If you are the friend everyone asks to do their face, this turns that into work. You learn skin, features, products and the looks clients ask for. It is made for people who want paying clients.
You have the eye. What is missing is the order to work in, the product knowledge and the finish that holds up on camera. That is the whole course.
Bridal, glam, editorial and everyday looks are taught as separate jobs. Each one is a different client asking for a different thing.
A palette set, brushes, primer and pencil arrive in the post. You practise on professional tools while you learn.
Most makeup work starts small and local: a chair in a salon, a counter in a store, weddings booked through word of mouth. The work is early mornings, a clean kit, and reading what someone wants before they can name it. Bridal season carries a lot of the year.
Your own clients, your own hours, your own kit.
Working a chair inside an established team.
Trials, timings and a party to keep calm.
Counter work, matching shades and product advice.
Looks made for a camera and an audience.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.
Three things you get here that a video tutorial cannot give you.
Claire Haeusler reviews your activities and final projects herself, with over a decade behind her in beauty, makeup and skin.
Shadow, foundation and contour palettes, an eleven piece brush set, corrector palette, primer and a brow pencil.
Barneys Salon Supplies opens wholesale pricing on professional products, which is what keeps a client list affordable to run.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college once you finish.
A link in the platform you can share on SEEK.
Written notes on your activities and final looks.
An advisor runs through what arrives and when.
Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.
Faces and products come before the looks.
Four looks, each reviewed by your mentor.
No. It starts at skin and facial features, then builds up to full looks.
From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Ask an advisor for current pricing.
No. The starter kit is posted to you. It is released after the cooling off period if you pay in full, or after four successful payments on a plan.
About 100 hours of content, with twelve months of access to work through it.
No exams, ever. You submit activities and final projects, and Claire reviews them.
Claire Haeusler is your mentor, with over a decade across beauty, makeup and skin. The course is delivered through Ulleo, the college's education partner.
It carries a Certificate of Achievement, and the college holds ICOES accreditation, Official CPD Standards Office Accreditation and International Approval and Registration Centre registration. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not nationally recognised, and the college is not an RTO. Those are different things, and makeup artistry is not a licensed trade in Australia, so studio and client work turns on your portfolio.
Yes. A 10-day money back guarantee runs from enrolment.
You enrol in this course through The Career Academy, an online college running for over 15 years and helping more than 25,000 students a year.
The makeup course itself is delivered with Ulleo, the college's education partner, and mentored by working makeup artist Claire Haeusler.
Picture the morning of someone's wedding, the room quiet, and you are the one holding the brush.