Must you get a cosmetology license to get a job as a make-up artist?

I am interested in learning make-up techniques, but don't care to learn about hair, nails, and all that other stuff that they teach you in Cosmetology school.Must you get a cosmetology license to get a job as a make-up artist?
Cosmetologists aren't taught makeup. It's a common misconception that you go to a beauty school to become a makeup artist. That just isn't true. Beauty schools are for people who want to do skincare, haircare, and nails NOT makeup. 9 times out of 10 they don't even employ a teacher for makeup you just read a chapter in a book on it. To learn makeup you want to go to a makeup school. The most highly rated are:


MUD (Burbank California and New York)


Westmore academy (Burbank California)


Complexions (Canada ..imo one of the best out there)


Vancouver film school (canada if you want to specialize in film)


Makeup forever schools (Paris)





Don't bother with the beauty schools for makeup artistry. You'll learn no makeup and won't get any jobs because you won't have the training needed.Must you get a cosmetology license to get a job as a make-up artist?
Review the laws in your state. Makeup artists in California do not need a license.
It's an amazing skill to have all of them..
I am speaking for the state of PA. it is necessary to





attend a 9-month program at a Beauty School.





Or 1250 hours of training, and that entitles you to do hands on clients. ( also licensed to do hair, within your state)





Now, nails are seperate, the schooling is a total of 300 hours about 3-months. ( But Make-up is included in a cosmetologist's licenses).





Each state varies, however if you check at any local Beauty School and most requirements are similar. The hours vary a little, thats all.





Our State requirements are sometimes difficult and not always


in the best intrest of a person wanting to get started in a field


they enjoy.





Good Luck!