If you already do friends' makeup before a night out, this takes it further. You learn skin, tools, colour and the looks clients ask for. It is the right fit for a first move into beauty.
You start with skin and tools, then move through everyday, glam, bridal and editorial looks. Enough to offer simple services.
Doing makeup for friends teaches you plenty. This adds process: skin types, face shapes, hygiene and product choice.
Start any day and work at your own speed. You get twelve months, so a busy month costs you nothing.
Makeup work sits in salons, spas, counters and weddings, and a lot of it is freelance. The day is easy to picture: a consult, a clean kit, a face, then photos for your book. Most people begin with friends and small jobs, then widen out.
Booked jobs for events, parties and shoots.
Your own diary, your own kit, your own rates.
Makeup alongside a wider beauty team.
Trials, timings and the morning itself.
Counter work, matching products to faces.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Salon and agency work often asks for a portfolio and hours on real clients before you are booked.
Three things that set this one apart.
Claire Haeusler reviews every activity you submit and writes back with notes.
Palettes, brushes, primer and pencils, so you practise on faces rather than screens.
Barneys Salon Supplies opens wholesale pricing on products, brushes and disposables.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college once you finish.
Notes on every activity you hand in.
Palettes, brushes and pencils, yours from the start.
An advisor sends the guide and answers what the kit holds.
Any day of the week. Weekly plan or one payment.
Ten topics, practice tasks, and your mentor marking each one.
Finish, collect your certificate, then start charging for what you do.
No. It opens with skin and tools and builds from there. Beginners are the main audience.
From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Upfront is also available. Enquire for current pricing.
About 100 hours of study, with twelve months of access. Most people spread it over a few months.
It ships after the cooling off period if you pay in full, or after four successful payments on a plan.
You enrol through The Career Academy and Ulleo, their education partner, delivers the learning.
It gives you the skills salons ask about and a certificate to show. Most salons also want to see faces you have done and some hours behind a chair. Plenty of people build that on friends and small bookings while they study.
It carries a Certificate of Achievement from the college, which is an ICOES accredited centre with Official Accreditation from the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things, and for freelance and salon makeup work the skills and your book do the talking.
Yes. A 10-Day Money Back Guarantee runs from enrolment.
You enrol through The Career Academy, an online college in New Zealand, and Ulleo delivers the course through their learning platform.
The Career Academy has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year. Tutor support runs by phone and email in business hours, and the Career Centre opens the day you enrol.
Picture the Saturday morning a bride sits down in your chair, and your hands know exactly what to do.