Course Overview

Level 1

6 Days.

Course Fee £2,100* Includes full kit.

Level 1 — Learn to Work Properly

Level 1 is where you learn to work properly as a makeup artist.

From the first day, you’ll be working hands-on — not watching demonstrations, but learning through doing, observation, and correction.

The focus is on building control, consistency, and clear working methods. You’ll learn how to approach the face with intention, rather than instinct.

You’ll cover:

  • Preparing the skin properly and understanding what you’re looking at

  • Building a clean, believable base with accurate colour matching

  • Developing structure through brows, eyes, and balanced placement

  • Understanding how light, texture, and finish affect the result

  • Planning your work using face charts, and following that plan through

Just as importantly, you’ll learn how to work with people:

  • How to consult properly and build trust quickly

  • How to interpret what a client is actually asking for

  • How to make decisions and explain them clearly

Towards the end of the course, you’ll respond to a professional brief — planning, executing, and presenting a complete look without step-by-step instruction.

This is where everything comes together: technique, judgement, and communication.

By the end of Level 1, you will:

  • Work in a structured, professional way

  • Produce a clean, camera-ready result

  • Make decisions with intention, not guesswork

  • Understand how to approach a brief and justify your choices.

Level 2

12 Days.

Course Fee £3,250* Includes full kit.

Level 2 — Developing Professional Practice

Level 2 builds on the foundations of Level 1 and moves you into a more professional working standard.

The focus shifts from learning how to do makeup to applying it with greater speed, control, and consistency — working within time constraints and responding to different types of briefs.

You’ll refine your technique rather than starting again, learning how to adjust, correct, and improve your work under pressure.

You’ll cover:

  • Advanced skin preparation and product layering for durability and finish

  • More controlled eye and lip work, with precision and clean structure

  • Understanding the difference between editorial and commercial beauty

  • Adapting your work for photography, lighting, and real-world viewing

  • Basic hair techniques to support and complete a look

  • Bridal makeup and hair, with a focus on longevity, comfort, and client expectations

  • Extending your work beyond the face, including upper body application

You’ll also begin to think about your work as a complete image — linking face, hair, and body into a cohesive result.

Towards the end of the course, you’ll produce a small body of portfolio work, documenting your makeup clearly and professionally.

Just as importantly, you’ll be expected to explain your decisions — why you chose certain products, placements, and finishes, and how they relate to the brief.

By the end of Level 2, you will:

  • Work with greater speed, control, and consistency

  • Adapt your approach to different professional contexts

  • Refine and correct your work without starting from scratch

  • Produce cohesive, camera-ready results across face and body

  • Present and justify your work with clarity and confidence

Level 3

18 Days.

Course Fee £4,750* Includes full kit.

Level 3 — Advanced Practice & Portfolio Development

Level 3 is where you begin working independently — applying everything you’ve learned to a professional standard across film, television, and editorial contexts.

The focus is on decision-making, integration, and consistency. You’ll move beyond following guidance and start designing, executing, and refining your own work with clarity and control.

You’ll deepen your technical understanding while working across a wider range of contexts, including camera-led beauty, historically informed looks, and more conceptual or editorial work.

You’ll cover:

  • Advanced skin work for camera, with a focus on realism, texture, and durability

  • Structural makeup based on proportion, light, and facial architecture

  • Interpreting and applying historically informed looks with accuracy and context

  • Integrating hair, wigs, and makeup into a cohesive result

  • Working with different hair types and understanding appropriate handling and preparation

  • Translating briefs into clear, practical decisions

  • Managing time, pressure, and changes within a working environment

You’ll also begin designing your own work more independently — developing ideas, refining them through rehearsal, and executing them to a consistent standard.

The final stage of the course focuses on producing a small body of portfolio work, supported by professional photography and structured critique.

You’ll be expected to present and justify your work clearly, demonstrating not just what you’ve done, but why you’ve done it.

By the end of Level 3, you will:

  • Work independently with confidence and control

  • Design and execute complete looks across different contexts

  • Integrate makeup, hair, and wigs into a cohesive result

  • Adapt your work to camera, brief, and environment

  • Produce and present portfolio work to a professional standard