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Make up Institute Stockholm is approved by:

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Highest standard of make up education

Special Effects & Theatrical Makeup

For those who already have basic makeup training, we can now teach the special effects part of our famous Master Makeup Artist Education as a self-taught course. You will learn everything from face painting to professional special effects for TV, movies, and scenes. 

 

The course includes:

Film, TV & Stage

  • Foundations in theater-making 

  • To create different characters 

  • Angry 

  • Surprised 

  • Happy 

  • Sad 

  • Ageing with Latex & Color 

  • Bald Cap

  • Moustache

  • Beard 

  • Eyebrow 

  • Hook Nose 

  • Ear 

  • Wart 

  • Cleopatra 

  • Clown 

  • Geisha 

  • Kabuki 

  • Face Painting

  • Animals Makeup 

  • Drag Queen 

  • Halloween 

  • Robot 

  • Vampire

  • Zombie 

  • Sugar Skull 

  • Witch

 

Airbrush

  • Airbrush Introduction

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Special Effects

  • Product Knowledge 

  • Working methods and techniques

  • Latex 

  • Soft Putty 

  • Silicone 

  • Wax 

  • Cut Neck 

  • Bite Marks 

  • Blood effects 

  • Black eye 

  • Burns 

  • Frozen look 

  • Living Dead 

  • Laceration 

  • bullet holes 

  • Cut Cracked lip 

  • Injection Marks

  • Sweat

  • Wound 

  • Rash 

  • Strained eye 

  • Scar 

  • Application intro of prosthetic parts

 

Body Painting

  • Working with model 

  • Colour mixing with materials

  • Body painting for fashion show and catwalk

  • Body painting for advertising 

  • Decorative makeup 

  • Tattoo

Price & Additional information

 

The education includes a starter kit that you will receive as a gift from Make Up Institute, which you will then use during the course at the school and when you are out on internships.

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Spring Term 2025

Course length: 6 weeks

Registration Fee: 4 000 SEK

Course fee: 44 800 SEK 

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*The course fee can be divided to 72 months with a monthly payment of aprox. 820 kr./month.

*Only for swedish resident, who are approved by Human Finance.

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Course No: SFX1 - 2025

Course start: 7th April 2025

Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Time: 9:00-16:00

 

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There are also opportunities to take bank loans. We cooperate with Human Finance that is offering various alternatives to the payment of your education. Example, you can interest-free split your course fees for up to 12 months. Click here to calculate the costs.

 

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Our terms & conditions apply.

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