I took makeup courses, taught lab courses, and did research.
Mrs. Arougheti, 28, recently received a certificate in special-effects makeup from the Joe Blasco School in Los Angeles, which specializes in teaching makeup techniques.
Hospitalized after a suicide attempt, she spent the day after the attempt running the hospital: doing hair and makeup for the patients, teaching dance classes, counseling the counselors.
Since completing the course she has built up a portfolio of makeup work and established contacts in the industry; she is now combining advertising with teaching her own makeup lessons, and planning to launch her own consultancy.
Realizing it might also give singles a boost, she hired professional clowns to give lessons and teach makeup.
Brown serves on the worldwide board and her business supplies an army of makeup artists to teach the women who come to the charity for help.
Over at Chanel, Jennifer Nam, a makeup artist who taught herself the trade while at military boarding school, allowed that the redesign does not suit everyone.
For her wedding reception, Reshma Mehta, a 29-year-old who works for AARP, didn't think twice about wearing shimmery forest green on her eyes because her makeup artist, Cyndie Lou Boehm, taught her how to make the look "dramatic but not outlandish".
In addition to thousands of beauty items, the cosmetics company is also offering hair stylists, nail technicians and makeup artists who teach classes on the latest beauty trends.
"Working with some of the best makeup artists has taught me a lot of amazing tricks to making me feel more confident and I can't wait to share them with you guys.
