Join us for Winter 2025 Certification Session

Winter 2025

Our next session starts January 20th with Basic Makeup I, which covers fundamental principles such as color theory, facial anatomy, and sanitation. In addition, students will learn crucial skills like highlight and contour, foundation matching, skin prep, shaping brows, false lash application and more!

At Make Up First® School of Makeup Artistry, our certification program is streamlined to give you exactly what you need to become a pro. Our program, approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, offers in-depth makeup artistry training with extensive hands-on studio time using pro cosmetics and taught by the finest instructors. By offering professional instruction in all areas of makeup artistry, we prepare our students to be able to accept work in all avenues of the industry, including editorial, bridal, theatrical, media, and clinical!

Bundle & Save

To earn a Certificate of Completion from Make Up First® School of Makeup Artistry, students are required to complete all eight courses. The program duration is 150 clock hours over the course of 10 weeks.

You can purchase all eight courses as a bundle for $6,000 (including the student makeup kit). Alternatively, if purchased individually, the total tuition cost for all eight courses is $9,030, which includes the student makeup kit. The courses included are:

  • Basic Makeup I

  • Basic Makeup II

  • Media Makeup HD

  • Media: Runway, Editorial, Fashion

  • Theatrical Makeup A

  • Theatrical Makeup B

  • Clinical Makeup

  • Careers in Makeup Artistry

Jade Labriola