UK’s Top-Rated Makeup Academy in London, for Hair & SFX Makeup Courses
UK’s Top-Rated Makeup Academy in London, for Hair & SFX Makeup Courses.
Flagship 4 Month Hair, Makeup & SFX Course Starts 1st September 2025
Oscar and Bafta winning Principal
Christine Receiving The Oscar for hair and Makeup from Toby Maguire
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
was designed by our Principal Christine Blundell & many of our Tutors & Graduates worked on it
Leading UK Tutors & Small Classes
Our Tutor & Makeup Artist Nuria, together with some of our graduates, worked on this film
What Sets CB★MA Apart from Other Makeup Schools in UK?
The Christine Blundell Makeup Academy run by an Oscar & BAFTA winning Make-up Designer actively working in the industry.
We offer limitless post-graduate care until you thrive as a makeup artist.
As UK’s premier makeup school, CBMA provides industry-acknowledged tutors currently work as professional Film, TV and theatre Hair & Makeup Designers and Artists and many of them are Oscar, BAFTA or Emmy winners or nominees.
140 five-star Google reviews make us London’s top makeup academy. Perfect your skills in an inspiring and supportive learning environment.
Small Makeup Classes for Personalized Attention
Join makeup classes in London with only 16 students per class for personalized, hands-on learning.
Fantastic Networking Opportunities
Only Our makeup school provides fantastic networking opportunities to jumpstart your career—imagine starting as a Makeup Trainee on productions like “BeetleJuice!”
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Join us to enhance your skills and experience the excitement at the top makeup academy in London!
“It is so much more than just a makeup academy. It is a place where you can discover yourself Whilst studying and being taught by some of the most influential people in the film and TV industry.”
Ria, recent graduate who worked on “Napoleon” , “Asteroid City &” Pinocchio” films, to name just a few.
Christine Blundell’s
Amazing Career
Oscar & BAFTA winning Film Hair & Makeup Designer Christine Blundell first feature with Mike Leigh was Life is Sweet, which marked the beginning of a long and successful working relationship that has spanned more than 20 years and produced 10 features including Secrets and Lies, Topsy Turvy, for which Christine was awarded an Oscar & BAFTA in 2000, Vera Drake,to name just a few…Christine also worked with Guy Ritchie and other famous Directors on films like Aladdin, Casino Royale, Wonder Woman, Sherlock Holmes and many more…
Confused About Your Future Career in Makeup Industry? Try Our One-Day Makeup Course in London
If you’re unsure about committing to our 4-month Hair, Makeup & SFX Course, try our One-Day Taster Makeup Course.
- Practise essential casualty makeup techniques, like creating cuts, bruises, and illness effects—skills used by professional Makeup Artists in Film and TV.
- Learn hands-on makeup techniques from Industry-recognised professionals
- Get answers directly from our Principal, Christine Blundell, an Oscar & BAFTA-winning Hair & Makeup Designer.
- A perfect way to experience what it would be like to train on our 4 Month Film & TV hair & makeup & SFX course.
Don’t let uncertainty hold you back—book our One-Day Taster Makeup Course at London’s best makeup school and ignite your passion!
Blog / Latest News
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Our Principal Christine Blundell Talks About Designing Hair & Makeup for ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”🪲
Q&A with Satinder Chumber: SFX Makeup Tutor & BAFTA Nominee
Joining our Family
When you join our family you benefit not only from Christine Blundell’s years of experience in theatre and films, but also from the vast network of media and entertainment contacts she has nurtured, many of whom will be teaching you at makeup school in london.
Book A Video Chat With Christine and Petar
Next 4 Month Film & TV Hair, Makeup & SFX Course 1st September 2025
We Welcome Prospective Students with Existing Hair & Makeup Skills to Join Our More Specialised Modules
5 Star Reviews
5 Star Reviews & High Praises From Our Students & Graduates
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Our graduates who are eligible to work in the UK are given the opportunity to join Christine on set, thus allowing them to gain valuable experience after completing their course.
FAQs
We always recommend popping in for a free Personal Studio Tour at our Makeup Academy, so you can experience a day in the life at CBMA. Chat with us, ask any questions, and get a feel for our academy’s atmosphere. We’d be delighted to share our CBMA philosophy over fresh tea and biscuits.
You call us on 0207 485 4000 Email: cbma [at] cbmacademy.com
We run one course, the Four Month Hair & Makeup SFX Course. It does what it is supposed to do; teach you the skills you need to enter the Industry as a trainee Makeup artist. Perfect!
Joining our Saturday Taster Day is a great option, too! Or if you live further away we can organise a video call instead, so you can see the Academy that way and chat to us via a video call.
We are the only school to offer guaranteed paid work experience to all our students who are eligible to work in the UK. No other makeup artist academy has tutors of our calibre, or an Oscar & BAFTA-winning Makeup Designer as its Director who is still actively working in the industry. Nor does any other UK makeup school have such a high success rate of graduates working in the industry.
All our tutors are actively working in the TV, Film, Theatre etc industries. We have designers who designed “Game Of Thrones” “Avengers” “James Bond” “Wonder Woman” ….to name but a few.
We do provide a certificate to students who have graduated. You must understand that there is no recognized certificate in the industry. What is recognized is Christine Blundell’s name and reputation for teaching excellent makeup trainees. That is the key.
We are the only UK-based Makeup Academy in London to offer All our graduates who are eligible to work in the UK are offered paid on-set work experience after completing their 4 Month Film & TV hair, makeup & SFX course. This work experience is usually on one of our Principal’s film or TV productions and she also always picks 1-2 trainees to be their Crowd Room or Main Team Trainees, too.
If after your Personal tour you wish to join our flagship 4 Month Film & TV hair, makeup & SFX course, we would organise an informal interview with you, to ensure that we are the right Makeup Academy for you.
