Diversify Your Makeup Portfolio
with Special FX Makeup!
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Expand your makeup skills to become a more competitive makeup artist
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Turn your passion for special FX into a rewarding career
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Get plenty of hands-on training through practical assignments
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Age characters, create realistic injuries and apply prosthetics like hair pieces and wounds
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Launch your own successful makeup artistry business
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Gain the skills you need to work in theatre, television, or film
- Expand your makeup skills to become a more competitive makeup artist
- Turn your passion for special FX into a rewarding career
- Get plenty of hands-on training through practical assignments
- Age characters, create realistic injuries and apply prosthetics like hair pieces and wounds
- Launch your own successful makeup artistry business
- Gain the skills you need to work in theatre, television, or film
Tuition
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Tuition
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Included in Your Course
Lifetime Access to
Course Material
Once you’re a member of the QC family you’ll have lifetime access to all the tools and resources available to QC students. This includes discounts on industry products and so much more!
Personalized Feedback
from Industry Experts
Just because you’re learning online doesn’t mean you’re learning alone. You’ll receive personalized audio feedback from your tutor on every makeup assignment you submit. Your tutor is an active industry professional.
Professional Business
Resources
Catapult your career with access to real-world templates, self-study assignments, and bonus materials. Utilize these resources to develop your marketing and customer service skills.
Veronika’s Journey
Check out Veronika’s review of the Special FX Makeup course!
In her YouTube video, she’ll walk you through each of the course assignments. The course starts off with the fundamentals and by the end, you’ll be creating remarkably realistic characters, just like Veronika!
Special FX Makeup Course Outline
With help from celebrity makeup artist Nathan Johnson, special FX makeup artist Michele Mulkey will walk you through every step of the special FX makeup application process. You will learn a variety of techniques from the basics of applying bald caps to creating raised scars. Put your knowledge to the test by completing numerous hands-on assignments.
UNIT A: Introduction to Special FX
- Safe and sanitary makeup application
- Identifying common skin disorders
- Bald cap application
- Aging makeup
- Setting up your kit
- Starting your own business
UNIT B: Hair Techniques
- Working with hair
- Stippling techniques
- Your role in the production process
- Creating a character from a script
- Marketing and promotion
UNIT C: Special FX Makeup for Trauma
- Understanding wounds
- Creating a bruise
- Scrapes, scratches, and scars
- Creating frostbite effects
- Decomposition effects
- Burn types
- Working with clients
UNIT D: Working with Blood
- Prosthetics and blood effects
- Pros-Aide® transfers
- Combining techniques
- Special topics in business
- Career development
- View a sample assignment
- Watch a course video excerpt
- Review a complete course curriculum
- Learn about the student/tutor connection
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- View a sample assignment
- Watch a course video excerpt
- Review a complete course curriculum
- Learn about the student/tutor connection
DOWNLOAD
- View a sample assignment
- Watch a course video excerpt
- Review a complete course curriculum
- Learn about the student/tutor connection
DOWNLOAD
Your Special FX Makeup Kit
You’ll receive a FREE starter kit with a variety of special FX products, prosthetics, and tools to help you complete your training and become a professional special FX makeup artist!
Your Special FX
Makeup Kit
You’ll receive a FREE starter kit with a variety of special FX products, prosthetics, and tools to help you complete your training and become a professional special FX makeup artist!
Set of 5 latex prosthetics
Bald cap
Crepe wool in brown and medium brown
Stipple sponge
Liquid and gel blood
Red and black cream makeup
RMG bald cap wheel
Injury wheel
Set of 5 latex prosthetics
Bald cap
Crepe wool in brown and medium brown
Stipple sponge
Liquid and gel blood
Red and black cream makeup
RMG bald cap wheel
Injury wheel
The M.A.C Pro Student Program
Learn From a MAC Eligible School!
QC Makeup Academy is a MAC Pro Eligible School!
Students in the Special FX Makeup course are eligible to apply for the MAC Pro Student Membership to receive discounts on MAC products, in-store and online! MAC Pro Student Membership information is available to eligible students in the online student center.
The M.A.C Pro Student Program
Learn From a MAC Eligible School!
QC Makeup Academy is a MAC Pro Eligible School!
Students in the Special FX Makeup course are eligible to apply for the MAC Pro Student Membership to receive discounts on MAC products, in-store and online! MAC Pro Student Membership information is available to eligible students in the online student center.
Makeup Discounts
Product quality is an important part of becoming a successful makeup artist!
QC students and graduates can take advantage of the exclusive product discounts offered by QC’s preferred makeup partners
Makeup Discounts
Product quality is an important part of becoming a successful makeup artist!
QC students and graduates can take advantage of the exclusive product discounts offered by QC’s preferred makeup partners
Your Special FX Makeup Instructors
At QC Makeup Academy, you’ll get one-on-one mentoring and detailed feedback from one of our tutors, all professional makeup artists in the industry
You will be assigned a personal tutor who will provide you with individual feedback on everything; from assignments to career advice. Benefit from a one-on-one learning experience unmatched by any online or in-class makeup school.
Michele Mulkey
Special Effects Expert
Michele Mulkey has 14 years of experience as a special FX makeup artist and prop maker in New York City and Los Angeles. Demonstrating professional special FX makeup artistry techniques, she will take you through step-by-step tutorials to create gory blood effects and realistic wounds. She’s transformed various celebrities and worked behind-the-scenes for many film and television productions:
- The Last Samurai
- Sin City
- CSI Miami
- Firefly
- Law and Order
- Denzel Washington
- Vin Diesel
- Thora Birch
- Brittany Snow
Nathan Johnson
Executive Makeup Artist
Nathan Johnson, a New York City-based celebrity makeup artist with over 18 years of industry experience, is featured in all instructional videos for QC makeup courses. He works with Michele Mulkey in QC’s Special FX course to deliver high-quality education in this specialization. Nathan has worked on over 300 famous faces and has been featured in numerous high-profile publications:
- Glamour
- Elle
- Harper’s Bazaar
- Access Hollywood
- Project Runway Season 4 & 5
- Paula Abdul
- Jessica Alba
- Alicia Keys
- Lea Michele
“I'm extremely happy with this school. This started with the arrival of my starter kit. All my course materials, palettes, brush set/everything else was way more than I expected! Everything is great quality. I like that I can work at my own pace and have all the information I need to get everything done.”
Annette SilvestreSpecial FX Makeup Student
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QC’s Professional Makeup Certification
Upon graduation, you will receive your International Special FX Makeup Professional certificate. Exclusive to QC, this trademarked certification allows you to use the ISMP designation after your name to prove to top industry clients that you are an educated, trained professional.
The ISMP certificate is recognized as an official certificate to work in the following top makeup industries:
- Freelance
- Television
- Film
- Theatre
- Special FX makeup shops
As with any job, a certificate alone will not guarantee your success. However, it is a testament to your professional education. Employers and clients are more likely to regard you as a well-rounded and highly knowledgeable makeup artist. QC graduates of the Special FX Makeup course have gone on to run their own successful freelance makeup businesses.
“I've had such a good time starting my Master Makeup Artistry and Special Effects Makeup courses. I completed my first assignment for MMA and was absolutely thrilled with the personalized feedback. I'm super nervous about my work, but the feedback Nathan gave me was both honest and encouraging.”
Toni SullivanSpecial FX Makeup Student
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How it Works
STEP 1
Enroll Online Today & Access Your Course Materials
- Select a flexible payment plan that suits your budget
- View all course texts & videos through QC’s Online Student Centre
- Start your training right away!
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STEP 2
Submit Your Assignment & Review Your Feedback
- Watch video tutorials and read online course texts
- Upload your work to the Online Student Centre
- Receive personalized feedback from your celebrity tutor
YOUR ASSIGNMENTS
STEP 3
Become a Certified Makeup Artist & Graduate
- Receive your certification from a recognized & accredited online school
- Get lifetime access to course materials & updated content
- Enjoy 50% off additional courses
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