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Overview
The Academy of Freelance Make Up is at the forefront of training successful world-famous fashion, photographic and wedding make up artists. We are unlike other hair and make up schools which don’t offer up-to-date teachers. At AOFM we offer training from some of the best international freelance hair and make up artists in the business. These artists currently work with the biggest fashion designers such as Versace, Armani and Prada. They also work on catwalk shows, TV shows, fashion magazines and with celebrities. As a result these artists are able to give you the most up-to-date teaching available.
AOFM offer one, two or three-week highly intensive hair and make up courses. We also offer a selection of master classes with M.A.C Pro cosmetics as well as Fashion Week master classes in London and Paris. All of these courses are with top working freelance make up and hair stylists. Other make up schools offer only one teacher over a duration of a course giving you only one person’s opinion on how to apply make up. We teach using a different guest hair and make up artist every day, enabling you to experience their many skills and ways of applying the art of make up and hair styling, giving you a more unique and personal way to learn. We are the only UK make up and hair styling school whose hair and make up courses are sponsored and supported by Babyliss PRO, Bobbi Brown cosmetics, Dermalogica, Shu Uemura, Becca, KMS, St Tropez and Glamour magazine. AOFM is also the only UK make up school to send students on jobs and work experience during and after make up courses with clients such as designers at London Fashion Week, Clothes Show Live, Christian Dior and magazines like Vogue.
As a make up artist it is crucial to understand the tools of the trade. This is why the Academy offers you the opportunity when training with us to learn and work with over 30 of the most professional brands, including MAC, Christian Dior, Lancôme, and Giorgio Armani to name a few.
At AOFM all our courses are kept small with one tutor and up to two assistants. This ensures you receive the highest level of attention and one-to-one training. As one of the UK's leading make up artist schools our range of make up courses run 6 days a week Monday to Saturday, giving you more time to learn and develop your skills.
Our tutors are some of the finest international freelance hair and make up artists in the industry. Since we all had to start somewhere, we understand how expensive it can be to start in this industry. This is why the Academy gives you a variety of kit discount and resource options, letting you choose what suits you best.
We also give you the chance to explore your creativity and flair with a fantastic photo shoot with a top fashion photographer.
Personal One-to-One Attention
Our class sizes are kept small to maximize learning. We offer not only a great tutor, but an additional assistant tutor in every class. This teaching style sets us apart from other institutions, ensuring you receive the highest level of attention and one-to-one training from our tutors for our courses.
AOFM’s Exclusive and FREE 18-month Aftercare Plan
The UK’s only make up school to offer free aftercare training industry contacts and work placements.
AOFM’s unrivalled international teaching team of around 30 freelance
hair and make up artists are represented by 8 of London’s leading
creative hair and make up agencies. We believe in giving our students
every success possible in this very competitive industry. As our school
offers a wider range of working make up artists we c
an give our students more contacts, information and international guest
artists than any other make up school in the country.
Many students leave other schools wondering ‘where do I go from
here?’ AOFM doesn’t believe in that happening to our students and have
created a first in the industry - a revolutionary 18-month aftercare
plan specially designed to give you the step-by-step help and support
you need to be successful. Once you finish your training course with us
you will automatically be offered our aftercare plan.
We offer up to 23 free classes over 18-months. These include
specialist classes to build up your confidence, skills, contacts and
knowledge of the industry. We will also invite key international
industry speakers who are leaders in their field from London, Paris and
New York and even offer you work placements to give you a better head
start.
We want nothing but the greatest success for all our students and we
don’t believe in charging students for that extra help and support. Our
18-month aftercare plan is valued at £3200 but is offered to you
absolutely FREE.
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Our Specialist Tutors
Our tutors are some of the finest international freelance hair and make up artists in the industry who are with some of London’s leading creative hair and make up agencies. You will have the opportunity to meet a number of them throughout your course, benefiting from their wide range of creative backgrounds in hair and make up. You will see our artists’ portfolios, learn their secrets, why they started and how they reached the top of their profession. We encourage our students to take advantage of this and, as we like to say, ‘pick their brains’.
We Kick Start Your Career
Our tutors keep a keen eye out for all students who do extremely well. Those showing enthusiasm, talent, and dedication will be offered the opportunity to assist tutors on shoots & catwalk shows, as well as join the Academy bookings department where we will offer paid work giving an added kick-start to your career
An example of some of our student work experience can been seen at AOFM.TV
Committed to Your Development
At the Academy, we are committed to your development and when you choose to learn from us our support does not stop there. We like you to keep us informed of your progress and if need be we will happily offer professional advice as well as a free refresher session. Student can also take advantage of our Mac Pro and Shu Uemura master classes both of which are run two times a year for as long as they like.
Making a Head Start
Since we all had to start somewhere, we understand how expensive it can be to start in this industry. This is why the Academy gives you a variety of kit discount and resource options, letting you choose what suits you best. Kits are not necessary when doing our courses as we give you the Academy’s high quality brush set and provide make up from over 30 professional and luxury brands. For those students wishing to have kits, we can provide one tailored to individual needs discounted at up to 50% off retail prices. This option allows us to keep your course fees to a minimum and give all students invaluable product knowledge on a vast amount of available brands, benefiting our students. During and after completion of courses, students can take advantage of agreed Academy discounts up to 50% for such things as make up from a number of professional brands, portfolios and other services.
Creative Day
We give you the chance to explore your creativity and flair with a fantastic photo shoot with a top fashion photographer. Our teachers and amazing clothes stylists will be on hand to help you create stunning looks. Beautiful fashion models from leading London model agencies will be provided and you will be given a CD with all the images on to give you a head start with your portfolio.
Experience the Choice
As a make up artist it is crucial to understand the tools of the trade. This is why the Academy offers you the opportunity when training with us to learn and work with over 30 of the most professional brands, including MAC, Christian Dior, Lancôme, and Giorgio Armani to name a few. This enables our students to gain important product knowledge and exposure to the variety of products used by industry professionals, allowing you as an artist to feel comfortable using various brands. We are also the only UK make up school to have courses sponsored and supported by cosmetic brands such as Bobbi Brown, Becca, Shu Uemura, Dermalogica and KMS to name a few.
Please take a look at the list below for a list of brands you will be working with.
Work Placements
AOFM has a large unrivalled teaching team comprised of professional working make up artists and hair stylists who are with some of London’s leading creative make up and hair agencies. We give every student a chance to assist them and work on a number of work placements. There is no better learning experience than on a real job.
It is vital in your career to assist if you are going to work in the freelance make up industry. This is your launch pad into the industry, growing your network and skills. No student will ever leave college and go straight into full time freelance work and will always start from the bottom and work their way up. Assisting will do this for you.
We are the only make up academy to sponsor of a number of designers throughout London Fashion Week. This enables us to head many of the top shows offering around 150 places to work backstage on the shows each season. We are also the official backstage make up artists of the Clothes Show Live. AOFM also offers a number of work placements with magazines such as Vogue, Tattler, I-D and TV shows such as Britain’s Next Top Model and The X Factor to name a few.
Have a look at our AOFM.TV website - all make up for the shows on this site is by our students working backstage with major designers and models.
Personal Shopping
The Academy and our artists take pride in our personal attention during our courses. This is why we are the only school to take our students on personal shopping trips during courses with members of our professional team. Stores include MAC, Shu Uemura, Screen Face, Charles Fox, Benefit and more. This enables all students to spend time with our professional artists who can advise on all areas of product purchases for your make up artist kit.
Our Sponsors
AOFM and its artists are highly respected and have built a world-renowned reputation within the make up and hairstyling industry. This has given us the opportunity to work with a number of high profile sponsors.
We are sponsored and supported by some of the world’s most prestigious cosmetic and hair brands. In many cases our students are chosen by these companies for employment after completing our courses because they know that our students have been trained to the highest standard.
AOFM is the only make up school in Europe whose courses are sponsored and supported by the following companies :-
Dermalogica, Benefit, Babyliss Pro, KMS Hair Care, Bobbi Brown, Shu Uemura and Becca Cosmetics.
The Truth
If you are looking for a make up school consider the following points when looking for a course.
The truth is the make up industry is hard and very competitive. There are many schools claiming to promise the world. It’s really up to you, not any school, to give you a successful career as a working make up artist.
No school can promise every student success - not even us!
There are a few things you need to look for when searching for a good professional make up school. Many make up schools claim to offer working make up artists. If you come across this then ask to see their teacher’s current portfolios. If they can’t supply one then it is doubtful they are current working fashion make up artists. If they do supply one then look at them closely - if they are not credited in a magazine or of magazine quality then they are not really top working make up artists. It’s no guarantee that schools with great pictures on their site use good, current working make up teachers. Ask who will be teaching you and then do your research on the teacher via Google etc.
Look at who supports the school - this can be big named cosmetic brands and hair companies. Any good school will be affiliated and working with big name companies. This shows their industry respected and that they are connectioned by big name companies.
If you are looking at schools claiming to offer international certificates and they say this will ensure you will get work after, be wary as there is no such thing as a fully qualified make up artist. A certificate alone will not guarantee work.
There is no recognised international make up association or qualification. The only association recognised by the leading UK schools is NASMAH (the National Association of Screen Make up and Hair - www.Nasmah.co.uk).
The make up artist industry is not regulated by any international awarding body and by having a currently offered qualification never ensures you will get work. In the make up artist industry you are only judged in fashion on your portfolio (photographic proof of your work) or in TV and film a show reel and of course your personality. The truth is that if you have the creative flair and a willingness to learn you can do this by assisting a make up artist and without any qualification. Schools are there only to fast track knowledge and understanding of the industry - they don’t qualify you to work. There are a number of top make up artists in the industry doing magazines like Vogue and TV and feature films who have never done any make up training who are now big make up artists.
Find out what cosmetic brands the school offers you to work with during your training. If a school only offers one brand you will be stuck in the industry as no make up artist will ever use just one brand. Your training should give you an understanding of all the products a professional would use. Be careful of schools that offer kits as in many cases they are not professional products and you can be in a situation that the products you use you will not enjoy using or they may hold you back as once you finish training you don’t have the product knowledge of any other brands. If they claim to offer a selection of all the top brands ask to see them all.
What does the school offer after you have trained?
Student testimonials mean nothing when looking for a school - they can be manipulated by the school and if they are giving after care to their students ask for proof of this. Ask for images of students working backstage or maybe videos to prove it.
What past student work does the school show you?
If you want to get in to fashion, beauty, bridal or magazines then look at the school’s student photographic day images. If they are not on their website ask to see them. If they are not what you would find in a fashion magazine you have at home then they are not giving you the quality shoot or experience you deserve and this will not get you work after.
These are all great questions to help as pointers to finding a good training ground. Ask us and any other school for all of these to prove good quality training. As a student you are paying a lot of money for your training - you deserve to get the best teachers, products to work with and after care money can buy.
We believe in raising the standards of training offered in the industry and if you are going to part with your money ask as many questions as possible to avoid disappointment
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