Certificate II in Retail Cosmetics

If you’re an assistant makeup artist, your work covers a range of possibilities, from the basic to the complex. As the assistant, you go along for the ride, working right beside the main artist. Each day you set up and break down the workstation. This includes setting out brushes, refilling supplies, cleaning tools, and in general, making sure things are hygienic and ready to go. You also work in cosmetic counters.

Certificate II in SHB20121 Retail Cosmetics will examine the beauty and makeup professional, what it takes to be successful in the industry, what is expected of you when working in industry, client and work team communication, legal requirements, improving personal efficiency, health and hygiene, health and safety in the workplace complying with organisational requirements within a makeup and beauty environment, organising personal work requirements, assessing client requirements and expectations, developing makeup plans, advising and recommending beauty products and services, producing innovative makeup and beauty visual merchandise displays, retailing to the customer, front desk operations, the receptionist, conducting financial transactions, promotional activities and the beauty business.

Further studies in makeup will then incorporate the evolution of makeup, tools of trade colour theory, client consultations, creating the canvas, facial features, every day and special events makeup techniques and applications. Specialising in concealers, foundations, contouring and highlighting, blushers, face and body powders, the eyes, eyelashes, the lip, different makeup settings and treatments, finishing your makeup application treatment, planning and promoting yourself and different makeup activities.

This is a job that calls for excellent makeup skills, with equal flair for providing outstanding customer service, the ability to work towards and achieve retail sales targets, be able to produce dynamic visual merchandise displays, use social media tools for collaboration and fashion makeup engagement, communicate with professionalism and style, thrive on teamwork and collaboration, be goal orientated, motivated to achieve results and be flexible in line with business needs.