What you’ll learn
An advanced course, taught in person at our East Tamaki academy.
Every cosmetic tattoo artist is eventually asked to fix someone else's work. Removal lets you lighten old, faded or poorly done cosmetic tattoos, either to prepare the area for a correction or to remove it over a series of sessions, turning clients you'd otherwise send away into new bookings.
This advanced course teaches two non-laser methods and when to use each. You'll learn saline removal, how osmosis draws pigment up and out of the skin, and your technique and working depth. You'll then learn a professional lightening solution, how it differs from saline, and its own protocol. You'll learn to choose the right method for the pigment, the skin and the client's goal, whether lightening before a cover or full removal.
Safety runs through the whole course: client suitability and contraindications, safe use of numbing agents, why eyeliner removal close to the eye carries extra risk, session spacing and full healing between treatments, and recognising scarring risk and when to refer a client to laser or a medical practitioner. Healing is where removal succeeds or fails, so you'll learn each stage of removal healing, scab care, and how to tell normal healing from infection. You'll also learn to set realistic expectations and use clear consent forms.
Model work is at the heart of this course: after lecturer demonstrations, you'll treat 4 live models under close guidance, using both methods. Prior cosmetic tattooing experience is required. You'll need to have completed a cosmetic tattooing course with us or elsewhere. Proof of prior skills required.
The 20 modules
Taught in order, with a tutor demonstration before every practical block.
Infection Control & Bloodborne Pathogens
How Pigment Sits in the Skin
Saline Removal: How Osmosis Works
Saline Solution & Technique
Professional Lightening Solution: Ingredients & Protocol
Choosing the Right Method
Lightening vs Full Removal
Client Suitability & Contraindications
Numbing Agents: Safe Application & NZ Regulations
Eyeliner & High-Risk Areas
Stages of Removal Healing
Scab Care & Aftercare
Normal Healing vs Infection or Reaction
Session Spacing & Healing Between Treatments
Scarring Risk & When to Refer
Consent Forms & Managing Expectations
Troubleshooting
Before & After Photography
Pricing
NZ Health Protection Licence help
How you’ll benefit from our course
One-on-one or small classes
Train one-on-one or in a small group, so your tutor sees every step and corrects your technique as you go.
Certificates you’ll gain
- Cosmetic Tattoo Removal (Saline & Lightening Solution)
Hands-on from day one
Practical work starts on the first morning, with your tutor beside you, not after days of theory.
Learn from working professionals
Your educators still work with clients, so you learn the techniques and standards used in real salons.
What’s included
Products you’ll train with
Cosmetic tattoo machine, Needle cartridges, Saline removal solution, Lightening solution, Barrier film, Cleanser, Aftercare products, Disposable PPE.
Live models
2 x Models + Lecturer Demos, booked into your practical sessions so you finish having worked on real clients.
A year of tutor support
Technique and product troubleshooting for twelve months after you certify, plus help with your NZ Health Protection licence.
Paying for your course
Pay in full, or spread it over four or six weeks with invoices sent to you each week. Afterpay is also accepted.
A 20% deposit holds your dates with an expert educator. The balance is then split across your chosen plan. Need longer than six weeks? Ask us and we will try to accommodate you.
- Week 1 $299.80
- Week 2 $299.80
- Week 3 $299.80
- Week 4 $299.80
- Week 1 $199.86
- Week 2 $199.86
- Week 3 $199.86
- Week 4 $199.86
- Week 5 $199.86
- Week 6 $199.90
How enrolling works
Enrol
Pay in full or place your $299.80 deposit online.
Pick your dates
Our team calls you to lock in course dates that suit your schedule.
Train with us
2 Days - 12 Hours + Home Practice in East Tamaki, 10am - 5pm, with live models.
Get certified
Pass your assessments and take home your certificate.
Meet our tutors
Rupal Madaan
Kelly Aikins
Where this takes you
A certificate is the start of it. Here is what students actually do with the training.
Skill development
Practical, hands-on technique you can charge for the week after you finish.
Further study options
Add lip blushing or powder brows, or take the combined cosmetic tattooing course.
Career opportunities
Work in a salon, rent a chair, or start taking your own clients from home.
Student success
A year of tutor support after you certify, so you are never stuck on your own.