Becoming a Lash Artist in Montréal: The Path Through LASHGASM's Beginner Course
Becoming a lash artist in Montréal starts with LASHGASM's Complete Beginner's Lash Training, a two-day, in-person course that takes you from no experience to your first full sets, taught personally by Anna Dao for CAD $1,050. This guide walks through what those two days actually feel like, what you leave with, and what the path looks like once class is over and the first real client is in the chair.
Every part of that path, from the first hour of theory to the mentorship that continues afterward, is designed to answer one question honestly: what does it actually take to go from curious about lashing to confident enough to build a practice on it?
Why Train With a Working Artist, Not Just an Instructor
Training with Anna means learning from someone who is still lashing clients that same week, not from a syllabus written once and taught from memory. LASHGASM runs on a loop that connects three parts: Anna as the working artist applying every LASHGASM set herself, Anna as the educator teaching both LASHGASM courses in person, and the LASHGASM Shop supplying the same professional trays, tweezers and adhesives used at the studio and issued in every course kit. When you train here, you're not learning a simplified classroom version of the craft. You're learning the version that goes on a paying client's lashes the same afternoon.
That matters most in the small decisions a textbook can't teach well: how a mapping plan actually changes once you see a client's real lash line, how isolation feels different on a live model than on a training strip, how to read whether an adhesive is behaving the way it should in the room's humidity that day. Those are craft decisions, and they're easiest to absorb from someone who still makes them every week.
It also means the business advice in the course isn't borrowed from a general beauty-industry template. Anna prices, schedules and rebooks her own client list at the same Chabanel studio where she teaches, so when the course gets to pricing and social media positioning, it's coming from someone actively doing that work, not repeating it secondhand.
What the Two-Day Beginner Course Covers
The beginner course is built as an all-inclusive path into Classic, Hybrid, Volume and Mega Volume technique, covering five areas across the two days.
- Lash extension theory and safety
- Classic, hybrid, volume and mega volume lash techniques
- Lash mapping and styling for different eye shapes
- Client preparation and aftercare
- Business strategies, pricing, and social media tips
The order matters. Theory and safety come first, so you understand why a technique works before you're asked to perform it. Lash mapping and styling come next, teaching you to read an eye shape and plan a style before a single extension goes on. By the time application technique is layered in, you already know what you're aiming for and why, rather than copying hand movements without the reasoning behind them.
The Live-Model Day: Where Theory Becomes a Skill
Day two ends with supervised application on a live model, and it's the point where everything from day one stops being theory and starts being a skill your hands actually have. A live model is required for that session, with full details on arranging one provided after purchase. Working on a real lash line under supervision is different from anything a training strip can teach: real lashes move, real clients blink, and isolation either holds up under those conditions or it doesn't.
It is also where the course starts to feel less like a class and more like the job itself. You're not being graded in the abstract anymore. You're mapping a real style onto a real person and watching it come together under your own tweezers, with Anna there to correct course before a habit sets in the wrong way.
There's a particular kind of quiet that settles into that session. The model is lying back with their eyes closed, the room is concentrating, and the only feedback you're getting is what's happening under your own tweezers. It's the point where the course stops being information you've absorbed and starts being a skill you can feel in your hands.
What You Leave the Course With
You walk out of the two days with everything needed to start working, not just a certificate and a handshake.
- Two full days of in-person, hands-on training
- Professional lash kit
- Comprehensive training manual
- Certificate of completion
- Practice on a live model
- Ongoing mentorship and support after the course
- Lifetime 15% discount on all LASHGASM products, exclusive to students
The kit holds the same product categories used at the studio and sold in the LASHGASM Shop, so what you train on is what you keep working with as a graduate, not a starter version you'll need to replace once you're in business. Terms used throughout the curriculum, from isolation to handmade fans, are defined in the lash glossary if you want to look ahead before your first day.
Certificate and Certification: What It Actually Covers
Graduates receive a certificate of completion for the training, issued by LASHGASM, which records that the course was completed. It is not a professional-order licence, and this guide makes no other claim about it. Anna's own documented certifications, separate from the course certificate you'll receive, cover classic extensions and volume extensions from Innovalook Inc., plus RefectoCil lash tinting and lash lift technique. Hybrid, mega volume and the other techniques taught in the beginner course are services Anna performs and teaches, not separate certificates she personally holds, and this guide keeps that distinction clear rather than blurring it.
After Graduation: Mentorship and Your First Clients
Training doesn't end when the two days do. Ongoing mentorship and support continue after the course, so questions that only come up once you're working on your own clients still have somewhere to go. The same lash aftercare routine Anna gives every LASHGASM client is the one she teaches every student, which means the advice you're building your practice on is the advice already tested at the studio, not a separate theory for beginners.
For the practical side of turning a fresh certificate into a working practice, from your first bookings to keeping your kit stocked, the building your first client base guide picks up exactly where this one leaves off.
Is the Beginner Course Right for You?
This course is built for beginners, and no prior lash or beauty experience is required to enrol. It suits anyone starting a lash practice from zero, as well as beauty professionals who want to add lash extensions to services they already offer. If you already hold a lash certification and are looking to refine an existing practice rather than build one from scratch, the Advanced & Refresher training is the better starting point instead.
All training is held in person in Montréal, with flexible scheduling options. After enrolling, you're contacted to arrange your training dates, so accurate contact information at checkout matters. Enrolment and current payment options are shown in the LASHGASM Shop.
What both paths share is the same underlying commitment: you're learning a hands-on craft from someone who still practices it daily, on the same tools you'll be sent home with. Whichever course fits where you are right now, the professional lash kit, the mentorship and the product discount travel with you well past your last day in the studio.
Ready to start training? Enrol in the beginner course.