Hair and Make Up Course

This 5 day course is suitable for beginners and ideal for those who wish to enhance their current hair and makeup skills. The techniques within this course can be adapted for use on high fashion, editorial and commercial shoots.

This course incorporates the following aspects:

• Health, safety and hygiene
• The role of the makeup professional
• Colour theory and the colour wheel
• Skin and skincare
• Foundations and concealer application
• Highlighting and contouring
• Beauty eye makeup
• Basic eye lining and mascara techniques
• Eyebrow definition and grooming
• Strip eyelash application
• Cheek and blusher techniques
• Lip techniques
• Advice on makeup kit
• Hair product and equipment selection – Learn how to select the perfect products and equipment for the style you are creating. Our experts will guide you through professional products and their uses.
• Tools and building a professional kit – An in-depth look at the contents of a professional hair and makeup artist’s kit. The basic kit needed at any photo shoot or fashion show.
• Sectioning and preparation – The fundamental skills needed for hair styling.
• Hair up – Catwalk, fashion, natural and dramatic styles.
• Setting the hair – The secrets to long-lasting hold.
• Blow drying – Achieving a classic blow dry as well as 3 other styles, such as smoothing, adding volume, flicks and waves.
• Creating Curls – Includes barrel, loose and tight curls and the tricks to keep them in place.
• GHD’s – Professional use of GHD’s, including 4 different creative styles.
• Styles using hair curlers – You will be taught how to use tongs to create volume, different sized curls, flicks, and learn the industry’s latest trends.
• Plaiting – Learn how to braid into loose/natural, creative and dramatic catwalk and photo styles – including fishtail plaiting.
• Hair pieces – The use of temporary pieces to enhance show-stopping styles.
• Pony tails – The latest trends for fashion, catwalk and photographic pony tails.
• French pleat and bee hive – You will be taught how to create a classic French pleat and the bee hive style.
• Small classes to ensure you get that extra attention to detail
• LMS certificate awarded on completion of the course.

Students are welcome to bring in a camera to take photos during this course.