A finished bridal look created at Makeovers by Eshita — the standard taught inside the academy

The Academy

A certificate does not make you an artist. A paying client does.

01 — The Real Problem

Courses are judged by fee, duration and certificate — none of which is what you actually want

What you really want is the confidence to sit a paying client down and know exactly what to do. A course can tick every box on its brochure — fee, duration, certificate — and still never put a real, paying face in front of you.

02 — The Cost of Doing Nothing

What the wrong course quietly costs

  • Freezing in front of your first real client because every practice face was a friend or a mannequin.
  • No training in pricing, client handling or getting your first booking — the things that actually create income.
  • The course fee plus a full kit, spent, with no income to show for it.
  • Paying for a second course to learn what the first one should have taught.

03 — A Different Way of Thinking

Judge a course by faces, first clients and business skills — not by its brochure

Before you join any course — ours included — ask three questions:

  • How many real faces will I work on, and who do they belong to?
  • Who helps me get my first paying client after the course ends?
  • Will I learn pricing, pitching and portfolio-building — or only technique?

Inside a working bridal studio, the answers are visible. You train where real brides are made, under an artist who still takes clients every wedding season.

04 — Proof

From the academy's own floor

What I wish someone had told me

Eshita, founder of the academy

Eshita, in her own words

"I had done everything 'right' — Economics Honours, a Masters, an MBA, a B.Ed — and I was lecturing BBA and MBA students. On paper, it was the perfect career. But every morning I looked in the mirror and felt a void."

"When I left teaching for makeup, people questioned it: 'You're leaving a stable job for this?' There were nights I doubted myself. What I wish someone had told me then: technique alone is not a career. You need real faces, real clients, and someone who teaches you the business — pricing, pitching, getting that first booking."

"Years later, standing on stage receiving the Best Makeup Educator award at the Powerful Women Awards 2025, I realised the most 'impractical' decision of my life became its most beautiful journey. That is exactly what this academy is built to give you."

[ADD WEEK 1 vs WEEK 4 STUDENT DEMO HERE]

The same student's work at week 1 and week 4 — unretouched, with her permission.

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One student: where she started, what she trained on, her first paying client.

05 — One Clear Next Step

Speak to us before you decide anything

Tell us where you are starting from and we will tell you honestly which course fits — or whether you should wait. No enrolment pressure; a conversation first.

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Course Details & Investment

Three paths into the craft

Every course is taught hands-on, in small groups, inside the working studio. For current fees and upcoming batch dates, call or WhatsApp the studio — we discuss investment personally, once we know which path fits you.

01

Basic to Advanced

3 months

For absolute beginners — from skin prep and base work to complete bridal looks, built face by face.

New batches are planned around enquiries — message or call us for the course brochure and upcoming batch details.

02

Intermediate to Advanced

45 days

For artists with some experience who want bridal-level finishing, speed and client confidence.

New batches are planned around enquiries — message or call us for the course brochure and upcoming batch details.

03

Airbrush Makeup

15 days

The specialised airbrush technique premium brides ask for by name — taught hands-on in the studio.

New batches are planned around enquiries — message or call us for the course brochure and upcoming batch details.