ABOUT WESTMORE ACADEMY

Founded in 1981, the WESTMORE ACADEMY OF COSMETIC ARTS is an elite makeup school with a specialized curriculum, conceptualized and designed by award-winning Hollywood makeup artist, Marvin Westmore. The hand-selected instructors at Westmore are emmy-nominated, noted industry professionals, and masters of hair and makeup. These working specialists are instrumental in keeping the courses current and up-to-date with today’s technology and ever-changing industry standards.

The Westmore Academy curriculum is custom designed for the following specialty fields:

• Spas
• Salons
• Print
• Fashion
• Motion Pictures
• Television
• Medical Aesthetic Cosmetics

Topics included in the curriculum are:

• The "Westmore Beauty Method"
• Haute Couture Fashion
• Avant Garde Fashion
• Wedding and Retro Fashion
• Special Makeup Effects
• Prosthetics
• Bald Caps
• Blood and Gore
• Burns & Freezing
• Airbrushing for Beauty and for Makeup Effects
• Makeup for photography (HDTV, digital, print, film and TV)

Use the links to the left to find out more about Westmore Academy, our staff of excellent instructors, classes offered, schedules, financial assistance programs, and unique competitions and scholarship opportunities at the makeup school.