ABT / CPD Training Route
Create Soft, Defined and Long-Lasting Brows
Ombré/Powder Brows is a machine shading technique that creates a soft powdered or gradient finish. The result can range from subtle and natural to more defined, depending on the client's preference.
ABT / CPD Training Route
Intensive practical training, 10:00am – 5:00pm
What You Will Learn
Learn machine shading from first principles — machine handling, needle choice, pixel density and gradient control — with full practical supervision.
- Machine setup, handling and needle/cartridge fundamentals
- Building soft gradients and controlled density
- Mapping and shape design for powder brows
- Full supervised treatment on a live model
- Healing expectations and aftercare guidance
Want to train in multiple treatments? Explore our PMU packages and qualification pathways.
What Is Included
- Intensive practical training
- Pre-course or classroom theory
- Tutor demonstration
- Live student model
- Use of professional equipment during training
- Pigments and consumables during training
- Training manual or learning materials
- Certification through the qualification route of your chosen programme
- Ongoing WhatsApp mentoring
- Portfolio guidance
- Pricing and treatment-structure guidance
- Aftercare resources
- Insurance and council-licensing guidance
- Marketing and client-conversion training
- Access to extra paying-client practice opportunities after training
Your Training Day
Each specialist treatment is taught as a full practical course from 10:00am until 5:00pm, with a tutor demonstration and your own live model.
10:00 — 13:00
Morning: Theory and Preparation
- Hygiene and infection control
- Safe treatment-room setup and working practices
- Skin theory
- Contraindications
- Client consent
- Patch-testing guidance
- Colour theory and pigment selection
- Needle and cartridge fundamentals
- Machine handling where applicable
- Brow or lip mapping
- Symmetry, shape and treatment design
13:00 — 17:00
Afternoon: Practical Live Training
- A tutor demonstration on a live model from start to finish
- A live model for the student to treat
- Fully supervised, step-by-step practical work
- Personal feedback and troubleshooting
- Before-and-after photographs for the student's portfolio
- Aftercare instructions
- Guidance on advising clients correctly
Live Models Included
- A live tutor demonstration model
- A separate live model for the student to treat
- Close supervision throughout the practical treatment
- Portfolio photographs and tutor feedback
“You will complete your training having worked on real people—not only practice skins or theory.”
Model availability and suitability are subject to confirmation, and the training provider may adjust the practical schedule when necessary.
Qualification and Certification
What you receive depends on your programme. Specialist courses, PMU Essentials and PMU Complete use the applicable ABT or CPD training route for your chosen course and provider. The VTCT Level 4 Pathway and Upgrade Programme follow the VTCT Level 4 qualification route. These are different credentials — we’ll confirm exactly what you’ll receive before you book. Insurance acceptance and council licensing depend on the individual insurer and local authority.
Flexible Payment Options
- Pay in full to secure your place
- Deposit now, balance before your training day
- Split payment plans, subject to eligibility and agreement
- Secure payment link sent by your training advisor
Payment plans are arranged individually and are subject to agreement with the training team.
Check Available Dates
Ombré / Powder Brows runs at Manchester — Chorlton, London — Harrow and Wealdstone, Essex — Loughton, Leeds — City Centre. Our partner tutors deliver the practical training — tell us your preferred location and we will confirm the next available training dates.