Facial massage certification: comparing the two packages
Facial massage certification at ANNAZUR Academy in Jacksonville, Florida comes in two packages: Standard covers the core sculpting sequence, and Premium adds cupping and intraoral buccal work. This page compares what each one gives you.
The two packages are not beginner and advanced. They are the same core technique with two extra tools bolted on, and whether those tools are worth the difference depends entirely on who sits in your chair.
What Premium adds, in plain terms
Two hours more in class and two techniques.
Cupping massage uses facial cups for circulation and puffiness. It is the easier of the two to add — a visible change in one appointment, popular with clients who want something before an event.
Buccal massage is intraoral work on the deeper facial muscles. It is the harder sell to learn and the easier sell to clients, because they already search for it by name.
How to actually choose
Ask one question: do your clients ask for structural change, or for glow?
If your chair is mostly brides, events and people who want to look rested on Friday, Standard covers it. If you are hearing about jaw tension, asymmetry and the word “sculpting”, Premium is what they are describing — and you will send those enquiries elsewhere without it.
If you cannot answer that yet because you have not run the service, start with Standard. You can add Premium later; it costs more that way, but it beats paying for a technique you do not place.
Still deciding? A free consultation sorts it in about half an hour.
The arithmetic of taking both
Enrol in more than one package at once and the total drops by ten percent. That is worth knowing before you book the Standard alone and come back for Premium three months later at full price.
The honest caveat: a discount is only a saving if you would have bought both anyway. If Premium is a maybe, it is not a saving. Current prices for each package are on the course page.
What we will ask you at consultation
Before anyone enrolls we confirm prerequisites, professional scope, course fit and the model arrangements. For Premium we will raise the scope question about intraoral work specifically, because that is set by your license rather than by us.
The consultation is free, and several times a year it ends with us recommending the cheaper package.
Also in this series:
The short version.
- Same core: both are two days, hands-on, with homework and a certificate.
- Premium adds: cupping and buccal, plus two hours of class.
- Choose by clients: glow means Standard; structure and jaw tension mean Premium.
- Both at once: ten percent off the total — but only if you wanted both.
- Both at once: ten percent off the total — but only if you wanted both.
Compare the two packages, or book a free consultation with an instructor at the spa.
Compare the two packagesChoosing a package. Questions answered plainly.
What is the difference between the packages?
Premium is a longer in-person program and adds cupping massage and buccal intraoral technique.
How long is each?
Standard 6+2 hours over two days plus homework. Premium 8+2 hours over two days plus homework.
What do they cost?
Current prices for Standard and Premium are listed on the course page, along with the combined-booking discount.
Is there a discount for both?
Yes. Enroll in more than one package at once and the total drops by ten percent.
Can I start with Standard and upgrade later?
Yes, though you pay full price for the second package that way.
Which one do most people take?
It depends on their clients, which is exactly what the free consultation is for.
