Anna Lysak teaching makeup technique one-to-one in her Madrid studio

Basic Pro Course

Eight days. One-to-one.

A complete foundation in professional makeup artistry — taught privately, with every material and every model provided. You leave with the craft, and with a portfolio you can actually post.

Anna Lysak

Who This Is For

For people serious about the craft

This is for aspiring makeup artists who want more than product knowledge — who want to understand why a technique works, not just how to copy a look from Instagram.

Whether you’re starting from zero or you’ve been doing makeup for friends and want to turn it into work — passion into a business — eight days with me will give you the foundation the shortcuts never do.

It is taught one-to-one. Only you, in the studio, for the whole intense course.

The Structure

How the eight days run

Theory

3 days

Practice

5 days

Graduation work & certificate

Final day

Eight working days in total. All materials and all models are provided — you arrive with your hands and leave with your craft.

Days One to Three

The theory

Working with the client — the psychology of the professional practice, client communication, and understanding individual needs and expectations.

Faces and skin — face anatomy, skin types, basic colour theory, and how to work properly with deeper skin tones. The fundamental practical knowledge, based on logic and aesthetics.

Tools — tweezers, brush shapes, materials, and what genuinely performs in real work. The best recommendations, no gate-keeping.

Cosmetics — textures, the order things go on with explanations, and correct mixing techniques. My favourite part of the whole course.

Hygiene — brush disinfection and studio practice. Your safety as the artist, and your client’s. How to organise everything and be as productive as possible.

Days Four to Eight

The practice

Five looks that cover almost everything you will ever be paid to do.

Fashion nude — fast, light, almost transparent makeup built for fashion shoots and magazines.

Client nude — for when the client wants something light and elegant. A fresh look, suitable for the celebration of an important event.

Smokey eyes — the universal technique, and the basis of half of all makeup looks. From classic to modern shapes.

Hollywood classic — winged liner and the red lip, applied properly. The most important class.

Insta-chic — the star piece of your portfolio. Let this work show your style and open your artistic alter-ego to the world.

The Five Looks

What you’ll learn to create

Fashion nude makeup look taught on the Basic Pro Course

Fashion Nude

Fast, refreshing, suitable for all commercial photoshoots.

Client nude makeup look taught on the Basic Pro Course

Client Nude

For when the client wants elegant makeup and later recognises herself in the mirror.

Smokey eyes makeup look taught on the Basic Pro Course

Smokey Eyes

The universal technique — how to work with eyeshadows.

Hollywood classic makeup look taught on the Basic Pro Course

Hollywood Classic

Winged liner and the red lip — the class dedicated to training the neatness of your lines.

Insta-chic makeup look taught on the Basic Pro Course

Insta-Chic

The work that represents your aesthetic.

And Then The Part Most Courses Skip

Let your work stand out

You can do beautiful makeup and still have nothing to show for it. Most training stops at the last brushstroke — and leaves you with a phone full of badly lit photographs that make good work look ordinary.

So we finish with the other half of the job.

How to present a finished face — angle, light, and what to shoot

Getting the photograph right in the first place

Retouching technique — and where to stop

The apps worth your time — just the most important and simple ones.

Reels — video content is crucial, and I will show you how to edit them.

Included

You bring nothing but yourself

01

All materials provided — no kit to buy before you begin

02

All models provided — you never have to find someone to practise on

03

One-to-one throughout — eight days of undivided attention. Your results are my priority.

04

A graduation piece — shot, finished, and ready for your portfolio. You are ready for your first client.

Why Learn From Me

Trained at art academy, not makeup school

Brush technique demonstration during makeup training in Madrid

I didn’t go to makeup school. I went to art academy — four years of fine arts and sacred painting. That gave me anatomy, colour theory, composition, and the discipline to treat every face as its own canvas. It is a foundation makeup courses don’t teach because most of them don’t have it.

All my knowledge comes from pure practice and experience — only useful, structured information.

I’ve worked with 600+ clients and trained at one of Madrid’s most prestigious salons. I built this practice from a $2 first booking. What I teach is what I actually do — not theory from a textbook.

The Certificate

Craft passed from one artist to another

I’m not a licensed makeup school, and this isn’t a diploma. It’s craftsmanship passed from one artist to another — studio to studio, hand to hand, the way this trade has always been taught.

The certificate is my personal record that you trained one-to-one with me. What you carry out the door is the craft, and the portfolio to prove it.

Inside the Studio

Where you’ll train

  • Anna Lysak’s private studio in Madrid — the lit mirror station, her brushes laid out, the client’s chair
  • Anna Lysak's makeup station and studio workspace in Madrid
  • Anna Lysak teaching a student with a model in her Madrid studio
  • Early editorial makeup by Anna Lysak — graphic liner portrait in golden light

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Investment

Pricing

One-on-One

Basic Pro Course8 working days · 3 theory · 5 practice

Investment €980
  • Full course tuition€980

All materials and models included. Taught privately, one-to-one, from first day to graduation piece.

Eight days, one to one.

Tell me where you are with makeup now
we’ll start from there.

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