Makeup Courses in London

How Do I Start a Career As a Makeup Artist?

There is something for everyone in makeup artistry, which accommodates a variety of personalities. On the one hand, it has a clear career trajectory and is a reasonably organised profession. On the other side, you have the opportunity to challenge yourself and indulge whatever creative urges you may have.

A vast deal of people work in it. Even as the head of makeup, you are a member of a team at all times. You also have an opportunity to stand out and have your hard effort recognised. This is particularly true if you have completed the appropriate makeup training and education.

It’s very remarkable how diverse the work is. The variety on TV alone is enormous, ranging from drama and comedy to reality and presenter-based programmes. With blockbusters, documentaries, and independent movies always under development, there are a lot of prospects in the film industry. Then there is the stage, where you can see opera and musicals, and fashion has photo shoots and the catwalk. You might also work on films and studio shoots for businesses.

To help you identify your expertise, we encourage our students on our makeup lessons to be open-minded. Do you like travelling or do you prefer the stability of a running soap opera? Is special effects and prosthetics where your heart is? If so, you could be an organiser and like working in a congested environment.

Once you’ve moved on from trainee and progressed through an assistant to ‘artist’ in your own right, where next? With the right makeup training behind you, it could easily be the designer role should you wish.

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16 critical Things you Could Learn From a Brushstroke Makeup Course.

Whichever Brushstroke make up course you choose, you’ll learn more than the essentials. Our BTEC and ITEC courses in makeup, for instance, will gain you a recognisable qualification. The longer courses will equip you to start work as a makeup artist.

1. Break down a script to understand what kind of make-up is required for each actor in the production (and it could be 100s if there’s a crowd involved)
2. Create impressive prosthetics – start with a nose, and finish with a complete character. There’s a whole set of skills we’ll teach you to master your career.
3. Learn special effects (SFX) makeup – if you’ve ever wondered how to create realistic cuts and wounds, fake blood, burns, and scars, here’s your chance to learn. Brushstroke offers courses on how to do just that.
4. Transform the look of someone – age them, make them bald, give them more hair, make them look tired, glamorous, injured, from another era, another planet even!
5. Apply temporary tattoo makeup – you’ll learn how to tattoo someone (temporarily)
6. Prepare actors for sets – you’ll develop your people skills and really help an actor prepare for a set.
7. Build your professional hair skills – you’ll learn to be a professional hairdresser and barber
8. Go beyond the beauty salon – You’ll learn skills that will enable you to take your career well beyond the average beauty profession.
9. Combine hair and makeup Skills – you’ll learn to be a make-up and hair artist all rolled into one
10. Interpret period makeup artistry – you’ll learn to interpret any period of history from the 18th century to the swinging 60s
11. Design authentic makeup – whether it’s fantasy or austerity, fashion or Halloween makeup, you’ll learn how to create a realistic and authentic look. 
12. Enhance your creativity – you’ll try new ideas, themes, and creations that you’ve never thought possible but always wanted to do.
13. Build confidence – with hours of training you’ll become confident in your work and you’ll know how to do it at pace.
14. Work Calmly at Pace – you’ll learn the skills and gain the proper training to cope at pace with high-pressured settings. This means you’ll be able to create makeup for film, TV, and stage performers expertly and at pace and really thrive in your career.
15. Work with Wig Stock – Brushstroke has 65’000 wig stock split between our two studios providing you with ample training experience. 
16. Learn The Career Avenues  – from working on location, in a studio, at a fashion show or film festival, in a field or diving suit, in the dark or under bright lights., on a drama, comedy, sports show, reality TV show, fashion show, or music festival, there are numerous ways to build your career in makeup.