
Explore skin structure and function and learn skin anatomy and physiology in simple terms to pursue a career as a beautician, makeup artist, or skin advisor.
Discover how the skin, the largest organ, protects against external factors. Explore the three layers—epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue—with keratinocytes, collagen, and fat cells.
Explain the epidermis and its five layers—basal, prickle (spinosum), granular (granulosum), transparent (lucidum), and horny (corneum)—and how its continual renewal moves cells toward the surface. Discover the functions of melanocytes and Merkel cells, the immune role of Langerhans cells, and how the transparent layer controls water transmission while the horny layer provides waterproofing.
Explore epidermal cells—keratinocytes, melanocytes, Merkel cells, and Langerhans cells—and their roles in basal layer formation, pigment production, touch sensation, and immune defense.
Learn about epidermal appendages, including sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and nails, and how keratin and matrices support skin functions and thermoregulation.
Explore the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, detailing how the dermis supports the epidermis with collagen, elastin, blood vessels, and the papillary layer.
Differentiate skin complexions through client interviews and visual assessment, identifying normal, dry, oily, combination, acne-prone, and sensitive skin to tailor basic care.
Engage in the final quiz to assess your knowledge of skin types and course concepts, featuring 15 questions with four answer options and one correct choice.
The Skin structure for beautician beginners is a course dedicated for people who are interested in working in the beauty industry. The course includes subjects such as:
Skin as an organ.
Epidermis and its layers.
Cells of epidermis.
Epidermal appendages.
Dermis and subcutaneous tissue.
Skin complexions.
This course will help you gain a basic knowledge of the skin anatomy and its function and have an understanding of the skin as an organ. By the end of this course, students will be able to name all layers of the skin including division of epidermal layers, cells, appendages and understand their role. The course presents the description of the deepest layers of the skin which are dermis and subcutaneous tissue. Moreover, the skin structure for beautician beginners course includes a lesson which is focused on the differentiation of different skin complexions. Thanks to this lesson students will gain the necessary knowledge about skin complexion features as well as the basic but essential information about skincare for each complexion.
The whole course is a perfect first step to the world of beauty. It is dedicated for future beauticians, make-up artists and skin advisors. This course will help students understand the skin functioning and be able to perform the right facial treatment for each skin complexion.
This course is a perfect introduction to my other courses where I present specific treatments for different skin problems.