This section of the terms and conditions is related with microblading courses, ombre brows courses, lip blush courses, combo brows courses, combination brows courses, full face semi permanent makeup spmu courses and bb glow courses.
- An unconditionally non refundable £600 deposit towards the training fee is required to confirm training date(s).
- The payment of this unconditionally non refundable £600 deposit to GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd (or its' Directors) would automatically mean that the Practitioner ("Practitioner" is defined as: A client who is planning to attend or will attend training course or courses at GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd as a student of semi permanent makeup training) who paid this non refundable deposit, read and accepted all 15 clauses listed in the "Terms and Conditions - Training" section of this website, which is located at: www.ginaspmu.co.uk/terms
- The balance of the training fee must be paid to GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd (or its' Directors) 14 calendar days for one to one courses and 21 days for Group Courses, prior to the reserved day of training. If the balance of the training fee is not paid or partially paid within the above periods, the training session will not start on the reserved day and the training reservation may be cancelled under the sole discretion of GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd Directors.
- To change a confirmed training date, the full training fee (or full training fee minus previously paid deposit) must be paid to GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd (or its' Directors), on the originally reserved training date before the course starts at 10:30AM, otherwise the originally reserved training will be automatically void and the full training fee must be paid in advance, to reserve a new training date.
- Significant resources are allocated for the reserved training session(s). That is why, the balance of the training fee is non refundable even if the balance of the training fee is paid before the reserved training date or at any point on or after the actual training day.
- All courses start at 10:30AM sharp, daily. If the Practitioner fails to arrive at the academy address more than 30 minutes after 10:30AM on the day of the reserved course, without due official written communication via email, SMS or WhatsApp, this event is considered as a "No-Show" event. In case of a "No-Show" event, the deposit and/or any other fees paid by the Practitioner will be automatically void and will not be refunded in any way. If the Practitioner decides to book a course after the "No-Show" event, the full fee of the course must be paid in advance to confirm a new training date. If the "No-Show" event was due to an unexpected occurrence or an emergency (such as a positive Covid Test or accident) relevant official evidence must be provided to GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd in writing within 3 calendar days after the reserved training date. GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd holds full discretion on accepting or refusing this provided evidence, if any. Verbal evidence will be automatically discarded and will not be taken into consideration, without warning.
- The responsibility of researching and fully meeting the local and/or nationwide, council and/or borough regulations and/or requirements set nationwide and/or by the councils in relation with licensing, SPMU products, tools and consumable specifications, fully belongs to the Practitioner. The responsibility of applying and acquiring an operating license and/or any other legally necessary permit(s) or licence(s), including the preparation of the Practitioners' business premises where the Practitioner will operate, also fully belongs to the Practitioner. GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd does not assume and/or accept any responsibility on the application and/or successful acquisition of any type of council licence(s), permit(s) and/or insurance(s) of (or for) the Practitioner.
- Insurance Companies hold the final decision on offering or not offering insurance services and reserve the right to reject insurance applications, based on their case by case evaluation of each applicant and application. GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd does not assume and/or accept any responsibility on application and/or successful acquisition of insurance of (or for) the Practitioner.
- The Practitioner is fully responsible of investigating and meeting the local and/or nationwide licensing and/or insurance requirements with the council and/or borough the Practitioner is intending to operate at, BEFORE reserving a training course with GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd as course deposits and/or balance payments are non-refundable ONCE A TRAINING DATE IS CONFIRMED via SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, Email, Instagram, Facebook or a Phone Call.
- The training fees that are listed at www.ginaspmu.co.uk are received by GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd (or its' Directors) solely for training session(s) that teach the specific semi permanent makeup (spmu) application technique(s) associated with the chosen training course or courses. Any other topic and/or subject, even if it is discussed during a training session, is not included within the scope of the training fees that are listed in this website and/or paid to GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd (or its Directors). Case studies (guided semi permanent makeup applications on real models) which may take place during during the training sessions are provided free of charge. SPMU starter kits (including digital spmu machine) are provided free of charge and are not part of the listed and/or paid training fees at www.ginaspmu.co.uk Utilisation of the spmu starter kit (or spmu machine) provided with the selected course package is fully under the Practitioners' discretion. Any discount or refund will not be offered if the Practitioner chooses not to use (or take) the spmu starter kit or the spmu machine provided with the course package. Attending the guided case studies during classroom session(s) is fully under the Practitioners' discretion. GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd reserves the right deny providing certification or cancel previously provided certification, if the Practitioner does not attend the classroom session(s) fully, does not attend guided case study (or studies depending on the course package) during the classroom session(s) or does not provide evidence of ongoing practices at least every 10 to 15 days. In an event of denial of certification or cancellation of previously provided certificates, no refunds will be awarded to the Practitioner. Racist, rude or derogatory comments, passive aggressive behaviour, shouting, physical abuse and/or unprofessional attitude, towards members of GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd or, if any, other Practitioners in the classroom, will immediately void the training course of the Practitioner, resulting in immediate removal of the Practitioner from the GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd premises, with absolutely no refunds or certification.
- GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd does not recommend any of our semi permanent makeup courses, especially microblading training, if the Practitioner has eyesight disorders such as (but not limited to) Refractive Errors, Cataract, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration and/or learning disabilities such as (but not limited to) Dyslexia, ADHD, Dyscalculia or other Processing Deficits.
- The courses provided at GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd are high paced training sessions packed with technical information on applying elaborate patterns on small surfaces. GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd does not assume any responsibility if the Practitioner has any of the eyesight disorders and/or learning disabilities listed in Bullet 11, above.
- GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd strictly does not accept academy owners, staff and/or personnel of academies as well as freelancer teachers, trainers and/or people who are professionally and/or personally affiliated with academies, teachers and/or trainers or Practitioners attending our courses with the intend of teaching semi permanent makeup, at any one of our courses. If the Practitioner falls under one or more of the categories listed in the previous sentence, it is the Practitioners' responsibility to inform GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd immediately. If the Practitioner fails to do so and it comes into light that the Practitioner falls under one or more of the above categories, the training will be immediately cancelled/terminated and/or the certification of the Practitioner will also be cancelled/voided with absolutely no refunds.
- If GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd training materials and/or any pictures and/or videos that are taken and/or recorded during a training session are used for training and/or education at any physical address other than 6 Crown Street Brentwood CM144BA Essex U.K., partially and/or as a whole, without the written consent of the directors of GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd, immediate legal action (including an extensive financial damages suit) will be filed at U.K. courts without any form of warning. This strict restriction is also valid for any form of online training and/or electronic and/or digital sharing on any online/offline social media and/or platform.
- GMA SPMU ACADEMY Ltd reserves the right to change and/or update the "Terms and Conditions" section and/or its subsections listed at www.ginaspmu.co.uk/terms partially or as a whole, without any prior announcement.