Advisory and Client-Focused

Level 5

Welcome and Introduction

📕UNIT 1: Nutrition For Skin Health Support

📘 UNIT  2 Skills Lab: What's Your Goal?

 Complete your Personal Strategy Questionnaire 

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Module Quiz

0. Professional Fundamentals

Module 1 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Share how you feel about your skin right now

📕UNIT 1: Working with Skincare Clients

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: What is Your Client's Current Skin-Health Status?

POLL: Where would you place yourself on the Skin Health Scale?

📘 UNIT 3: Skills Lab™: How Skin-Friendly is Your Client's Diet and Lifestyle?

POLL: Share your Skin Health Contributors Audit result

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: Skincare Nutrition - Evidence on Collagen, Probiotics, Sugars, and Anti-Ageing Diets

Downloadable Client Materials and Session Handouts

Before you take your quiz

1. Working with Skincare Clients

Module 2 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How many roles does the skin really play?

📕UNIT 1: Why Do We Have Skin?

📕UNIT 2: What Are The Layers of The Skin?

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: What Tattoos Do to the Skin

POLL: What is healthy skin pH?

📕UNIT 3: The purpose of pores and glands

📕UNIT 4: The Skin Microbiome

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: 2019 SID State of the Art Plenary Lecture III: Skin Microbiome

POLL: Was the skin microbiome already on your radar?

2. Anatomy and Physiology of The Skin

Module 3 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: The 5 Main Skin Types and 6 Skin Tones

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: How We Get Our Skin Color

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: What’s Your Skin Type and Skin Tone?

POLL: Share your skin type

POLL: Share your skin tone

3. Skin Types and Skin Tone

Module 4 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How do you think skin conditions develop?

📕UNIT 1: What Causes Unwanted Changes to The Skin?

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: Full Body Skin Exam at Tareen Dermatology

POLL: Have you ever checked your skin at home?

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: Conducting a skin exam

POLL: Share if you have a skin condition

📕UNIT 3: Bonus: Skin Changes and Conditions Guide

POLL: Have you sought professional help for skin concerns before?

📘 UNIT 4: Skills Lab™: Making the most of seeing a dermatologist

4. Introduction to Skin Conditions

Module 5 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What counts as a nutricosmetic?

📕UNIT 1: Introduction to Nutrition For The Skin

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: Keeping a Food Diary

POLL: Reflect on the quality of your current food journal

Downloadable Client Material and Session Handout

5. Does The Skin Need Nutrients?

Module 6 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How much water do you think the skin holds?

POLL: Have you ever wondered whether drinking more water can reduce wrinkles?

📕UNIT 1: Why Does The Skin Need Water?

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: How Hydrated Is Your Client?

POLL: How hydrated do you feel day to day?

6. Keeping Skin Hydrated

Module 7 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Where does skin usually produce the most oil?

📕UNIT 1: Lipids In The Skin

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: The Skin Barrier function

📕UNIT 2: Fats Which Promote Skin Problems

POLL: How often do these fats show up in your diet?

📕UNIT 3: Omega Fatty Acids For The Skin

POLL: Share your omega-3 intake habits

7. Fats and Lipids for Skin Protection

Module 8 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Can you tell amino acids, peptides, and proteins apart?

📕UNIT 1: Power Peptides for The Skin

POLL: What is your experience with collagen-support products?

📕UNIT 2: Hydrolysed Collagen and Vegan Collagen

8. Proteins, Peptides and Amino Acids

Module 9 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Do you know what drives ‘sugar sag’?

📕UNIT 1: Sugars and Glycation

📕UNIT 2: Dietary AGEs and The Sugar Sag

POLL: Do AGE-forming foods show up in your diet?

📕UNIT 3: Reducing AGEs in The Skin with The Glycaemic Index

POLL: How often do high-GI foods feature in your diet?

9. Sugar and Skin Ageing

Module 10 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How much variety is there in your fruit and veg intake?

📕UNIT 1: What Are Micronutrients?

POLL: How does skin tone affect vitamin D production?

📕UNIT 2: Vitamins for Skin Health and Repair

POLL: Are copper pillowcases already on your radar?

📕UNIT 3: Key Minerals for Skin Health and Repair

10. Micronutrients For The Skin

Module 11 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How much damage can oxidative stress do?

📕UNIT 1: Antioxidants in Skincare

📕UNIT 2: Dietary Phytochemicals and Botanicals

POLL: How often do you drink tea or include herbs and spices in your meals?

📕UNIT 3: Teas, Herbs, and Spices

11. Skin Antioxidants and Phytochemicals

Module 12 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Does dairy play a role in skin breakouts?

📕UNIT 1: Does Dairy Damage The Skin?

POLL: Have gut-support supplements been part of your routine?

📕UNIT 2: Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics

12. Dairy, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics

Module 13 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Can stress can trigger psoriasis flares?

📕UNIT 1: Stressing Out The Skin

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: The Mind-Skin Connection: understanding the psycho-biological impact of stress on skin health

POLL: Does tiredness show on the face?

📕UNIT 2: Getting Your Beauty Rest

13. Stress and Sleep on Skin Health

Module 14 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: Basic Skincare Procedures

POLL: Have professional skin treatments been part of your routine?

📕UNIT 2: Salon Facial Electrical Procedures

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: Microcurrent facial giving faces a workout

📘 UNIT 3: Skills Lab™: Visiting a beauty therapist

14. Beauty Therapy Procedures

Module 15 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: Botox, Fillers, Lasers, Lights, and Whiteners

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: A Dermal Filler Explained

📕UNIT 2: Microneedling, Abrasion, Peels

POLL: Have medical skin treatments been part of your journey?

📘 UNIT 3: Skills Lab™: Asking your dermatologist about skin procedures

15. Dermatologist Skin Procedures

Module 16 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What counts as a cosmeceutical?

📕UNIT 1: Nutrients in Beauty Products

📘 UNIT  2: Skills Lab™: Does Your Skin React to This Product?

POLL: How closely do you check your skincare labels?

📕UNIT 3: Cosmetic Compounds with a Bad Reputation

📕UNIT 4: Bonus: Essential Oils and Extracts Guide

POLL: Have skin oils or botanical extracts been part of your routine?

📘 UNIT 5: Skills Lab™: Reading skincare product labels 

16. Compounds in Beauty Products

Module 17 Learning Outcomes

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: Tracking Acne and Skin Spots

POLL: What is your experience with breakouts and blemishes?

📕UNIT 2: Acne: Nutrition and Other Therapies

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: Acne In Motion

📘 UNIT 3: Skills Lab™: Designing an acne management plan

17. Reducing Acne Signs

Module 18 Learning Outcomes

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: Inflammatory Skin Condition Identifier

POLL: Share if you have an inflammatory skin condition

📕UNIT 2: Managing Inflamed Skin

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: Immunology in the skin

📘 UNIT  3: Skills Lab™: Designing a Nutrition Plan for Inflamed Skin

18. Inflammatory Skin Conditions

Module 19 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: Nutrition For Wounds and Scars

POLL: What is your recent experience with wound healing?

▶️ WATCH AND LEARN: How do scars form?

POLL: Share if you have any visible scars

📕UNIT 2: Burns and Frostbite

POLL: Have burns ever affected your skin health?

POLL: Has cold-related skin injury ever affected you?

19. Wounds, Burns, Cuts and Scars

Module 20 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How do you feel about your fine lines and wrinkles?

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: Identifying Wrinkles and Fine Lines On The Skin

📕UNIT 2: Reducing The Signs of Ageing

20. Slowing Accelerated Ageing

Module 21 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: Structure and Function of Our Nails

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: What Could Your Nails Be Telling You?

POLL: What did you notice in your nail health check?

📕UNIT 3: Healthy, Strong Nails

21. Keeping Nails Healthy and Strong

Module 22 Learning Outcomes

📕UNIT 1: Growing Healthy Hair

POLL: How do you feel about your hair right now?

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: How Happy Are You with Your Hair?

📕UNIT 3: Too Little Hair

📕UNIT 4: Too Much Hair

22. Ensuring The Right Hair Care

Module 23 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What is the best next step when a client asks something unfamiliar?

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: Designing a Client's Skincare Management Plan

POLL: Is more information always better in the first session?

📕UNIT 2: Structuring Your  Client Consultations

POLL: Why does tracking matter when supporting skin goals?

📘 UNIT 3: Skills Lab™: How Can You Monitor Your Client's Progress?

23. Designing a Personalised Skin Management Plan

Module 24 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How prepared are you to help clients improve or maintain healthy skin?

📕UNIT 1: Dos, Don'ts, and Must Dos

📕UNIT 2: Professional, legal, insurance, and tax considerations

Before you take your Final Exam

Final Exam

24. Setting Up Your Practice and FINAL EXAM

Complete your Certificate Registration Form

Do you need insurance to practice?

Accessing Your Certificate

25. Final Steps

<p>Comprised of 70 units across 25 modules, this professional certification will help you uncover the science behind diet and nutrition for skin health maintenance and repair. Additionally, you’ll discover the fundamentals of skin procedures used by beauty therapists and dermatologists, and common ingredients found in skincare products. You’ll also learn how to identify a client’s skin type and skin tone, how to work alongside dermatologists and beauty therapists, and how to nutritionally support a client who has skin conditions such as acne, dermatitis, or psoriasis, as well as how to build a personalised maintenance skincare nutrition plan for a client.</p><p>This evidence-based certification helps you custom-build personalised skincare nutrition programs and address some of the biggest skincare challenges clients face today. Enhance your professional opportunities by gaining a deep insight into nutritional dermatology and the role of nutrients for skin health, the fundamentals of skin procedures, common skin conditions and the dietary factors that may be linked to them, plus ingredients found in skincare products.</p>

Learn about nutritional dermatology to help others feel confident in their own skin

Advanced Skincare and Repair Nutrition Specialist

Advanced Skincare and Repair Nutrition Specialist

Maurice Castelijn

What you will learn

Gain a deep understanding of the integumentary system, its main functions, and what can occur when it is not working as it should

Conduct skin health assessments, at-home scans, and dietary intake and lifestyle checks to evaluate the state of your client’s skin and factors which may influence the skin

Identify a client’s skin type and skin tone and understand why this is important to know

Appreciate the findings from the field of nutritional dermatology and how to apply its principles when working with skincare clients

Identify how hydration, vitamins, minerals, fat, proteins, sugars, and ‘biotics may influence a client’s skin

Distinguish the pathophysiology of skin conditions such as acne, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, sun allergy, melanoma, hives, wounds, scars, and many more

Recognise which skin techniques are best performed by either a beauty therapist or dermatologist

Discern the ingredients found in skincare products, which may help a client’s skin and which ones they may react negatively to

Know when a referral to a medical doctor, dermatologist, or allergist is appropriate

Learn how to design and adjust a personalised skin management program based on your client’s current skin health, goals, and nutrition

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