This courses suits anyone who may have full time employment or other commitments during the week who would like to train as a professional make up artist. This course is over a duration of 3 weekends and takes place in our studio every Saturday and Sunday.

This introductory course is tailored to suit the very beginner with no previous experiance. It’s your first step to becoming an accomplished make up artist, providing comprehensive training from bridal to beauty to an intermediate fashion level. Upon graduation of this course you will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of make up and most of the skills required of a freelance artist. If you are looking to work in fashion photography catwalk media make-up we advise you take the advanced course also.

The syllabus will cover the following topics :-

Make up artist hygiene - This covers the importance and professional understanding of artist hygiene for example, keeping all your equipment clean and tidy and personal hygiene.

Skin preparation - Preparing the skin is just as important as makeup itself. It is the base to any good make-up application. You will learn an understanding of skin care and different skin types. This will also cover the selection and
application of cleansers, toners, moisturizers and primers.

Foundation selection and application - Foundation selection according to skin types. Coverage as well as the various mixing and application techniques.

Corrective and Camouflage Techniques - Learn correcting and camouflaging technique for imperfections such as spots and dark circles.

Sculpting & Shading - Learn how to re-shape and sculpt areas of the face to emphasize certain features.

Creating glowing skin - Learn how to create fresh glowing dewy skin with a variety of products used by industry professionals.

Powders - Learn application aspects and uses of powders such as loose and pressed.

Bronzers - Learn the various textures, areas and ways to apply bronzers.

Eye Brow shaping - This is one of the most important areas of the face you will learn. Includes Artistic eyebrow shaping techniques to enhance the beauty of the natural line of the eyebrow.

Eye Shadows-powders/creams - This will cover the 2 different textures in
terms of their application and their uses in detail.

Natural beauty make-up - You will learn the various ways to apply a
perfect natural make up.

Bridal make-up - This covers in detail the application and other considerations when applying bridal make up.

Smokey eyes - Learn the many styles of smoky eyes. In this section you will learn application techniques use of different textures adding colour and adding a
personal style.

Pencil/Liquid Liner - This covers pencil and liquid eyeliners and application techniques in detail.

Mascaras - This covers different mascaras, applications and their uses.

False lash application - This covers eyelash strips, individuals, lower lashes and creative application techniques.

Blushers powder/creams - Blushers, powders and creams will be covered in detail including application techniques of the 2 textures and their uses.

Lip sticks glosses & liners - This will cover all aspects from colour selection to application of lipsticks, glosses and lip liners. You will also learn a variety of creative industry tricks.

Hands & Body - You will learn make up and various considerations on areas of the hands and body.

Understanding of Photography lighting - A make up artist´s understanding of photography lighting is crucial you will learn how to find the right balance of application for your make up.

Black & white/colour photography make up - You will learn make up applications and the key differences for both black & white and colour photography.

Catwalk - This is an exciting area of the course. Here you find out what really goes on backstage and what goes in to creating a catwalk show. You will have the opportunity to work on your creative skills and catwalk styles. This class will be taught by make up artists with extensive big-named show experience in Paris, Milan, London and New York.

Fashion - This covers make up in many areas of fashion such as magazine, editorial etc.

Commercial/Advertising - This covers make up in commercial/advertising.

TV and Film - This covers TV and Film make up application techniques, taught by a make up artist with extensive experience in this field.

Music video - You will learn make up application techniques for a music video and an understanding of what happens on a music video shoot. This will be taught by a make up artist with extensive work experience in this field.