Aesthetic Business Start-Up Course Montreal & Laval

48 hours across six 8-hour modules. Each module blends structured lessons, knowledge-check quizzes and a short essay assessment with a practical workshop, and the schedule is built so working estheticians can complete it without stopping work.

$1,500 before taxes. That covers all six modules, the assessments, the instructor review of your six workshop documents and business start-up support from the team afterwards. Social media management and automation is billed separately if you want us to run it for you. Your contract is emailed after purchase and you can cancel under our Terms.

No — that is one module out of six. Québec has no professional order and no practice permit for estheticians, so the legal form, the registrations with the Registraire des entreprises and Revenu Québec, GST/QST, premises, insurance and CNESST fit into a single pass — and we guide you through the professional insurance application with brokers. The remaining five modules are sourcing and suppliers, booking and client systems, website health with SEO and AI visibility, paid advertising and social media, and money.

No. The course assumes only that you hold, or are completing, an esthetic certification. Nothing expects you to have run an ad account or read a cash-flow statement before. We confirm the fit during a short, free pre-enrolment consultation.

Yes, and it is one of the three audiences the course is built for. An under-filled schedule usually traces back to booking, visibility or advertising rather than treatment quality. Modules 3 to 5 rebuild the client journey with deposits and automated rebooking, audit your website and local search presence, and put a measured Google and Meta campaign in place.

Six reviewed documents for your own practice: a launch compliance checklist, an equipment plan with a supplier shortlist, a live booking-to-rebooking client journey with automations, a website and search audit with a fix list, a first Google and Meta campaign with a 90-day content calendar, and a first-year plan with a cash-flow forecast. Plus a certificate of completion.

The course teaches social media management and automation — the content system, scheduling, and the platform rules that apply to cosmetic services — and you leave with a 90-day content calendar you built yourself. Having the IPLLAB team run your social media afterwards is a separately billed service, not part of tuition.

Yes. Students who complete the lessons, quizzes and essay assessments receive an IPLLAB certificate documenting the modules and workshops finished — recognized by employers and suppliers across Quebec and Canada. It is not a government licence — Québec issues none for esthetics — and it does not replace your technical esthetic certification or count toward the 200h Clinical Aesthetician Certificate Program; it is the step after it.

Yes. An esthetic certification held or in progress is the only prerequisite. Taking the business course alongside a technical program means your registrations, your suppliers and your booking system are ready the week you qualify rather than months later.

During the course, instructor review of every workshop deliverable. After completion, follow-up support from the IPLLAB team as you register, set up your space and launch — questions about a supplier quote, a lease clause, a package contract or an ad account. It is support, not a done-for-you service: you do the work, we help you get it right.