Professional Makeup Artistry Certification Course
Our comprehensive makeup artistry syllabus is laid out over the course of 12 weeks, offering students the opportunity to learn with more flexibility during the week and prepare for fast-paced, hands on clinical practice on the weekend.
Self-paced, remote theory and fundamentals during the week, and in-person PRO demonstrations, hands-on makeup practice, and professional photoshoots on weekends (Sundays only). This offers busy full time students, professionals, parents, and all-around hustlers the flexibility required to pursue the career of their dreams, despite their packed calendars. It’s easier than ever to become a professional certified makeup artist in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, or any of the surrounding areas in New Mexico. We prepare our students for a wide range of career options in makeup artistry from bridal, freelance/brand & commercial artistry to becoming a working professional makeup artist in the booming film & television industry in New Mexico.
The course structure includes:
8 weeks of core classes in all aspects of basic beauty, industry ethics, editorial, bridal, special effects, and film & tv requirements
4 weeks of hands-on job training and clinical practice with a Southwest Makeup Institute certified partner (see a list of our partners here). **Requires that the student is available some Saturdays.
Along with this flexible schedule, students are offered immediate on-the-job-training opportunities beginning the first week of classes, with mandatory shadowing hours to be completed each week under one of our top PRO makeup artist trainers.
This professional makeup artist certification course was created with the concept in mind that in order to fully master something, we need to “read it, watch it, see it, do it”. Southwest Makeup Institute’s new and improved format offers just that:
Schedule:
Week 1: Weekly self-paced remote theory & fundamentals: Beauty
Our self-paced makeup artist theory fundamentals course work consists of videos, student workbook assignments, quizzes, and application tests.
Sunday Makeup Tests/Hands-on Practice/Model Portfolio Shoot: 10:00am-3:00pm
Week 2-4: Weekly self-paced remote theory & fundamentals: Bridal, Editorial, & Advanced
Sunday Makeup Tests/Hands-on Practice/Model Portfolio Shoot: 10:00am-3:00pm
Week 5-8: Self-paced remote theory & fundamentals: Makeup for Film & TV Production
Sunday Makeup Tests/Hands-on Practice/Model Portfolio Shoot: 10:00am-3:00pm
Week 8-12: Hands-on job training and clinical practice, final photoshoots, student exit interviews, certification exam, final portfolio review & feedback, student exit interviews.
Sunday FINAL Makeup Test/Final Character Portfolio Shoot: 10:00am-3:00pm
12 Week Syllabus:
Week 1: Student code of conduct, industry ethics and expectations, dress code, final portfolio, projects, & syllabus overview, kit breakdown, sanitation & sterilization, station setup and breakdown, brushes and toolkit basics, facial anatomy & bone structure mapping, mastering skin prep, basic beauty makeup application, lash application, working with clients, starting a client database, and MORE!
Week 2-4: Bridal makeup, building a successful bridal business, makeup application for mature skin, editorial, commercial, and makeup for photography, advanced industry ethics and expectations, airbrush makeup, decades makeup applications, final photoshoot conceptualization and prep.
Week 5-8: Intro to makeup for film & tv production, film union requirements and breaking into the industry, production protocols and chain of command, call sheets, scripts, and character development, continuity, set etiquette, intro to SFX makeup, character creation, bruising, burns, cuts, scrapes, bullet wounds, old age, sick/diseased applications, covering tattoos, applying/modifying tattoos, intro to prosthetic transfers, mens grooming, dirt, grime, sun/wind burn, intro to hair & beard laying, and MORE!
Week 8-12: Hands-on job training and clinical practice, final photoshoots, student exit interviews, certification exam, final portfolio review & feedback, student exit interviews.
Cost:
$4,250 + tax
Price includes full makeup kit, brush set, student workbook, handouts, textbooks, and facilitation of all on-the-job training opportunities throughout the program.
$500.00 deposit secures your spot in class - (fully credits toward balance, this deposit is nonrefundable).
Professional Bridal Kit Upgrade (available if you pay in full before the beginning of the term.)
**Payment plans available with 50% down
**Financing may also available with Afterpay
What you graduate with:
Professional Makeup Artist Certification (for use in both beauty and film & tv)
1/2 of the days required (15) to work in the film union (IATSE local 480)
Professional support network of passionate, working makeup artists
Ongoing mentorship opportunities
Potential job placement