CURRICULUM

BEAUTY MAKEUP COURSE


The Maquillage Professional Beauty Makeup Course is an extensive study that introduces students to the necessary fundamentals of makeup application needed to work in salons, spas, department stores, and for special occasions. Students will also learn about the appropriate makeup looks for a successful bridal business and how to conduct proper consultations. This class teaches you how to develop a relationship with your clients by identifying their needs and providing outstanding customer service. 

 

The Fundamentals of Beauty Makeup
Designed for Maquillage Master Makeup Artistry Students and all beginning freelance makeup artists

  • Study of skin structure and basic skincare

  • Study of anatomy of the face and skin aging

  • Presentation of products, tools, and equipment

  • Understanding of health and hygiene

  • How to set up a makeup station, and appropriate chair-side manner

  • Study of face shapes/morphology

  • Contouring and highlighting techniques

  • Study of skin tones and undertones

  • Selecting and applying different foundation textures

  • Shaping eyebrows with appropriate products, brushes, and tools

  • Study of eye shapes and correctional eye makeup

  • Study of lip shapes and correctional lip makeup

  • Application of basic correctional makeup/use of camouflage products

  • Application of natural, classic, dramatic, and glamour makeup applications

  • Makeup for mature skin selecting the appropriate products


Bridal and Special Event Makeup
Designed for Maquillage Master Makeup Artistry Students and freelance makeup artists wanting to gain more knowledge about event makeup.

  • Application of seasonal bridal makeup looks

  • Application of natural, classic, and dramatic bridal makeup

  • Study of the International bridal makeup industry

  • Creating junior makeup for proms and special occasions

  • Creating a seasonal look for the “Red Carpet”

  • Understanding of community networking, promotional packaging, branding, bridal shows, bridal fashion shows, and bridal magazine editorials to grow your brand


The Business of Beauty

  • Introduction of the cosmetic industry and the beauty retail store environment

  • The beauty industry history and discovery

  • The fundamentals of skin care, makeup and fragrance

  • Entrepreneurship: Developing a business plan

  • Working for cosmetic retailers and Brands - Introduction of E.commerce

  • Current industry topics and trends

  • The principles of color & design

  • Product and brand development

  • Understanding of Packaging design

  • Study of cosmetic retail merchandising

  • Selling techniques in response of customer needs

  • Providing exceptional customer services and understanding customer needs

  • Study of the Global cosmetic industry and seasonal makeup looks

  • Becoming a successful cosmetic brand makeup artist or in-store makeup artist specialist

  • Analyzing the job market and developing your career

  • Study of all social media platform - Social media influencer/ Beauty “Guru”

  • Multi Media makeup expert

  • Understanding of the importance of teamwork

  • Resume, biography development and business card creation

  • Discussing, preparing, and practicing how to have successful interviews

  • Creating a makeup artist invoice

  • Makeup artist business etiquette

HAIR DESIGNING COURSE

The Maquillage Hair Designing Course will increase your breadth of knowledge regarding hair designing. Students will learn how to design hair looks for a variety of jobs in the industry. A strong knowledge of hair designing can be extremely profitable; as today’s growing industry often demands a versatile artist who is prepared to work in both TV/Film and on the Red Carpet. During this 2-week course, students will intensively explore the world of fashion, as well as sketch,  and work to improve their speed in hair creation. 

 

The Hair Designing Course includes: 

Hair Designing and Wigs
Designed for Maquillage Master Students, industry makeup artists, and graduate hair stylists looking to learn more about hair design and wig styling

  • Understanding of the hair structure, texture, and basic hair care

  • Presentation of products, tools, and equipment

  • Health and hygiene

  • How to set up your hair styling station

  • Study of face shapes/Morphology

  • Reading and following a movie script, analyzing a fashion storyboard

  • Working with the guidance of a beauty or fashion editor, understanding the infrastructure of modeling agencies, advertisement agencies and fashion houses

  • Sketching the hairstyle in preparation for shooting/filming

  • Working in a close collaboration with the makeup artist and fashion stylist

  • Use of a continuity chart for multi-day projects

  • How to obtain and manage a daily kit fee and negotiate with hair product brands for sponsorships

  • Application and styling of wigs for contemporary hair designs

  • Understanding how to clean and maintain wigs and hairpieces

  • Working with clip in extensions.

  • Hair styling on shorter hair, mid-length hair, longer hair, and curly hair

  • Styling tools and techniques (blow-drying, curling, straightening, waving, crimping, use of hot rollers, bendable rods, self-gripping rollers, back combing, use of hair pins, bobby pins and hair bands)

  • Dressing hair: ponytail, French twist, woven bun, donut, French pleat, classical and modern back-do and up do, texture twist, loop and half loop, pin-up design on mid-length and long hair,

  • Back-do with extra height, bridal back-do and up do, quiff, back and side top twist, flip through, Gibson tuck, side roll, rolled bun

  • Braiding: basic braid, braided chignon, braided bun, French braid, inside-out French braid, French bun, draping, upside-down French braid, herringbone, French herringbone, inside-out French herringbone, French herringbone bun, waterfall braid, bamboo braid, crown braid

  • Classical and modern men hair styling for fashion and multimedia

  • Classical and modern women hair styling for bridal, fashion & multimedia

ADVANCE MAKEUP ATELIER

MULTI MEDIA MEDIA - FASHION - AIRBRUSH - BRIDAL - HALLOWEEN

*Designed for professional makeup artists and graduate students.

The Advance Makeup workshops will increase your breadth of knowledge regarding fashion makeup. Students will learn how to design and apply both makeup looks for a variety of clients in the industry. A strong knowledge of fashion makeup can be extremely profitable; as today’s growing industry often demands a versatile artist who is prepared to work in both TV/Film and on the Red Carpet.

Students will learn how to work in collaboration with media departments in the television industry. This workshop focuses on proper makeup applications for specific media roles, as well as preparation to work on set. Students will review terminology and production job classifications, script study, continuity, and teamwork.  During this course, students will create makeups using an airbrush and stencils. The course combines traditional and airbrush makeup application.

The “Halloween” special makeup atelier allow students to create face art designs. All creations will be first sketched on paper as a primary canvas, then analyzed presented and applied. 

As the Bridal Industry is always in a consistent growth we are offering these 2 days makeup atelier to focus on the most in demand bridal makeup looks. It includes basic airbrush makeup and a bridal business session.

 

The Bridal Makeup Atelier includes:
Designed for professional makeup artists wanting to gain more knowledge about the bridal industry and learn how to work with outdoor and studio lights.

  • Application of seasonal bridal makeup looks

  • Application of natural, classic, and dramatic bridal makeup

  • Study of the bridal makeup trends

  • Understanding of lighting for HD cameras

  • Working on location and in studio set up

  • Understanding of community networking, promotional packaging, branding, bridal shows, bridal fashion shows, and bridal magazine editorials to grow your brand

The Fashion Makeup Atelier includes:

Designed for professional makeup artists wanting to gain more knowledge about the fashion industry and learn how to work with a magazine team, on set for advertisement and backstage during fashion week.

  • Real understanding of the principles of color

  • Creating color harmony and continuity in your makeup design

  • Selecting the proper color theme that will represent the subject and its mood

  • Explanation of a photo studio setup, backdrop

  • Working in collaboration with models, actors, fashion stylists, photographers, hair designers, fashion designers, wardrobe departments, directors of photography, art directors, set directors.

  • Understanding of portrait and fashion photography

  • Becoming familiar with lighting effect and reflectors

  • Understanding of still photography lighting and gel filters

  • Understanding of black and white photography

    Fashion Makeup Application: 

  • Study of the continual trends in makeup

  • How to obtain and manage a daily kit fee and negotiate with makeup brands to obtain sponsorship

  • Recognizing fashion makeup influenced by specific decades

  • Applying beauty and fashion makeup for advertisement

  • Applying fashion makeup for magazine editorial

  • Creating makeup for runway, trunk shows, fashion galas, and the “cat walk”

 

The Multi Media Makeup Atelier includes:

Designed for professional makeup artists wanting to gain more knowledge working "“on set” and how to build your career to success.

  • Understanding proper etiquette when working with a TV crew

  • Reading and adhering to a call sheet

  • Learning how to obtain and manage a daily kit fee

  • Working out of your kit

  • Knowing all requirements to join the Union

  • Working on location with different weather changes and climates

  • Understanding of Lighting for TV & Film and HD Cameras

  • Becoming familiar with a blue, green and white screens

  • Applying corrective HD makeup for newscasters, TV hosts, and other TV personalities

  • Applying corrective HD makeup for commercials or infomercials, and understanding the differences between the two

  • Study of the work plan of a film /Designing and applying makeup for an actor, following up with a continuity makeup chart

 

The Airbrush Makeup Atelier includes:

Designed for professional makeup artists wanting to extent their service menus and attract bridal clients.

  • Disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly of the airbrush

  • Learning how to clean and maintain an airbrush correctly

  • Introduction of airbrush product lines

  • Create a flawless skin effect by using HD airbrush foundation, highlight, contour, blush adding a color base eyeshadow

    Special Halloween Makeup Atelier includes:

    Easy Halloween makeup that allows makeup artist to create “spooky looks” during a busy and lucrative season.

  • Planning and designing the makeup

  • Selection of products and texture

  • Color coordination

  • Makeup application adding glitter and face jewels

Maquillage Alumni Association 
As a graduate of Maquillage Makeup Academy, you are automatically accepted into our exclusive Alumni Association. With all the perks of any members-only club, your place as a Maquillage Alumni grants you privileged access to a multitude of benefits designed to provide you the support you need to launch or further your makeup career.  Benefits of the Alumni Association include:

  • Access to the Maquillage job network

  • Maquillage Makeup Academy certificate or diploma of completion

  • Complimentary attendance to future Maquillage Events and Workshops

  • Maquillage Academy VIP mailing list

  • Direct job leads with top makeup brands, agencies, studios and other connections

  • Opportunities for internships and externships