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In collaboration with ’Tilt’ Professional Makeup

Meet ‘Bridgerton’ & ‘ Taboo ‘ Hair & Makeup Designer Erika Okvist!

Chat to Our Award-Winning Tutors & Graduates Who Worked on the Latest Oscar, BAFTA & MUAs Awards Nominated & Winning Films

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Celebrating Our Tutors’ & Graduates’ Success!

  • Meet ‘Bridgerton’ and ’Taboo’ Hair & Makeup Designer, Erika Okvist & Quiz her about her professional career!
  • Farida is a MUAHs Award 2025 Winner for her work on ‘Bridgerton’ TV Series for her hairstyling of Penelope’s and Kate’s characters
  • Our graduate Jess who is a two-time MUAHs Best Period and / or Character Makeup Award-nominee for her work on ‘Bridgerton’ and makeup looks she created for Penelope & Kate’s characters
  • Watch Special effects, Hair & Makeup demonstrations by our Tutors & Graduates 
  • We will be joined by â€™Tilt’ Professional Makeup showcasing their latest makeup and hair products for film, TV & theatre

Most Importantly You Will See Why We Are The Best Makeup School In Town!

Numbers Are Limited & Places Are Allocated on a First Come – First Served Basis!

Celebrating Award-Winning Graduates & Tutors @ Our Open Day

It makes us so proud that so many of our tutors and graduates worked on Award nominated and winning films, below is just a short list of some of them: Donald, Nuria, Jana to mention but a few!

dune

Our Tutor Donald Mowat was Hair & Makeup Designer for ‘Dune 1‘ and Head of Makeup department for ‘Dune 2’ 

wicked

Our Tutors Shelley King , Nuria Mbomio , winner of the MUAHs Award and Wendy all worked on â€˜Wicked’  and Nuria was a Personal makeup artist to Ms Ariana Grande

gladiator

Our Tutor Jana Carboni designed & Stefania Pellegrini worked on ‘Gladiator II

 

the brutalist

Our graduate Liz Bowden was Hair & Makeup Supervisor of the Award-winning â€˜Brutalist’ film

wicked

Our Graduate Alice Jones is a winner of MUAHs Award for her work on the â€˜Wicked’ film as the Personal Makeup artist to Ms Erivo

rosferatu

Our Graduates Alice Heappey and Ailsa Lawson worked on â€˜Nosferatu’

 

wicked

Our Graduates Rosie, Becky, KateHelen and Catherine worked on â€˜Wicked’

blitz

Our graduates Sylvia and Lorna both worked on â€˜Blitz’ film

5 Star Reviews & High Praises

from Our Students & Graduates – Another Great Reason to Study @ CB★MA!

How Is It All Done?

Your day will be a mix of hands-on practicals, where you will be shown new makeup and casualty techniques. You will also be introduced to a number of makeup and Casualty products, as understanding all the materials is equally important for a professional makeup artists’ work, too . There is a plethora of makeup, special effects, hair and wigs products on the market, as an example you can have a look at some of the products at Tilt Makeup Shop: Click Here

how is it all done

Chat to Our Principal Christine Blundell!

Our Principal is an Oscar & BAFTA winning Film Hair & Makeup Designer with over 70 film & TV credits to her name. Join us on Sat 16th March to chat to her about everything you’d like to know about UK film industry, Makeup artists role in it or anything else you’d like to know about her amazing career.

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quiz our graduates

Quiz Our Graduates & Experienced Makeup Artists About UK Film Industry!

You will also be able to chat to our graduates & Makeup artists about their experience of studying at our Academy & their careers so far. They will be happy to share their journeys with you & answer any questions you may have.

Our Next 4 Month Course Starts on 28th April 2025.– Contact Us if You’d Like to Reserve Your Place!

Our intensive 4 Month SFX, Hair and Makeup course will give you all the professional media makeup, theatrical hairdressing & prosthetic makeup skills you need to become a Makeup trainee and makeup artist, enabling you to pursue a career in Film, TV & Theatre industries. No previous makeup and hairdressing experience is necessary, although some hairdressing skills can often give you an advantage at the beginning.

 

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