Work-Study Diaries: Andrea Mendoza Part 1

In the month of September, Cinema Makeup School decided to offer one deserving person the opportunity to take an evening beauty course in our new work-study program. The first of its kind at CMS, offers a student the opportunity to take a course in exchange of working here at the school part-time during the day. Many hopeful prospective students applied, but only one was chosen.

The Cinema Makeup School Museum Opens its Doors

June 1st, 2011 Cinema Makeup School moved into its new space on the second floor of Hollywood’s Wiltern Theater. Since then the staff and students have been enjoying the new space and amenities that the school’s new location offers, and are now proud to announce the opening of their own museum.

Dick Smith Legends of Makeup Scholarship Winner Wayne Anderson at IMATS 2011

Wayne Anderson with Leonard Engelman, Governor of the make-up branch of the Board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science

Less than two months ago Wayne Anderson was announced as the recipient of the Cinema Makeup School & Fangoria Magazine’s $10,000.00 Dick Smith Legends of Makeup Scholarship. It already looks like his makeup career is off to a promising start. Before taking in all the IMATS Pasadena festivities, Anderson spent Friday afternoon visiting the Cinema Makeup School with family.

On the Set: CMS Students Attend Star Trek Day by Eva Buinowski

CMS students at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show.

This past weekend, some of our current CMS students attended the 2nd Annual Star Trek Day at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show. CMS' Eva Buinowski was there to capture all of the excitement of the event.

The Dick Smith Legends of Makeup Scholarship Announcement

The winner of Cinema Makeup School & Fangoria Magazine’s $10,000 Dick Smith Legends of Makeup Scholarship has been selected. This has been a grueling process for our scholarship committee.We have meticulously read through hundreds of applications and found several spectacular artists that made it extremely difficult to choose only one winner. We applaud everyone’s efforts especially these four finalists: Nicole Ordaz, Las Vegas, NV, USA; Katherine Tyryk, Moscow, Russia; Melissa Jimenez Ramirez, Bogota, Colombia; and Ebony Kay, Lilydale, Australia. For these four finalists, we are happy to reward them with Cinema Makeup School’s signature Digital Effects Makeup class.

On the Set: Governor's Ball by Crystal Acuna

CMS Alumni Crystal Acuna gives her account of all the action at the Governor's Ball.

Face Off Season 2 auditions at CMS this Saturday

Don't forget about Face Off Season 2 auditions at CMS this Saturday for students, instructors, and alumni. Email us at info@cinemamakeup.com to sign up!

London IMATS 2011 Event

Cinema Makeup School wowed the crowd again in London!  Graduate Gage Hubbard (of SyFy’s Face-Off fame) performed 2 prosthetics in our booth this year.  His model, graduate Gehan Mohammed, was the subject of both of his creepy creations.  The first, on Saturday, as a foam latex dried up zombie look, complete with hand appliances.  The second, applied on Sunday, was a silicone gel filled appliance of a mutant, complete with schoolgirl uniform.  The crowd loved the edgy factor of that particular makeup, and many a laugh and gasp were heard during the transformation.  Even Neil Gorton was drawn into the booth to congratulate Gage on his show stopping masterpiece.