MUD Make-Up Designory

I am a graduate at this school and I must say, everything I learned from here you can easily learn anywhere. Definitely interview other schools first before applying. Also their student services are very poor. They say that they will help you find jobs but they do a very poor job at it. From my experience, I don’t think it was worth coming here. I learned more stuff from other makeup artists than this school. I regret coming here.

I’m a graduate of MUD, before enrolling, I interviewed many schools throughout LA & OC. I found the instructors & administration staff to be friendly and helpful. Unless the quality of people have changed that drastically, I have no qualms in recommending MUD. I highly recommend making appointments with different schools to find the right fit. Also doesn’t hurt to tell them you’re interviewing other schools, competition is a motivator.

I was an instructor here at Makeup Designory for 13+ years. I can tell you that I still hold this school, and its management, in high esteem. The people who run and work the school work tirelessly to achieve the highest standards in education, especially the instructors. I know that its impossible to «please all the people all of the time», because none of us are perfect, but I am surprised there aren’t more positive reviews, because I know a lot of students who went to this school, and excelled in their careers afterward. Many of them continue to stay in contact with me, even though they have a busy schedule. I submitted a review a week or so ago, and then it disappeared! Strange…

–UPDATE at bottom–
I couldn’t tell you how MUD is as a school, because they apparently do not want, nor need students. My daughter has been struggling to accumulate funding, loans, grants, etc. to attend this school. She has done everything in her power to make this happen… her dream. Desiree, the financial aid director is TERRIBLE at her job. She never returns phone calls, she shows no interest in helping a kid with limited funds, find funding (isn’t that what financial aid directors do?), and she makes my daughter feel like the school isn’t interested in her attendance. Message after message, my daughter will call her and submit loan applications or required paperwork, then try to follow up… and this woman, Desiree, can’t be bothered to answer, nor return the call. Nice, right? That sort of behavior reeks of scam to me. This facility strikes me more and more as the kind of school where you pay upwards of 20k, but have useless certification after graduation. It’s hard for me to believe this is a respected, professional institution when they conduct themselves in this manner. If my kid went in there with cash or a few credit cards, I’m sure they would put on a much more enthusiastic show. Now, when we have the money to pay cash in the fall, I’ll be writing that check to Cinema Makeup School… they have a better, more respected program, with more detail paid to special effects.
–UPDATE–
My daughter contacted EI (Elegance International) in Hollywood. Not only were they eager to have her and work out her financial aid needs immediately, but she starts class Monday (only three days after her first contact with them). The staff was fantastic. Clearly the financial aid office at MUD does not know how to do their job. EI had my daughter covered financially in a matter of hours and enrolled in a 1 year program.