Pro Studio Makeup Academy

I just want to thank the teachers from PSMA for having me at their school & for teaching me so much. Cristina thanks for being an amazing instructor & a great friend as well! & the other instructors, amazing! I love that I wasn’t forced to buy their kit or anything. Al the time I used my stuff!
I won my course in a giveaway! & let me tell you I took advantage of this life time opportunity! I do recommend this school. Very professional & VERY conservative, always staying away from Social media drama! Thank you Cristina!!! I miss you guys! Xoxo

I attended Pro Studio Makeup Academy and I loved it!!! The instructors are so nice, fun, and very helpful. I learned conturing, night/​day eyeshadow, lips, eyebrows, ext. I learn new makeup tricks, and tips. The school also worked a payment plan with me :) Special effects was my favorite! I truly recommend this school to anyone who has a passion for beauty. I give this school 5 stars, because it really does deserve it!

Well this us my review I when In to this school whit no experience in make up all I knew how to do is my chola eyebrows, I did learn a lot and I’m still learning I took this class over 2 years ago she is a good she just brings to much of her personal life to the classes and well as a professional she should know better not to do that me and my sister in-​law had a tuff time getting out last hrs and our certificate we had already pay it all but we had classes missing since we has had some families problema and miss school yes that was our fault but we had the rights to demand our last classes after our class was done we still had to wait like 2 months to get tour diplomas I did my best to get in contact whit her but she would never answered my call email and text she had her receptionist do it for her but their was still no answer until my husband text her and she gat back to him, she give me ly last hrs I. One class not what I wanted but I’ll I wanted is just to be done whit it and, but I can’t say the same for my sister in-​law she pay for a 80hrs course and only got a 78hrs certificate but because my sister in-​law was so tired of Cristina always putting excuse.
All I hope is that Cristina one day changes all this I hear from her cuz well her name and her school are getting such a bad reputation and yes is so humiliated that when they ask me what school did you go… They that oh I heard from that school they say it sucks the instructor/​owner is bad their not professional at all
And well hope she can read this and see that I love her teaching skills the way she won’t allow you to make mistakes she want she really had inspired me at the but she needs to change the way she is just wile she is teaching to put down the phone and focus in her students becomes at the end of the day what we paid is not is not a few dolars.

It’s getting annoyed by recent bad reviews ppl are giving to this school. I honestly don’t see nothing wrong with the instructors, the teaching skills or the makeup. If you really want real reviews of how this school is teaching & how it’s really run now days. Then ask for an appointment to go see it for yourself! I’m sure the owner wouldn’t mind at all, nor the students, not the instructors. I myself dislike the whole gossiping, being disrespectful, & being unfair to anyone. During the time I attended to Pro Studio Makeup Academy I really did learned. I even went back for an additional course. You want to know why? Because everything I said about this school in previous review was all True. Nothing wrong with it. All professional & friendly environment :) I made friends who I now work with from time to time. They are also great makeup artist that were once students at this academy. I can gather all my ex classmates & the recent students attending right now to write reviews if I wanted to. See it to believe it. honestly whatever school or instructor you go to won’t be an issue if you really have passion for makeup. Make wise decisions base on facts, not assumptions :)

Ladies and Gentlemen looking into this academy for a MUA certificate, please think twice. Trust me when I say you are better off paying more for a real accredited well known school than wasting your time here, thinking you’re saving money.
A little bit of my experience, that I’ve found to be common amongst fellow classmates and reviewers here on Unilocal,was that of an unsatisfied one.
First off I will confirm the unprofessionalism from the owner directly, who is unfortunately one of the «teachers» that I had the so called «pleasure» of learning from. She talks against high end makeup (such as MAC) in a sad effort to sell her nameless brand to her students. She has verbally insulted many makeup gurus from YouTube or private label cosmetics like Ladybird and others. Saying that learning from YouTube teaches you nothing and that putting yourself on YouTube is a «pathetic» attempt at being successful and opens a MUA to criticism and is highly frowned upon on in the beauty industry. Which all in all is can be some truth, but discouraging your students from taking steps out there sounds like someone who is afraid of competition.
She will also disclose to many conversations about her private married life or personal intimate matters in her life that wastes valuable class time of learning. When asking questions about the contract I signed and the 475 dollars I put down initially, she changed her policies about the makeup kit and refused to provide me a copy of the contract because prior to her changes is when I signed the contract and she would be legally obligated to follow through with the previous one. After an exchange of emails between eachother, she would put «!!!» after everything she said or ALL CAPS as if she was yelling in her emails to get her point across and cussing as well.
I was very shocked and offended that this adult woman business owner is a mere child with a cosmetology license claiming to want to «teach».
I of course was very upset at her attitude in this conversation of emails, but considering there was no refund policy and SHE was going to be my teacher I asked her if it was still possible to uphold professionalism between eachother so I can finish the course comfortably. She replied «sure.» Ha! Very pro.
As the course began and a few classes in, I noticed her teaching skills were at a low. She wouldn’t explain things in a polite manner or help students learn from her. She would tell you what to do, and expect you to do it. And act frustrated after and THEN show you how to do it. I seen her do this to students all the time. The level of confusion was outstanding. We were never provided paper materials but told where to buy color wheels and etc. Nothing was provided. It was listed in contract we would be learning hairstyling techniques and blow drying. And face charts. And putting a professional portfolio together. Marketing tips. NEVER happened. There is no structured learning here. But fragmented tips suggested by a lady that has nothing to show for her success except a school and a one time deal where she did the makeup for photographer who was featured in Italian vogue lol.
She would also disclose private information about students who had trouble with her and how it effected her so deeply and that she was very upset and put other students down from her other classes about their makeup work and personal issues with her. Very unprofessional. She was out for sympathy and to be told shes right. But she definitely was not, and it was not okay to be discussing that information with other classes.
Finally towards the end of the classes, she hired a lady (who no longer works for her) who we learned more from in the last 3 Saturdays then the whole class combined. Cristina (the owner) was very jealous of the fact we loved her. She would make rude unprofessional remarks that she was quitting teaching because we (the class) don’t like her. And that she’s going to let the new girl take over. Which was fine with me, but to throw a pity party tantrum for herself was so uncalled for. It made the whole class uncomfortable.
After receiving my certificate, I was very disappointed in the lack of MUA education I received. I thought I was all alone in the way I felt about her, but after discussing my feelings about it to other attendees of the school, turns out I am not alone.
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Si estas en busca de una escuela para aprender a desarrollar tus habilidades en maquillaje, te invito a conocer Pro Studio Makeup Academy, en la cual te enseñan desde lo básico hasta lo más avanzado con las mejores técnica y los mejores instructores, y claro lo mejor para nosotras las latinas cuentan con un staff bilingüe, así es chicas hablan español.
Así qué no te detengas más ahora ya no tienes obstáculos, cuentan con muy buenos horarios en los fines de semana asi que puedes seguir trabajando y a tender a tu familia, ah y un plan de pagos que se acomoda a tus necesidades.
No te límites si tus sueños es ser un maquillista Profesional, esta es tu oportunidad.

I originally considered a few different schools for this profession. I had lots of questions and at one point people wouldn’t even return an answer. Then I found PRO STUDIO MAKEUP ACADEMY. they answered everything I needed to know. They’re payment plans are wonderful. As a full time working mom of 2 becoming a makeup artist was not an option for me. Pro studio made it possible. Their sunday classes allowed me to work, keep my life, and learn more about my passion. The best decsion I’ve made in a long time. The teachers are great! They’re hands on and let you not only practice on yourself but as well as on others. This is school for you if you are short on time and need the payment options. You won’t be disappointed.

I have nothing good to say about this school. The reason I decided to attend this school is the payment plan option and the weekend classes. This school has no reviews anywhere and it’s not recognized as a pro school. With their certificate you can apply for Pro Cards (MAC, MAKEUP FOREVER…) but hardly you will get one. I should have known better!!! I did look for reviews and I couldn’t find none. But I thought maybe its a new school and I decided to give it a chance anyways. They were not professional since the day I enrolled. My classes were supposed to start in October and they moved the date to a month later and they never called me to let me know. How am I supposed to become a certified makeup artist if I never learned or did put makeup on anyone but on myself??? In my last class I was supposed to do makeup in a model and honestly I didn’t know how to start or what to do! It was just a waste of my hard earned money and my precious time! If you are looking for a school that you can learn, and will help you to follow your dreams and become a professional makeup artist this is not the school for you.

I was not happy with my experience at this school. I paid my hard earned money to learn nothing not only that but the whole thing was unprofessional and a headache. This school was my biggest regret/​mistake in doing.