Beginners Makeup Tutorial Step by Step Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This 5-week evening course at London College of Fashion offers a great opportunity for students to learn how to apply makeup to themselves professionally.
During the course, students explore a wide range of makeup techniques from bronzing to lip lining. Students gain an understanding of a variety of key concepts and techniques including skin undertones, concealing, colour correction and current makeup trends.
With guidance from the tutor, students improve their makeup skills and learn how to create different makeup looks including basic natural day makeup, evening looks and event makeup.
Who this course is for
This 5-week evening course at London College of Fashion is aimed at anyone who wants to improve their skills in applying makeup to themselves. It would be an excellent fit for beginners interested in learning how to apply makeup and achieve different makeup looks.
Key information
Topics covered
- Preparing skin
- Natural day look
- Smokey eyes
- Glamorous makeup
- Red carpet look
- How to cleanse and prepare skin for makeup
- Health and safety when using makeup
- Tools to use for makeup application
- Colour correction on skin
- Foundation match
- Cover and conceal blemishes and under eye
- Basic natural day makeup
- Lip lining techniques and choosing lipstick colours
- Eye lining techniques
- Bold lip colours
- Smokey eyes
- Contouring
- Bronzing
- Face shapes and eye shapes
- Tips and tricks
Learning outcomes
- How to cleanse and prepare skin for makeup
- An understanding of health and safety when using makeup
- An insight into the tools to use for makeup application
- An understanding of how to create different makeup looks
- Explored different techniques such as eye lining, colour correction, contouring and bronzing
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
- Any makeup brushes and makeup
- Mascara
- Eyelash curler
- Cleanser
- Moisturisers
- Eye makeup remover
- Hair clips or head band
- Small mirror if needed for close-up view
Tutor
Sam Walker
Sam Walker has worked in the make-up industry for over 17 years. Her career started with Make-up Forever, Paris. Working in fashion, music, beauty, film, theatre and bridal. Her editorial work includes features for Vanity Fair, Tatler, Tank, Flux, What?, amongst others. She has worked as a bridal make-up artist for many years. A Royal wedding: Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's daughter Lady Davina Windsor at Kensington palace, Roger Taylor from QUEENs brides make-up, are to name a few. Sam has also collaborated with the late Isabella Blow and Philip Treacey. Photographers Gisela Torres, Cody Burridge, Pete Bartlett. Commercials for Simple, Yorkshire Tea, BT, CISCO. Celebrities; the burlesque dancer Immodesty Blaize, Salma Hayek, Tina Turner, Nigella Lawson. She also combines this with tutoring, training Global brands and regularly delivering seminars for the industry.Book a course
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