Nouveau Contour Permanent Make Up Training with Karen Betts.
Cosmetic Artistry Day for Permanent Cosmetic Artists
I arrived really early for the course, as I hate being late... It was really good to be early as I got to slowly meet all the lovely people in my group as they arrived. Apparently being a Permanent Make Up Artist can be a lonely job and it is really important to keep relationships with others you meet so you can talk about the many issues you will undoubtedly face in the future.
Everyone was quite nervous and it was nice to see that I was not the only one who felt that way. We all quickly got chatting to find out all about each other.
There were women from many different career backgrounds, mainly women from beauty backgrounds who owned or worked in a beauty salon. There were also a few like me who had no prior beauty training but were really excited and passionate about permanent make up. One of our trainers who is now considered one of the top Permanent Make Up Artists originally rode horses before starting the course! It really does not matter what your background is as the training is so through.
Not everyone on this training day was a beginner. Some were there just to touch up on their skills and some had done the course in an unusual order and were just finishing up. It was great to talk to people who had already done other parts of the course as they spoke so highly you could not help but to be excited about the days ahead.
For our training session we had a lady called Jodie Knight and Sue Farley.
They were so fun and made the day really engaging. I really understood everything that was said and I liked that they had their own way of presenting the info and it was not just straight from the handouts. So now I have the handouts and all the notes I got from the class. No info was conflicting or anything they just used fun ways to help demonstrate.
The training day was to learn the skills and develop the confidence you need to become an expert in brow and lip designing and a respected cosmetic artist. There was so much information to take in. Example of topics covered were...
- Face shapes and how to create the ideal face shape using certain brow/eyes/lips shapes and what brow/eyes/lips shape suites certain face shapes.
- We were advised on how to treat clients and how to help them understand that we are the experts and know what will make them look more youthful, how we know what will create the illusion of bigger eyes etc...
- We were shown classic examples of the type of brows women will often walk into your salon with and how you rectify this to create the perfect brow.
- We were taught all about different guidelines to follow when drawing the ideal eyebrow/lip liner. This was done with certain measurements.
- Once you have the correct measurements and you have also tailored them to the individual we were then taught how to draw the template on the clients face using special make up pencils.
- We started off drawing on laminated photographs of clients and then progressed to working on each other.
These topics were covered in great detail and there were also many more areas covered, but if I listed everything the Blog would be way too long… But all in all the day was absolutely fascinating! We have all been given the tools to practice drawing brows on everyone and everything at home.. anyone who comes round to my house is getting brows drawn on them… I have even warned my Husband that I will be practicing on him! :o)
This is all in preparation for the next practical training days in a few weeks time.
Tomorrow is the Blood Borne Viruses and Under standing Anesthetics Training Day. We will master the necessary anesthetic skills and learn about managing exposure to infectious diseases all from a certified Nouveau Contour Educator.
I will be blogging about the whole course so if your are interested keep checking back over the next few weeks to find out more about my training.
Eventually i will be doing a specialist training course that is all about how Alopecia affects people physically and emotionally, and I will gain the skills I need to create the most realistic brows and eyelashes.
These will be different techniques to those used on clients without hairloss to the brows and lashes.
Obviously, from having Alopecia myself I will understand this area already but I am keen to learn all the specialist techniques to give my Alopecia Clients the best possible treatment and fantastic looking brows and definition around the eyes.
Many other Permanent Make Up Artists do not have this specialised training so if you have Alopecia and are thinking about having Permanent Make Up I would check to find out if they have worked on clients with Alopecia before and if they have specialist training.
Please visit my website www.alopeciabeautytips.com where you can see how my story has been in the Daily Mail, GMTV with Lorraine Kelly, Marie Claire and how i have worked with the little princess trust charity and Trevor Sorbies Charity 'My New Hair'
