QC's most popular & comprehensive makeup course!
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No previous makeup training required!
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Learn foundational and advanced professional makeup techniques
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Get plenty of hands-on training through practical assignments
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Includes a bonus Makeup Starter Kit at no additional cost
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Become certified to work in many different top industries
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Start your own successful business as a freelance makeup artist!
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- No previous makeup training required!
- Turn your passion for makeup into an expansive skillset
- Get plenty of hands-on training through practical assignments
- Create gorgeous makeup looks for every occasion
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Tuition
Select the payment plan that best suits your budget.
Included in Your Course
Lifetime Access to
Course Materials
Once you’re a member of the QC family you’ll have lifetime access to all the tools and resources available to QC students. This includes discounts on industry products and so much more!
Personalized Feedback
from Industry Experts
Just because you’re learning online doesn’t mean you’re learning alone. You’ll receive personalized audio feedback from your tutor on every design assignment you submit. Your tutor is an active industry professional.
Professional Business
Resources
Catapult your career with access to real-world templates, self-study assignments, and bonus materials. Utilize these resources to develop your marketing and customer service skills.
Makeup Artistry Course Outline
Celebrity makeup artist and QC Makeup Academy instructor Nathan Johnson will walk you through every step of the makeup application process. You’ll build your skills from the basics of blending and contouring to full makeup applications in a series of hands-on practical assignments.
Foundational Makeup Artistry Units
UNIT A: Intro to Professional Makeup Artistry
You’ll learn about:
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- Makeup career opportunities
- Tips for success as a professional MUA
- How to take proper makeup photos
- Working as a makeup artist
- Tools of the trade
- Safe and sanitary makeup practices
- Setting up your space
- Brush types & proper cleaning of brushes
- Repairing broken eyeshadow
- Stocking your professional makeup kit
- Skin types and conditions
- Preparing the skin for makeup application
- Doing your own makeup
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UNIT B: Skin Preparation & Complete Makeup Application
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- Color theory basics and how to apply it to makeup
- Blending practices
- Applying eye makeup, including:
- Brow shaping
- Basic eye shadow application
- Eyeliner application
- Lash curling and mascara application
- Perfecting and defining the face
- Corrective makeup
- Perfecting the skin
- Blush, highlight, & contour application
- Makeup removal techniques
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UNIT C: Full Makeup Applications
You’ll learn about:
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- Applying false eyelashes
- The 4-step eye makeup with transition to smokey eye
- Daytime makeup application
- Evening makeup application
- Transitioning from daytime to evening makeup
- Applications for diverse clients
- Teen makeup
- Working with pregnant clients
- Makeup for mature skin
- Male makeup application
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Exclusive Master Makeup Units
UNIT D: Bridal & Celebrity-Inspired Makeup
You’ll learn about:
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- Bridal makeup basics
- How to book brides
- The bridal makeup consultation
- Conducting a trial bridal makeup application
- Types of bridal makeup applications
- The business of bridal makeup
- Using a client card
- Celebrity makeup applications
- 20th and 21st century makeup trends
- Trendy makeup applications
- Celebrity-inspired makeup applications
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UNIT E: Advanced Makeup Artistry Techniques
You’ll learn about:
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- Fantasy makeup application
- Runway makeup applications
- Working with a fashion designer
- Transitioning a makeup look to Avant Garde
- Editorial & Photo Shoot Makeup Applications
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UNIT F: Makeup for the Entertainment Industry
You’ll learn about:
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- Makeup applications for TV & Film
- Creating a Film/TV character
- Tattoo cover-up
- Creating a bruise
- Makeup applications for theater and live performance
- Stage makeup
- Character makeup
- Face painting
- Theater makeup design & application
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UNIT G: (Optional Unit) Makeup Business Training
You’ll learn about:
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- Working at a makeup counter
- Starting your own business
- Marketing and promotion
- Competitor research
- Defining your target market
- Building your brand
- Building your portfolio
- Working with clients
- Professional behavior
- Building your online professional profile
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Free Luminous Collection
Offering the widest selection of shades and colors to complete a large variety of looks on any skin tone, your FREE makeup kit provides you with tools to help you successfully complete your training!
88-Shade Neutral Eye Shadow Palette: Choose from the widest selection of neutral shadows to create a variety of looks for any skin tone.
32-Shade Lip Palette with Glosses: Choose from gloss, partial shimmer and full-blown sparkle to highlight your client’s lips and pull any look together.
28-Shade Powder Blush Palette: This 28-shade powder blush palette includes a full range of warm and cool toned pinks in matte and shimmer finishes. You’ll impress your clients with your ability to pull from this palette to create almost any hue.
9-Shade Contour Palette: This contour palette is filled with fair to deep shades, so that you can enhance your clients’ features, no matter what color their skin tone is.
16-Piece Professional Brush Set: You’ll receive a full 16-piece brush set featuring 100% synthetic bristles and real wood wands. This lightweight starter set comes in a faux leather roll and is a must have for any artist on the go!
Makeup Travel Bag: A faux-leather makeup bag perfect for the traveling artist. With a waterproof lining and brush loops, this bag will keep your makeup organized and safe during transport.
20-Shade Correct & Conceal Palette: A 20-shade correct and conceal palette that will allow you to correct and/or conceal any blemish or discoloration. This palette’s products come in a light cream consistency—perfect for mixing and blending for beautifully buildable coverage.
5-Shade Eyebrow Palette: Create some fierce brows with this 5-shade palette that can also double up as the perfect smokey eye kit.
4-Shade Highlight Palette: This highlight palette is a mix of cool and warm-toned shades in shimmer finishes. This palette is a perfect add-on to your professional makeup kit.
Professional Lashes: Whether you’re creating a natural everyday look, or a bold, dramatic look, choose one of these four eyelash designs to complete your look!
Pro Palette and Spatula: This stainless steel makeup palette and spatula allows you to mix your palettes and create unique colors and tones. Includes a thumb hole for easy gripping.
While supplies last. Items in kit are subject to change based on availability
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The M.A.C Pro Student Program
Learn From a MAC Eligible School!
QC Makeup Academy is a MAC Pro Eligible School!
Students taking QC Makeup Courses are eligible to apply for the MAC Pro Student Membership to receive discounts on MAC products, in-store and online! MAC Pro Student Membership information is available to eligible students in the online student center.
The M.A.C Pro Student Program
Learn From a MAC Eligible School!
QC Makeup Academy is a MAC Pro Eligible School!
Students taking QC Makeup Courses are eligible to apply for the MAC Pro Student Membership to receive discounts on MAC products, in-store and online! MAC Pro Student Membership information is available to eligible students in the online student center.
Makeup Discounts
Product quality is an important part of becoming a successful makeup artist!
QC students and graduates can take advantage of the exclusive product discounts offered by QC’s preferred makeup partners
Makeup Discounts
Product quality is an important part of becoming a successful makeup artist!
QC students and graduates can take advantage of the exclusive product discounts offered by QC’s preferred makeup partners
Nathan Johnson
Nathan Johnson, a New York City-based celebrity makeup artist with over 18 years of industry experience, is featured in all instructional video for QC makeup courses. Demonstrating professional makeup artistry techniques, he will take you through step-by-step video tutorials for creating 20 unique makeup looks. He will also offer expert insights into working as a professional makeup artist.
Nathan has worked on over 300 famous faces and has been featured in numerous high-profile publications:
- Paula Abdul
- Alicia Keys
- Paul McCartney
- Lea Michele
- Glamour
- Elle
- Harper’s Bazaar
- Access Hollywood
- Project Runway Season 4 & 5
Your Personal
Makeup Tutor
When enrolling in a QC makeup course, you will be assigned a personal tutor to provide you with individual feedback on everything from assignments to career advice. Benefit from a one-on-one learning experience unmatched by any online or in-class makeup school.
“Wish I had found QC Makeup Academy sooner. Loving all my materials and the wonderful feedback from all the tutors.”
Heather EvansMakeup Artistry Student
QC’s Professional Makeup Certification
Upon graduation you will receive your Master International Makeup Professional certificate. Exclusive to QC, this trademarked certification allows you to use initials MIMP after your name, signaling to top industry clients that you are an educated, trained professional.
The MIMP certificate is recognized as an official certificate to work in the following top makeup industries:
As with any job, while a certificate alone will not guarantee your success, it is a testament to your professional education. Employers and clients are more likely to regard you as a well-rounded and highly knowledgeable makeup artist. QC graduates of the Master Makeup Artistry course have gone on to run their own successful freelance makeup businesses and work for high-end brands like MAC, Benefit, Sephora, and many others.
As with any job, while a certificate alone will not guarantee your success, it is a testament to your professional education. Employers and clients are more likely to regard you as a well-rounded and highly knowledgeable makeup artist.
“Prior to taking courses at QC Academy, I didn't do well with makeup applications. I knew nothing about different skin types, eye shapes, skin tones, etc. Nathan Johnson (my mentor) equipped me with all the tools that I needed to pursue my career in makeup. Since my completion, I've serviced over 200 clients in freelancing all within 1 year and has joined Sephora as a Color Consultant.”
Queenella GibsonQC Makeup Academy Graduate
How it Works
STEP 1
Enroll Online Today & Access Your Course Materials
- Select a flexible payment plan that suits your budget
- View all course texts & videos through QC’s Online Student Centre
- Start your training right away!
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STEP 2
Submit Your Assignment & Review Your Feedback
- Watch video tutorials and read online course texts
- Upload your work to the Online Student Centre
- Receive personalized feedback from your celebrity tutor
YOUR ASSIGNMENTS
STEP 3
Become a Certified Makeup Artist & Graduate
- Receive your certification from a recognized & accredited online school
- Get lifetime access to course materials & updated content
- Enjoy 50% off additional courses
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