has become necessary. Also, the adoption of lash extension and lash tinting is on the rise, and it’s not stopping anytime soon.

  • Make-Up Artist.

Professional Make-up artists help bring out the hidden beauties in people. Little wonder everyone wants an expert to help them stand out on their most special days. Imagine how rewarding it would be to have a licence from our beauty school near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also, you wouldn’t have to enroll for a separate course.

  • Medical Esthetician

Being a Medical Esthetician is one of the most rewarding career options you can choose after graduating from an esthetics school near Halifax, Nova Scotia. It helps you to partner with dermatologists, highly sought-after plastic surgeons and other skin experts. Not only is it highly rewarding, but it’s also fun and you don’t have to go to a medical school to practice. Elevate Beauty, a 5-star beauty school in Nova Scotia has a well-detailed and approved course that can get you licensed.

  • Hair Removal Specialist

Some people are beginning to find shaving as a hassle and removing their hair. It’s a trend and you know what’s awesome with riding the trend from the base? You easily become an authority in that field. Should you be asking the question, is there a beauty school near me that can get me licensed? Yes, Elevate Beauty can!

  • Beauty Influencer

Think of how much you can make creating content and getting paid as an ambassador for top brands? Not going to come easy, yes, but it’s a good way to make money from the comfort of your home. And also, who says you can’t be a beauty influencer or blogger while you do something else that you love doing?

If you are passionate about helping people solve their beauty problems, then this is a choice to consider. You’ll inspire many people and give tips on how to care for their skin, hair, nails, and/or face.

a) Any application or registration fees are non-refundable

b) Supply and Student Kits are non-refundable except where items are returned unopened or as issued no later than 5 business days after the end of student enrollment.

c) 100% of tuition will be refunded in the event enrollment ends before the program start date.

d) Except as otherwise noted in the Private Career Colleges Act or these regulations, a student whose end of enrollment occurs after the program start date and before the program end date, the following table outlines the refund applicable:

Percentage of Hours of Program delivered to End of Enrollment Refund (Minus any registration fee credited to tuition under subsection 51(2)) Program 12 weeks or longer

0-25%

Any tuition paid for the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quarters of the program

>25%-50%

Any tuition paid for the 3rd or 4th quarters of the program

>50%-75%

Any tuition paid for the 4th quarter of the program

>75%

None

e) All refunds applicable will be paid within 30 days from the end of enrolment.

If you’re passionate about esthetics, learning and working as an esthetician could be a great career for you. Your experience and perspective will be an asset to your profession.

First, you need people skills. The desire to help people feel great. Also important are patience, time management, and reliability. Talent helps too, but we can teach you how to acquire it.

Yes, you will be a licensed esthetician with a diploma from our approved esthetician program.

Programs at Elevate Beauty are approved and regulated by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education and the Cosmetology Association of Nova Scotia.

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