Makeup Artists

Your makeup artist career awaits

Makeup artists are the ones who can make a beautiful actress gorgeous, or make an audience turn away in fright at the sight of a zombie. Makeup artist is generally an entry-level position; nevertheless, professional makeup artists such as Rick Baker are highly regarded artists and are offered lucrative contracts to sign with movie production companies. In addition to working in television and film, where makeup artists can win Emmys and Oscars, professional makeup artists can make good money working in the modeling industry. There are many paths which can lead to a career as a makeup artist, and almost every one of them begins with a good professional makeup artist school.

Makeup Schools

There are many professional makeup artist schools throughout the country, all of which cover the basics and give aspiring makeup artists the tools they need to succeed.

  • Make-Up Designory has campuses in Los Angeles and New York City. They offer makeup artists the skills they need to succeed in their field, including matching complexions and tricks to make a face seem more (or less) natural, as well as the ways to blend colors. In addition to the training that a makeup artist receives at Make-Up Designory, they also receive placement assistance after they graduate; professional makeup artists can expect to work in almost any field they choose from Hollywood films to high fashion.
  • The EI School of Professional Makeup in California is also a good choice for those seeking to embark upon a career as a makeup artist. Makeup artists at EI will receive training in the art of traditional fashion makeup but will also train in the use of latex and other synthetics to alter the appearance of a person in the most radical of ways; demons, witches, even zombies and fish-people can be created with the skill of the professional makeup artist.
  • The Joe Blasco Makeup School in Hollywood, California, is a professional and rigorous training center where the best of tomorrow’s professional makeup artists are trained. Established in 1968, Joe Blasco’s school is one of the oldest professional makeup artist schools in the country, and his graduates have the reputation of creating some of the most iconic characters in movie history.

No matter which school you choose, the career path for a professional makeup artist is wide open. All it takes is a steady hand and some imagination.