Print, Runaway & Bridal

The "Print, Runway and Bridal Makeup Course" empowers graduates with the knowledge and application skills necessary to excel in the editorial and commercial print industry, fashion runway, the world of pageantry and the multi-million dollar bridal industry. Students will learn application, business and people skills necessary to work with models, designers, photographers, wedding and pageant clients. The focus for this course is to educate students in the many makeup "looks" known as clean beauty, basic beauty, fashion and high fashion for bookings within the beauty and fashion industry. Students are challenged to perfect their newfound, advanced knowledge and skills from the previous course as well as to comprehend and foresee how their makeup applications will appear in the lighting it will be seen in. A complete understanding of how lighting affects makeup is crucial in order to excel as a beauty artist. Therefore, our curriculum covers in-depth, how to determine what to do differently for color choice and placement for the runway, an indoor photo shoot based on the photographers lighting or an outdoor shoot based on the weather and time of day, as opposed to makeup for everyday society’s makeup as taught in the prerequisite, Expert Artistry Application techniques course.

This 80-hour course is held Monday through Thursday for five hours a day, for four consecutive weeks.

• Basic principles of photography makeup
• Color vs. black & white photography makeup
• In-studio lighting vs. outdoor photo shoots
• Adjusting makeup for a.m., noon & evening sun
• Clean beauty and undetectable makeup
• Basic beauty and commercial makeup
• Advanced brow makeup for print work
• Fashion makeup for print
• Editorial and commercial makeup
• Men’s grooming for print work
• Makeup for teens and children
• Body makeup
• Portfolio photo shoots
• Testing with photographers
• How to book models, hair and wardrobe stylists
• Runway and fantasy makeup
• Working with designers / keying a show
• Pageant makeup: Teen, Miss & Mrs. contestants
• Traditional & custom designed bridal looks
• Application speed and quick change
• Client relations: industry contacts and the public
• Networking with other professionals
• Finding work: advertising, marketing & scheduling
• Assisting other makeup artists: What to do/what never to do!
• Creating your rates and collecting fees
• How to do preparation research for jobs
• How to seek representation from an Agent
• Opening your own makeup studio
• Building a portfolio that gets paid jobs
• What you should know about Photoshop/prints for your book