
Makeup & Hair Artist
INDUSTRY READY
5-WEEK BEGINNERS MAKEUP COURSE
Are you interested in becoming a professional makeup artist?
Are looking to refresh and upskill your current makeup techniques?
Erica Coffey MUA would like to introduce her brand new 5-week makeup course. This course is designed to help you learn new techniques and advance your skills to excel in the competitive makeup industry.
Not only will you learn in-depth makeup skills, but Erica’s education will provide you with business insights including tips on growing your social media presence, marketing, building relationships and generating bookings so you can kick-start your makeup business and create your own successful career path in the beauty industry.
The course is limited to 6 participants at a time to allow for a personalised and one-on-one teaching experience with Erica.
This course commences on 2nd May 2023 and finishes on 30th May 2023 on Tuesday evenings from 6:00PM to 9:00PM.
Price: $1999.00 with a 50% deposit payable ($999.50) to schedule your booking and the remaining 50% balance ($999.50) payable 48 hours prior to commencement of the course. All participants will receive a makeup kit valued at $200.00.
All participants will be required to organise and provide their own models to practice/demonstrate their practical skills each week.
MAKEUP: BACK TO BASICS
Week One – Tuesday 2nd of May 2023
Topics covered:
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Introduction to makeup and product knowledge.
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Non-negotiable hygiene protocols.
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Introduction to using social media to build your business.
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The importance of the initial client consultation.
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Understanding skin types and the appropriate skin preparation.
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Identifying face shapes.
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Understanding the colour wheel and colour matching your clients.
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How to achieve a flawless, long-lasting base.
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Applying contouring/blush products to suit your clients.
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Setting the makeup with powder products according to your client’s skin.


Creating a Natural Look
Week Two – Tuesday 9th of May 2023
Topics covered:
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Introduction to eye makeup, eye shapes and brows.
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How to ensure eye makeup is durable and long lasting.
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Creating Erica’s go-to eye makeup looks including a soft bronze eye smokey brown wing liner.
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Individual lash application.
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Shaping brows to suit a client’s face/eye shape.
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Using highlighter to create a glowing, luminous look.
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Faux freckles and glossy lips.
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Building rapport, customer service skills and creating relationships with customers.
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Content creation and photographing your makeup looks.

Bridal makeup
Week Three – Tuesday 16th of May 2023
Topics covered:
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Introduction to Bridal Makeup.
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Kit preparation for a wedding.
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Differentiating wedding makeup from standard glam.
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Pricing for weddings.
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Skin prep for brides/bridesmaids.
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Erica’s go-to bridal look.
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Creating content at a wedding.
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Marketing for weddings.
Makeup to suit mature clients
Week Four – Tuesday 23rd of May 2023
Topics covered:
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Introduction to Mature makeup look.
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Consultation for a mature look.
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Prepping the skin.
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Brows and eye shape to suit your mature clients.
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Eye look/best colours to use on the eyes.
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Cream contouring and blush.
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Lip application.
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Generating your own bookings.
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Consultations with and accommodating sensitive clients.
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Managing deposits, rescheduling and refunds.
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Using social media to advantage your business.


Full Glam
Week Five – Tuesday 30th of May 2023
Topics covered:
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Introduction to full glam makeup.
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Prepping skin for full coverage glam.
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Creating a full coverage foundation base.
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Defined contouring/blush/highlighting.
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Defined brow shaping.
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Creating a wing shadow eye and cut crease looks.
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Applying strip lashes for a bold lash look.
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Bold lip application.