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Guide by ProLash Ireland150+ studentssince 2018
Six quick questions. One clear next step.
We'll ask where you're starting from, which look you love and how much time you have, then show you the course to start with, how long it takes and where to learn it.
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You don't need any beauty experience to start. A beginner lash course - usually classic lashes - teaches you from zero: hygiene and eye safety, eye shapes, isolating a single lash and applying it.
What matters more than experience is steady hands, patience for slow, detailed work and time to practise after the course.
What a beginner course usually covers
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Rough guide, before your time, rent, tax and other costs. Not a promise of earnings.
From "is this for me?" to your first set on a paying client. Each step is explained below.
Six honest questions show whether lashing suits you.
Step 1 belowMost people start with classic lashes, or with a brow course such as lamination. You can add volume later.
Step 2 belowAsk how many students per trainer, whether you work on a real model and what happens after the course.
Step 3 belowBook your first models for the weeks right after your course.
Step 4 belowBefore you take money from clients, register as self-employed with Revenue.
Step 5 belowTap yes or not yet. If you can say "yes" or "I could learn that" to most of these, a beginner course is a realistic start.
A full set is slow, detailed work. You sit in one position and place lashes one by one.
Nobody starts with perfect tweezer control. It comes with practice, not talent.
You work millimetres from the eye. Glasses and a good lamp are completely normal.
Your client lies with her eyes closed and trusts you. Calm, kind people do well in this job.
The course gives you the method. Your first models after it are what make you good.
Clean tools, patch tests and the same safe routine on every client - no shortcuts.
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Probably not for you if you want results without practising, you don't enjoy close contact with people, or you can't give it time in the weeks after the course.
Most people start with classic lashes, or with a brow course such as lamination. You can add volume later.
Not sure which one is yours? The quiz asks where you are starting from, which look you love and how much time you have, and shows you the course to start with.
Two courses with the same price can be very different value. Ask these three questions first:
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Confidence doesn't come before the course. It comes from small steps, each one a bit harder than the last.
A good trainer shows each step, then hands you the tweezers. No pressure, no time limit - you learn how isolation and glue feel.
The moment most beginners fear. With someone watching your hands and correcting you live, it stops being scary.
Every set after the course makes you faster and calmer. Plan your first models before you finish, and ask whether you can send photos of your work for feedback.
There is no State licence for lash or brow work in Ireland, so you can start after your course. Before your first paying client, register as self-employed with Revenue (you need a PPSN); VAT only starts above €42,500 a year.
150+ students trained · Est. 2018
This guide is written by ProLash Ireland, a lash and brow academy in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. If you would like to see how we teach beginners, have a look at our courses.
Read our students' storiesPrices: public course pages of 15 Irish academies and colleges, checked 25-27 October 2026.
One-to-one courses for complete beginners and for stylists who want to learn a new technique, in Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
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