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There were some total transformations in our 22 – Week Advanced Complete Make-Up Class this week. Building on the skills they would have learnt on their Casualty and Character Courses, our students worked on improving their skills in creating bruises and wounds and applying facial hair.  Some of the students chose to carry out gender transformations for their final projects whilst others focused on creating realistic injuries. Here are just … Continue reading →

The red carpet was laid, dresses were chosen and the hair and make-up carefully coordinated…it can only be the British Academy Television Awards 2013! The award ceremony certainly did not disappoint as there was plenty of glamour as stars graced the red carpet.  Award winners included Sheridan Smith, Steve Coogan and Olivia Coleman who scooped two of the awards. We must mention and congratulate everyone involved in the making of … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago we posted a blog showing work from our Body Painting and Airbrushing Course, as this course has not featured regularly in our blog we thought we would share some more photos with you!!  This week it was our April CMUA Class who completed this course, painted items of clothing varied from waistcoats to bodices!  

I trained at Delamar Academy over 10 years ago! After I graduated I was given lots of fantastic work experience opportunities through Delamar. It was these different work experience opportunities that spurred me on to forge a career in Film and TV. The make-up artist Kevin Fortune was a huge source of inspiration, he taught me so much. I worked on many TV Series as a trainee make-up artist, I … Continue reading →

Our 1-Year HE students who chose our Advanced Fashion Module produced some striking lip designs this week.  After applying their choice of lip colour our students then had to individually apply each crystal.  Take a look at the end results…

So here is my journey since leaving Delamar in 2010… I trained at Delamar from 2009-2010 on the 1 Year HE Course.  In that year, I crammed in as much work experience I possibly could.  I worked mainly with local film schools and I was also lucky enough to do work experience with one of my tutors Tracey Lee.  I assisted Tracey on a TV show called ‘Episode’. 2010-2011 After … Continue reading →

As promised in our previous blog we would post pictures of final projects, so here there are!! Our 16-Week and our 22-Week Advanced Complete Make-Up Artist Course did not disappoint us and produced some amazing looks.  As you will see from the photos the hairstyles created were very varied.  In order to create these styles a combination of switches, hairpieces, padding and accessories were used not to mention the countless … Continue reading →

Last week Nars came to visit Delamar…this week our students went to Illamasqua’s flagship store just off Regent Street.  We organised this event so that our students could have a look at the different Illamasqua products and it also gave them the opportunity to register and become an “Illamasqua Professional Member”.  The Professional Membership will entitle them to a discount on the whole of the make-up range.  Whilst at the store everyone … Continue reading →

Our 22-Week Advanced Complete Make-Up Artist students are currently on the second week of Hollywood Hair, learning how to recreate glamorous red carpet looks. They are busy planning their looks for their final projects on Friday. Take a look at the photos below…they are a taster of some of the work carried out this week. In order to create these hairstyles a variety of switches, hairpieces, padding and accessories were … Continue reading →

At Delamar we believe it is important for our students to learn about the variety of make-up ranges and the many products that are on offer.  You may remember from a previous blog that we invited MAC to the academy a couple of months ago…this week Nars Cosmetics arrived to talk to our students.  The students enjoy not only the demonstration, but the discount card that follows. As one of the … Continue reading →