To become a professional make up artist, you require training in make-up artistry or beauty therapy from a college that has both educational accreditation and international exposure. This ensures you learn the most up to date styles and seasonal looks as well as the extremely important fundamentals of make up application for all skin and face types. The Helene Abicair College offers a number of intensive courses in this field to ensure you graduate a fully fledged make up artist/ beauty therapist, with the ability to create any look for any occasion.

A make-up artist's daily role can be as diverse as working with designers to create a specific make up look for a fashion show, to establishing the desired look for a bride to be. For myself, one day may involve work at the college, the next I may be hopping on a plane to New York, Singapore or Amsterdam for fashion shows, demonstrations and to teach, and then back to the college when arrive home [OK I have a great job!]. No matter what type or style of makeup you're applying, crucial skills in colour harmony, technique and balance come into play everyday, effectively allowing you to create the right 'feel' for the occasion.

I use NVEY Make-up. It's an Australian brand that has everything you need to make it as a professional make-up artist and it's really hot in the U.S. and Europe right now. The basics you need, and the products that NVEY supplies are eye colours that are both matte and vibrant, a full range of foundation shades, and of course lip colours in both lipstick form and high gloss lacquers. NVEY has created really cool, high quality and easy to use products that I love to work and teach with.

We are doing a lot of work with certified organic makeup right now, and recently presented lectures, demonstrations and fashion shows in Singapore on this hot new field. The trend is moving natural, and at Helene Abicair, we are at the forefront of this new direction, which is great for both the students and the industry.