A successful Change Of Career

People talk of career changes; society at large has lots to say on the subject! And do not get me started on advisers….. Danielle graduated from Christine Blundell Makeup Academy in August 2017 and started working straight after graduation, first doing a number of...

Latest Day Taster course at CB*MA visited by Aladdin!

What a wonderful surprise for our Weekend Day Taster Students, when Mena, who plays Aladdin in the new Guy Ritchie film with the same name, popped in with Christine. It was a great day, even without our special surprise guest arriving. A great aspect of the Makeup...

The Bear returns!

It all started with a simple cup of tea, I was sat at home and decided it was time to leave my career as a prop maker and take the plunge to follow my true passion and train as a Hair and Makeup artist. I visited several other academies but CBMA stood out to me, I...

New Year New Life…Ok We Get It!

Where to begin? BAFTA”s. Congratulations to our two tutors Jeremy and Daniel for their films to be Nominated. Congratulations to Jake Gyllenhaal for BAFTA nomination for “Nocturnal Animals”. (He worked on Christine’s new film Life.) Well done...

And Breathe

Standing on the platform of the Piccadilly Line this morning coming in extra early for the students to prep for their Boot Camp next week; I noticed a poignant advert. I did not have time to fully read what it was telling me about what was missing from my life or...

I Am Not My Skin I Am A Model With A Skin Condition

My white panda eyes were caught by an article on a new model Winnie Harlow. What was striking about her appearance, was, that she was of Jamaican ancestry with Vitiligo, oh and she is one metre seventy six and an absolute peach! (that is my personal opinion.) Vitiligo...