Create your own plan to become an image consultant, taking into consideration the training options, business content, drapes, swatches, & additional tools needed, the training process, how support works, certification, and the total costs.
Q1 I’m looking for a complete educational plan that will help me become a consultant. Does the Platinum Collection contain all of the trainings; including business, color analysis, etc?
Yes, the Platinum Collection has been designed specifically to provide a complete educational plan to help you become a consultant:
- seasonal and tonal colour analysis, colour psychology, ladies’ style and shape, personal shopping, wardrobe weedouts, men’s image,
- how to offer colour personality services online
- marketing techniques, finding clients, and how to run your business are included in all my professional-level training courses
- further individual courses are included in The Platinum Collection which focus on how to get more clients, pricing, marketing, earning an income
- podcasts and masterclasses in core skills, mindset, and business advice are also included
Q2 What other, if any, courses would you recommend in addition to the Platinum Collection?
I recommend joining Fabulous Colour Academy, especially when your 12 months’ personal email support from me has finished:
- open to enthusiastic, trained image consultants everywhere who are looking for franchise-free support, encouragement, discussions, and regular online training to expand your knowledge of seasonal & tonal colour analysis, ladies’ & men’s personal style, and more, in a safe, confidential environment far away from the prying eyes of clients, employers, work colleagues, friends, and family
If you aspire to offer colour, style, etc. in the corporate world, you may want to consider extra training/help from me or another coach/mentor (more in Q3 below).
Q3 How long does the Platinum Collection take to complete?
That’s entirely up to you. You have lifetime access to everything.
You and I will work together to come up with a plan of which courses to take, in which order, based on what YOU want to achieve and the timescale you have in mind.
For instance, one consultant really wanted to offer personal shopping services for women as soon as possible:
- So we put together a plan for her to learn colour analysis first, then ladies’ style (shape, scale, and style personality), and then personal shopping
- She is a very determined lady and completed all 3 courses in under two weeks
- She had no interest in personality at the beginning but soon saw its potential and Colour Psychology was her next course
Other consultants have wanted to incorporate colour & style into their existing corporate training business
- I always recommend learning colour analysis, ladies’ style, and men’s image first
- and then practising madly with 1-1 clients until you’re totally confident
For those who didn’t already have experience in the corporate world but saw huge potential there
- I recommended first learning colour analysis, ladies’ style, and men’s image inside out
- And then I can create a bespoke extra training for each individual consultant in how to market their own corporate services plus how to decide on the content and deliver it for each specific requirement/event/course
Q4 How does the process work?
1)How the training process works
All courses are automatically added to your online training account as soon as we receive your order
- We don’t drip-feed the content. Everything is available immediately, so you can start learning with any course of your choice
And as you have lifetime access to your online training account, you can refresh any training you have already completed at any time
All training documentation can be downloaded to your own device and printed, if you choose
The videos are all hosted by Vimeo, and available to watch wherever you have access to the internet via your online training account
2) How the support process works
You and I will have an initial complimentary call to establish what you want to achieve and we will come up with a plan for how to use the training and how YOU are going to get there.
You get 12 months’ personal email support from me to:
- ask me all your questions, and work on your core skills
- get help with analysing your own and your clients’ colour, style, shape, etc.
- create content for consultations/workshops/presentations
- develop marketing and business plans, and your own personal development, etc.
Each professional-level course provides a diploma/certificate call with me
- These can be via Zoom/Skype/phone call
- There are no tricky questions and no tests
- Each call is an opportunity for coaching/mentoring, for you to ask me all your questions, work on your core skills, consultation/workshop/presentation content, marketing advice, business plans, personal development, etc.
- You decide on the content and how to use these calls in the most effective way for you
- NB. There are 15 professional-level courses in the Platinum Collection, which means you have the opportunity of 15x coaching/mentoring calls with me!
Q5 Are any drapes, color fans, or additional physical tools included?
No. All my courses are franchise free so you are free to purchase your colour supplies from anywhere
Lots of people come to me having already trained with another company and they have already invested in drapes, etc.
My courses are designed to work with ANY drapes, swatches, etc. and it would be totally unfair to ask those people to purchase colour supplies again, so I have never included them in the course fees.
Q6 Do you have a total, estimated, cost of all expenses for everything? e.g., training, drapes, swatches, etc
The training costs depend on which course(s) you are interested in, e.g.
- Platinum Collection GBP 6,600 (approx. USD 8,400)
- Colour Analysis Training in a Box GBP 1,427 (approx. USD 1,750)
- Full list of courses here
Drapes and swatches
I recommend the Improvability Colour Analysis Starter Set, only because this contains all the colour props I personally use in the video trainings:
- This contains 66x standard drapes, one each of the 4x seasonal fabric fans, one each of the 6x safe tonal fans, 1x cover-up cape, 1x drape case, 1x colour wheel
- GBP 487.50
- Plus signed-for courier delivery (GBP 10 within UK, GBP 40 to Europe, GBP 50 everywhere else)
But there is absolutely no requirement for you to purchase this set at all.
- You could, for instance, purchase the 60x standard drape set on its own and then add any other drapes later.
You can purchase the swatch wallets separately, or even choose different ones
- You can buy one drape/wallet at a time and build your collection as you go.
And as my courses are all franchise free, you are free to purchase your colour supplies from any company
The only other things you need are a mirror and a chair which you most likely already have
- I definitely recommend you also provide a hand-held mirror, especially for those, like me, who are short-sighted!
You might want to think about how to display your drapes at a consultation/event/talk, etc.
- Not everyone relies on a drape stand. There are some very creative brains out there…
- The drape stand we sell is only available for shipping within the UK – this will give you an idea of what I mean
Print-ready client handouts are included in the relevant training courses for both men and women, and also in the Colour Style Image Toolkit
- You may choose to copy and paste some or all of the content, add your own branding, and re-print them
Q6 Do you offer courses dealing with seasonal color make-up?
I don’t offer a separate course because these documents are already included in my colour analysis training courses:
- Seasonal make-up client handouts
- Tonal make-up client handouts
- Warm and Cool make-up suggestions
- Lipstick name suggestions for seasons and tones
Notes
Prices and information are correct as at 7 August 2023. Please click the links above to check current pricing and information.
USD prices are approximate only. We are a UK company and charge in GBP. Your card provider will charge the international exchange currency rate applicable at the point of purchase.
And take a look at The Training Roadmap to Certification for more ideas.
Feel free to ask any more questions. Contact me