Titanic film make-up demonstration with Tina Earnshaw

Tina Earnshaw delivered an inspiring film make-up demonstration to our 2 Year BTEC and 9 Month ITEC course students recently, as part of our new Masterstroke series. A renowned film make-up designer (and great friend of Brushstroke), Tina recreated her look for the...

Royal Wedding Make-Up Stories

We’ve got our very own Royal Wedding Make-Up stories. Brushstroke tutor, Anita Perrett, was on Sky TV presenter duty with past student Philippa Miles for the event of the year – the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday 19 May 2018....

Starting out as a newly trained make-up artist

What’s it like starting out as a newly trained make-up artist? For Dani Haigh, having Brushstroke by her side has helped her career in many ways. Dani trained on our 2 Year Make-Up and Hair Course (2013 to 2015) and her working career started while she was still...

Queen of Hearts Fantasy Hair Project

Ella Rolph Brushstroke 2nd year student (2 Year Make-Up & Hair BTEC) Instagram   Hello, I’m Ella Rolph, 2nd year student on the Brushstroke 2 Year Make-Up & Hair BTEC course. Towards the end of last year, I worked on a fantasy hair project for one...

Period make-up training : Vanity Fair and beyond

ITV’s Vanity Fair is wonderful viewing and enough to make anyone want to be part of the team that creates such compelling TV drama. It’s also got us thinking about how important our period make-up training is for the professional artist. It all rather...

Making a career change from science technician to make-up artist

Hannah Lonergan says that making a career change from science technician to the make-up artist was one of the best decisions she ever made. She trained on the Brushstroke 9 Month Make-Up and Hair course in 2011 and loved it so much that she never wanted to leave....