Fashion Make-Up Specialist

  Italy

• Milan: 
Milan

Term: Throughout the year 

Description: Make-up today plays an essential role in helping to define the way we look, expressing our own unique image, and is always in tune with the latest fashion trend and looks. This course will teach you the history of make-up, as well as the basics and fundamentals, and will also help you discover new trend.

Fashion make-up is an innovative and trend-driven profession, relying on skilled experts to coordinate images from the fashion shows to advertisement campaigns.

Fashion make up is thus the natural evolution of a state of art, expressing aesthetic values aimed at enhancing the fashion concept. The academic make up applied to the fashion make up goes even deeper into tastes, studying aesthetics and its influences.
"Uptodate", means to keep up with the times and anticipate future trend, and this is the core of fashion make-up training, especially in regards to special events, defiles, shooting services and advertising campaigns.

The students of the make-up course optimize their works through practical training.The students, indeed, do a lot of exercise making up models, analyzing different kind of skins and shape of faces in relation with the specific image that they want to obtain.

Frequency and Duration

The student attends lessons in fixed hours. The number of students accepted is limited and applications can be submitted until classes are full.

Duration: 36 consecutive days
Total hours: 216 hours
Time: 9.30-12.30 a.m. / 2.00-5.00 p.m.
Attendance: from Monday to Friday

To participate there is a minimum age requirements of 18 years of age.

Highlights: Course Program:
Make-up tools and make-up station
Preparation for make-up practice
Chromatology and colors theory
The base, foundation and correctors
Morpho-psychology
Harmonies
The eye, eye corrections and finishing
Make-up for different parts of the face: cheekbone, cheek, nose, chin and mouth
Make-up for all ages
Visiting professor: cosmetic consultant
Visiting professor: use of air-brush in make-up
Artificial eyelashes
Make-up for wedding
Ethnic make-up
Visiting professor: tattoo make-up
Visiting professor: Special effects
History of make-up
The 900: 1920 and black and white cinema
Make-up history: the Thirties, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo
Make-up history: the Forties, Joan Crawford and Rita Hayworth
Make-up history: the Fifties, Marilyn Monroe
Make-up history: the Sixties, Audrey Hepburn and Bridgitte Bardot
Make-up history: the Seventies, The new superstars Twiggy, Weruscka
Make-up history: the Eighties and Nineties, Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer
Makeup for fashion shows and photography
The new frontiers of computer enhanced beauty
Photography makeup project: Makeup for the runway
Cosmetic campaign photography project
Chromatic effect photography project
Photographic make-up: the doll
Photographic make-up: the graphics
Visiting professor: Freelance make-up artist
Photographic make-up: dramatic effect
Portfolio presentation and building agency contacts
Final exam

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Enrollment fee: 250 Euro (UE) / 350 Euro (Non UE); Tution fee: 4950 Euro

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 8-12

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

UpToDate Fashion Academy's Mission Statement: UpToDate Fashion Academy is built on the highest qualifications in the field, founded on a new concept incorporating creativity, professionalism and trend research. The UpToDate project was born in Milan in 2001 to offer courses of high technicality and creativity, geared towards up and coming professionals in the world of fashion & beauty. Your creativity, passion, and interest in the world of fashion and beauty require proper support, attention, orientation, and value that are provided by our Academy. UpToDate values the students capabilities and talents, and provides them with the highest degree of instruction from qualified professionals, while keeping in mind each students aspiration and creative projects. UpToDate Fashion Academy strives for student placement in the working world in their chosen profession through our placement services in companies, fashion houses, griffes, and professional environments of international fame.

Year Founded: 2001