Beauty and Wellbeing - Make-up Artist
Beauty and Wellbeing - Make-up Artist
Amber
Make-up artists apply make-up and style hair for people. This may be for weddings, special events, when appearing on camera or in front of a live audience.
- Research and design make-up and hairstyles
- Work to production designers' notes and instructions
- Style hair
- Create special effects make-up
- Take notes and photos for reference
- Be on set to redo make-up and hair
- Remove make-up and keep wigs and hairpieces in good condition
You could work at a salon, in a customer's home, TV studio, in a theatre or on a film set.
Make-up Artists tend to work between 38 to 40 hours a week. You could work self-employed and you may be required to work away from home.
Variable
You can do specialist make-up and beauty courses through private beauty schools.
You could start out as a trainee or assistant to a make-up team, or find casual work doing make-up and hair for extras in crowd scenes.
You could also get experience in salon, wedding and events make-up, or through working in cosmetics sales, and build a professional portfolio to demonstrate your skills.
You could study for a qualification in media make-up, like:
- Level 2 Certificate in Make-up
- Level 3 Diploma in Theatrical and Media Make-up
- Level 3 Diploma in Make-up Artistry
- T Level in Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Therapy
You could get into this job through:
- a Beauty Therapy Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship
- a Hairdressing Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship
- a Hair, Wigs, Make-up and Prosthetics Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship
With a qualification in hair or beauty and practical experience you may be able to apply for assistant make-up artist jobs. If you have an EHCP you may be able to apply under the DfE exemption which allows the apprentice to use Entry level 3 English and Maths qualifications. The apprentice would have to be component enough to successfully achieve all other aspects of the apprenticeship requirements, become occupationally competent and achieve Entry Level 3 in English and Maths before the end of their apprenticeship.