Success Stories | Makeup

Today we are celebrating NIC fashion and film makeup graduate: Shabnam Piraee. Since graduating, Shabnam worked as a Beauty Adviser at Shoppers Drug Mart, and is now working in the fashion and film industry and teaching her craft as well! She is an award winner for the International Beauty Industry Awards in the category of […]

Congratulations to recent NIC makeup graduate Jaylene on her recent hire at Sephora on Robson! At NIC, we make sure that our graduates leave with a wide range of skills-making them extremely hireable. We are so proud! Our graduates work.

Congratulations to NIC Makeup students Zohouri and Jaylene (@face_off_makeup21 and @perfect_______finish on instagram) for WORKING IT at Vancouver Fashion Week! What an amazing experience that won’t ever be forgotten! 💥 Our students work! Find out more about the collaborators on Instagram: Key MUA Sandy @sandytingtingna Louise @louise_kim VFW @vanfashionweek @vankidsfashionweek Official photographer this season by VFW

Check out NIC grad Hiroki Sakai’s work on hair and makeup up in this editorial for GMARO magazine @gmaromagazine entitled “FRIDAY NIGHT OUT!” Hiroki graduated in 2019 from our Professional Makeup Artist COOP program. She’s now located in Toronto! Congratulations Hiroki! Our graduates work!  Check out the collaborators in Instagram at the links below: Model:

Here is NIC’s 2021 graduate Alanna Burkholder (@alannab.mua) already on set as Second Makeup Assistant. Congratulations Alanna! We knew you would thrive!

Today we are spotlighting NIC SFX graduate: Marissa Zurita! Marissa graduated from New Image in 2017. Since then she returned to Mexico, and has worked in prosthetics at a shop for many Netflix and Amazon series such as, “Diablero”, “Mexica”, “Soldiers” and “Zombies”. Recently, she worked for an American film called “Torn From Her Arms”,

Current makeup student Daniela Rojas-Vizcaino (@nani_rouge) keyed Makeup Effects, assisted by current student Jaylene Ferreria (@perfect___finish) on SWITCH CITY, directed by Moheb Jindran (@mohebjin) which was awarded BEST FILM at the 16th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival! #VAFF #MAMM16 #moviemarathonCongratulations to both of you! Our students work!

Today we are spotlighting NIC SFX graduate: Jinx Isaacs @jinxisaacs! Jinx has just completed work on the makeup team of Supergirl season 6! You can check out more of his work on his instagram page, and you can check out his work in Drag @infestatia! Congratulations Jinx! #OurGraduatesWork

Introducing: Toby Tzu-Jung Lee! Since graduating from NIC’s makeup program, Toby has worked as a successful makeup artist on many films and TV series including Netflix’s “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”, and “Death Note”. Here she is on location in beautiful BC! She is always learning and growing, and we are so proud!

It’s time for a NIC graduate spotlight! Today we are introducing: Melissa Sahlstrom. Melissa is a film and television makeup artist located in Vancouver BC. She is a Makeup and Special FX member in IATSE Local 891 as well as a permittee in ACFC.  She has some incredible credits. She had done special fx on Deadrising;