Lash and Brow Technician
👁️Applies and lifts eyelash extensions, shapes and tints brows. Precise detail work, one to two hours per client; clients come through social media.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $46.6k a year on average
Other personal appearance workers — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £24.9k median a year · 10,000 jobs
Beauticians and related occupations — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
AI helps pick shapes and manage bookings, but applying lashes and shaping brows is up to the technician.
Who it suits
Interests: 💄 Beauty, style, fashion, 🎨 Drawing and design, 🔧 Making things by hand, 🤝 Helping and caring.
Key strengths: manual dexterity, artistic taste, understanding people.
Where to study
- Course Accredited lash and brow courses (VTCT / City & Guilds units in the UK)
- Vocational Beauty therapy diploma (NVQ Level 2–3), cosmetology or esthetician licence in US states
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): Art & Design, Biology.
🧗 Short accredited courses and a certificate; in the UK often part of an NVQ beauty diploma, while most US states require a cosmetology or esthetician licence (hundreds of hours). Many are self-employed.
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