Cinema Makeup School

I took a Master’s Program at CMS two years ago. Character program was definitely worth it. We had amazing instructors and learned so much. Prosthetics and Special Effects programs was great too but you have to understand that the whole experience has a lot to do with your instructor. You might get lucky and get someone like Kris Kobzina or Shannon Shea but there a great chance that you get someone not even half as good… Then it will not be worth the money.
And the beauty program… the weakest one. First of all, you lose so much time by not having models available. You have to be a model and use your classmate as a model. Seriously? Lets be honest, makeup always looks better on model material faces. Also, it is so important to be able to practice on different skin types, skin colors and etc. In my group we only had asian/​hispanic faces to work on. Also, out of 7 people, 3 people were guys!!!
The instructors… Some of them are good makeup artists but not good instructors. It takes so much more than makeup skills to be able to teach.
And the very last thing that is WORTH knowing before you commit to spending $$$$$ on school — MAKEUP kit. Under no circumstances purchase a makeup kit from school!!! It was such a rip off. You end up paying around $ 2000 for the makeup kit that is not worth it at all. Everything that I had in my beauty kit was so bad, I ended up throwing most of it out. All the instructors are also aware about beauty makeup kit being just horrible. Not a single instructor used kit products for a demo.
School makes tons of money by selling students those kits. You get 3 liquid foundations, about a dozen of cream foundations, a great number of powders and all these products are under a brand of ‘Cinema Cosmetics’. You won’t be able to find it on google because it is the cheapest, lousiest cosmetic lab that sells you anything for $ and puts any label on its products. Also you pay $ 75 each for two eyeshadow palettes that have absolutely no pigment. The brush set is a part of the kit. Trust me you will be better off getting one yourself. So if you don’t want to throw your money away DON’T BUY BEAUTY MAKEUP KIT.
So overall, my experience was ok. My classmates and I were all pissed about some of the instructors, having to do makeup on each others and wasting money on makeup kit purchased from school.
Really Strong Character Program. Really weak Beauty Program.
If you are a girl who puts makeup on her face daily, you won’t learn anything new for $$$$.
Also, the school has some amazing interns which are not being paid of course. Some of the lab interns work for months and months and are just being exploited.
Instructors don’t have great salaries as well. The school itself looks like it can definitely use some renovation. When you take a tour you might get excited about the school having a room filled with clothes/​accessories for the makeup looks you create. Everything they have in there is a big pile of crap. Don’t get excited.
The so called ‘photo studio’ is pretty bad too. Get ready to take pics of your work with your phone or your own professional camera. Don’t expect school camera and lighting to work for you.
So why is the school so expensive? I can’t answer that. Someone is stuffing his/​her pockets but $$$$$ is not worth it.

Attention Parents: before investing +$ 18,000 this school does NOT ASSIST in job placement, internships, career coaching or planning.

Graduated a few months ago and I love this school. Everybody are nice, friendly and very helpful. Staff remembered every student name (at lease i think everybody lol i dont know how can they do it! they are amazing!)
Instructor&staff&Inter have been helping me when i have had a question or problem since i was in school or even NOW!… Also school help with a job. They send out letter about the job 2 – 3 times a week to helpme get job in my own.
Cheaper than any other place you can find. trust me :) i had look around.
English is my second language but seem like it doesnt give me any problem to learn here. Everybody tryied to understand and help me out. Its so soooo nice…

I graduated from this school and did the 4 month Masters program so I have first hand experience. I waited almost 2 years and researched comparing different schools and I have to say this is the best choice. Yes it’s not cheap, but compared to some of the other schools that offer the same or less this is the most cost officiant. The teachers there are current working artist on big films (you can check for yourself on the website and google them to see this) and they offer the most up-​to-​date tips, trends and techniques. This is one of the only schools in the world that teaches you how to make and apply silicon appliances which is one of the best appliances out there at the moment!
During school they help you find jobs for after school and weekends so you can really start networking. After you graduate they email you DAILY with local, state, national and world wide jobs cause they want to help get you out there ASAP and start making money! You’re always welcomed back too if you need to work in the lab or sit in on a refresher course.
All around this school met my expectations and beyond! 100% satisfaction!!!