- _EDUCATION!!!!!
Make-up artists usually enter the bussiness make-up/beauty
therapy
courses and work experience in beauty/hair salons. Many
artists
start in film,
stage or television as an assistant and work
their way
up.
There are full-time courses in
hairdressing
and beauty therapy at various
levels, including BTEC
National
Diplomas
and SQA National Qualifications in
Beauty
Therapy,
and Higher
National
Diplomas (HND's) in Make-up Artistry or
Beauty Therapy
Management.
Entry requirements for
national
diplomas are
usually at least four GCSE's/S
grades. For
HND's,
entry requirements
are normally at least one A level/two H
grades, or a
BTEC national
certificate/diploma.