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Make-up Artist

This profession is all about beauty and colours.

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What does a Make-up Artist do?

Makeup artists are beauty practitioners who offer general makeup services or work in prosthetic design. As a make-up artist, the skin is your canvas. You can highlight a person's assets, hide blemishes or transform one person into another. Everything according to the clients' wishes. You should have a feeling for colours, shapes and aesthetics in order to achieve the desired effects and create a harmonious overall picture. With a strong sense of empathy and an eye for detail, you will quickly recognise how to give your customers a type-appropriate appearance and treat different skin types.

As a make-up artist, you can work for cosmetics companies, for example in drugstores or department stores with cosmetics departments. Jobs in film, television or magazines are also possible. Fashion companies also hire make-up artists for Fashion Week or other events. Another possibility is to have your own small business and have private clients.  

What is important?

  • Creativity and sense of aesthetics
  • Knowledge of trends
  • Customer orientation (e.g. when responding to customer wishes)
  • Resistance to stress
  • Knowledge of products

Courses for Make-up Artists

The Level 1 = basic level is meant to give the very first basics for a profession, more like an orientation towards that profession. The Level 2 = intermediate level is for people that have mastered the basic courses and want to get a more detail knowledge for a profession. The Level 3 = advanced level is meant for people who already have knowledge in a specific industry and want to learn about specifications in that industry. The Level 4 = professional level is being designed for all those that are already working and want to acquire some new knowledge for that profession.

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