Becoming a make-up artist can be a dream job, glamorous, fairly well paid and means you get to travel around on a daily basis.
Many people start by taking a course in NVQ level 2/3 Beauty therapy then choose to specialise in make-up and take further specialist courses. You can however skip straight to the make-up specific courses such as Fashion and photographic make-up or bridal make-up.
You can take a HND, Higher National Diploma, in these subjects and this would be advisable if you want to learn more advanced make-up for use theatrically including working with prosthetics and special effects.
Once you gain your qualification you’ll need to get in as much experience as possible practising of friends and family to take photos and put together you own portfolio of work to show to a potential employer.
It’s a great job and can be really versatile depending where you want to work.