Next course: 18th June - 30th June 2012
Duration: 11 days Intensive
Start: 10:00am - 4:00pm 

Description:

This 11 day intensive makeup course designed to take you from a complete beginner to a professional makeup artist with thorough knowledge of advanced makeup application techniques, hair styling and airbrush makeup; and includes professional pictures for your makeup portfolio. On completion of the course you will have all the skills and confidence you will need to start working.

After the first week of training you will have complete mastery in the art of makeup application from foundation to creating the perfect smoky eye and will be able to work with private clients. The following week covers a much wider range of skills essential for work in fashion, photography, catwalk and celebrity makeup and includes a portfolio building day were you will be working with a professional photographer, agency models, and stylists to create stunning images for your makeup portfolio.

By the end of the course you will feel more confident to “go it alone” in this creative and exciting industry. 

The Complete Freelance Makeup Certificate costs £1950 and includes:

• 10 days expert training in small groups
• 1 day photo shoot with a professional photographer, models and stylists
• A set of professional makeup brushes
• A beginners hair styling kit including GHD straighteners
• A course workbook which includes a list of useful resources
• Use of all materials and make-up at MINK
• Work with models to maximise practice time
• 1 day work shadowing

The syllabus will cover:

LESSON ONE:
Getting started

• Tools of the Trade: an overview of a make-up artist's kit
• Hygiene
• Skin and skincare
• Identifying face structures
• Understanding skin tones, shades and undertones
• Colour theory and the colour wheel

LESSON TWO:
Mastering faces

• Application of foundations, powders and concealers
• Highlighting and contouring
• Blusher and bronzer application

LESSON THREE:
Mastering eyes

• Eyebrow shaping
• Working with eyelash curlers
• Mascara application
• Applying false eyelashes
• Eye liners
• Smokey eyes

LESSON FOUR:
Mastering lips & designing a make-up

• Lip liners
• Nude, Dark, Red lipstick colours
• Working on "dark" lips
• Altering lip shapes
• Designing a make-up look

LESSON FIVE:
Putting it all together

• Natural beauty
• Hollywood beauty
• Male grooming
• Over 40s Make-up
• Make-up for non-white skin
• Understanding the business of make-up

LESSON SIX:
Hairstyling for makeup artists

• Hair products and selection
• Tools of the trade
• Tonging
• Setting the hair
• Working with hair pieces and extensions
• Braiding
• Up dos

LESSON SEVEN:
Perfecting the makeup

• Smokey eyes
• Metallic pigments
• Highlighting and contouring
• Perfecting a sheer makeup look (makeup for HD TV)

LESSON EIGHT:
Period make-up looks

• Exploring historical make-up looks of 1920s, 1950s and1960s
• Blocking out and reshaping eyebrows
• Reshaping lips

LESSON NINE:
Creative make-up

• Editorial makeup
• Catwalk make-up designs
• Creating texture with colour
• Creating texture using objects e.g. feathers, gemstones

LESSON TEN:
Airbrush make-up

• Equipment overview
• Practical application
• High-lighting, low-lighting
• Concealing and contouring
• HD makeup

LESSON ELEVEN:
Portfolio Day

• Create two looks for final photo shoot
• Work with professional photographer and model
• Final pictures for make-up portfolio

Enrolment Limit: 8

Course Fee: £1950.00 

For more information about this course or to setup a payment plan please contact our Admissions Team.