IMA Co-Founder and Chief Examiner Beryl Barnard was a Guest of Honour at Blossom Kochhar College of Creative Arts and Design in India for an exclusive event. She was also attending as an examiner for the first IMA certified graduates of BKCCAD.

June 2019 was celebrated as Pride Month all over the world. As an industry, which has strong connections to the LGBTQI+ community, we’d like to celebrate this month before it comes to an end. We are happy that the art of drag, in which make-up is a crucial element, is appreciated more and more every day throughout the world and becoming a part of the popular culture. Drag has been here since ancient times and influenced make-up practices more over the last decades. Popular TV shows, internet, and social media helped drag to gain visibility, appreciation, and popularity as an art form. As IMA, we’d like to celebrate pride month […]

We are most excited by the latest IMA centre and the first in India to join our expanding network of schools around the world. Welcome to Blossom Kochhar College of Creative Arts & Design based in India’s capital city of Delhi.  With over 35 years of teaching experience, Dr.Blossom Kochhar is an International educationist, who has condensed her colossal proficiency into the courses at BKCCAD and has coached the trainers to teach the best. Dr. Kochhar travels all over the world to teach beauty, hair, and make-up and is a celebrity grooming expert as well.

Graduates from the London School of Makeup (LSM), our IMA center in London, participated in the London Fashion Week Festival AW 2019. The LSM team, is part of this fashion event every season, creating outstanding looks for well known designers in the Industry. This time the IMA graduates worked with Doris Kath Chan, specialized in wedding gowns, her “One Dress Fits All” designs has impressed both local and international fashion media. Doris, presented her pieces in collaboration of Cinthia Mak House of V, inspired by architecture and guided by the most basic unit in design – lines, HOUSE OF V strives to create elegant and minimalistic fashion. IMA graduates in […]

The “Instituto de Diseño de Imagen Profesional” (IDIP), Institute of Professional Image Design in English, recently became part of the International Makeup Association Team. IDIP has been recognized by Elle and Glamour Magazines as one of the best Make-up Schools in Mexico since they have been working over a decade in creating remarkable professionals in Makeup Artistry, Image Consulting and Personal Shopping. The Center has currently 4 existing schools around Mexico, including Mexico City, Satélite, Tijuana and Queretaro, while also providing online courses. With IDIP being a part of our team, the IMA centers have now expanded to America. This is a huge stepping stone for the IMA and the […]

You guys know, in the IMA, we take care of every little detail, regarding our students’ development in the Makeup Industry. That’s the reason we created different Modules of teaching, composed by a variety of techniques, styles and resources to make sure our team gets the most complete and advance education from the makeup world. Our Advanced Course in Makeup Artistry includes Period Makeup, which brings to the table techniques to recreate styles from past decades or from foreign cultures, that have somehow influenced the makeup history. One of our most loved looks is the Geisha, most of the times when taken to the modern day, it turns up being […]