Fashion/Editorial Make-Up | 1 & 2-Week Course

This course offers intensive training in all areas relevant to fashion make-up and is typically taken by people who wish to work only in fashion. Most applicants take this course as a 3 week module, including the 1 week Fashion Hairdressing.

The 1 week Fashion Make-Up course is designed for people who are interested in becoming a makeup artist, but are either unsure and want a taster course i.e. beginners or as a refresher of existing skills. This course does not include a portfolio day or a kit.

The 2 week Fashion Make-Up course includes one day of portfolio, where you will create looks on one male and two female models.

1 & 2 Week Fashion Make-Up Course Content Overview

Week 1

Day 1

Course Introduction
Kit Familiarisation/ Care & Development
Portfolio Introduction
Skin Care, Skin Types And Face Shapes
Creating Make-Up For Camera (Studio Lighting, Natural Light, Screen Differences & High Definition Work)
Foundation, Concealer And Powder (Types And Applications)
Shading And Highlighting (Types And Applications)

Day 2

Eyebrows And Eyebrow Correction
Lip Shapes And Lip Shape Correction
Eye Shapes And Eye Shape Correction
Straight Corrective Make-Up For Camera

Day 3

Natural Make-Up For High Fashion Close Up Photography
(No Make-Up Looks, Matt & Dewy/ Shimmer & Colour)
Camouflage Make-Up
Careers Work (CV’s, Composition Cards, Marketing, Advertising, Unions, Insurance, Registration Protocol, Tax, Ni, Go Sees, Castings, Networking Contacts, Invoicing & Fees)

Day 4

Bridal Make-Up (Services, Advertising & Fees)
Evening Make-Up
High Fashion Eye Make-Up Styles, Techniques & Product knowledge

Day 5

Make-Up For Black &White Photography
Classic Catwalk Uniform Make-Up

Week 2

Day 6

Male Model Make-Up
Transvestite Make-Up
Current Trend Make-Up (Creating Looks Under Direction To A Brief)

Day 7

Cosmetic Airbrushing
Fantasy/ Avant Garde High Fashion Airbrushing

Day 8

 20 Minute Make-Up ApplicationsTo A Brief
Eyelash Application
Eyeliner (Gel, Cake, Fluid, Pencil & Kohl)
Body Make-Up (Inc Corrective Make-Up, Foundation Applications, Airbrushing & Shading Of The Body)

Day 9

Mature Model Make-Up
Black, Asian & Oriental Make-Up
Working On Set (Set Protocol, Where Stand, Working With Monitors, Polaroid’s, Final Checks, Working With Camera Crews And Photographers, Understanding Set Equipment & Terms & Health And Safety On Set)

Day 10

Portfolio Day