Our Founder, David McConnell was a well known Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist and started the Academy by teaching personalised one-on-one training classes for fashion stylists, up-and-coming Makeup Artists and beauty professionals. Being a professional Hair and Makeup Artist himself, David knew what was important for up-and-coming Artists to learn. He also knew exactly what the industry wanted and would demand of them and so he developed an amazing course, to ensure that they would be nothing but the very best Makeup Artist when they graduated.

Today, David is still the owner of the Academy of Makeup and has a very active involvement in the development of the school’s curriculum.