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The Makeup Masterclass

Founding artists · Applications open

Your place in the collective.

Ten minutes, ten photos of your best work, and a short confidentiality agreement. Every application is reviewed personally.

  • Brandon WaltKey Artist · 5,000+ clients
  • Johan UngererFounder, The Next Opulent Model SA
  • 5.0Google rating
  • 96towns, nationwide

The film

Our story, in just over a minute

Watch it, then share it with the artists you'd want beside you.

How it works

From application to your first booking

Every artist is reviewed personally before their profile goes live, so clients can book with confidence.

  1. Apply

    Your details, a profile photo, 10 photos of your work, and the confidentiality agreement. About ten minutes.

  2. Get approved, go live

    We review your portfolio and experience and place you on a level. Then start your R199/month membership in your portal and your profile goes live. Applying is free.

  3. Get booked

    Clients near you are matched to you automatically. Share your own booking link to get booked directly.

  4. Get paid and reviewed

    Paid by EFT at month end, for every completed job. Clients review you after every job, and your ranking rises.

Pricing by level

What clients pay at each level

Clients see one all-in price, set by the artist's level. The higher your level, the more each booking is worth. Your exact earnings are shown in your artist portal as soon as you apply.

  • RisingUnder 2 years · −15%
  • Professional2 to 6 years · standard
  • Senior7 to 9 years · +10%
  • Master10+ years · +20%

Bridal makeup

per bride
RisingR1 810
ProfessionalR2 130
SeniorR2 340
MasterR2 560

Bridal trial

per bride
RisingR1 770
ProfessionalR2 080
SeniorR2 290
MasterR2 500

Bridal party

per person
RisingR1 370
ProfessionalR1 610
SeniorR1 770
MasterR1 930

Matric, events and shoots

per person
RisingR1 310
ProfessionalR1 540
SeniorR1 690
MasterR1 850

Hair styling

per person
RisingR710
ProfessionalR830
SeniorR910
MasterR1 000

Bride's wedding-day hair

per bride
RisingR1 010
ProfessionalR1 190
SeniorR1 310
MasterR1 430

Prices follow the event date: a 2027 wedding is priced at 2027 rates. Travel is added at R7/km, there and back, from the artist's base, and goes 100% to the artist.

Application

Apply to join

Have your 10 best work photos ready on your phone or computer. Already applied? Log in to your portal.

Clients are matched by distance from this town. Choose the nearest if yours isn't listed.

Profile photo
Services you offer
10 photos of your work

Your best, recent work on real clients. Choose several at once. Photos are resized automatically.

0 of 10 photos added

At least 8 characters. You'll use this to log in to your artist portal.

Confidentiality agreement (NDA)

1. Who this agreement is between

This Confidentiality Agreement is between The Makeup Masterclass (Pty) Ltd ("The Makeup Masterclass", "we") and you, the makeup artist applying to join The Makeup Masterclass Artist Network ("you"). You accept it by typing your full name and ticking the box on the application form. It applies from that moment, whether or not your application is approved.

2. What is confidential

Everything you see, receive or learn through The Makeup Masterclass that is not already public, including: client names, contact details, venues, dates and any personal information; booking volumes, prices, rates, payouts, commission and financial information; the way bookings are assigned and ranked; our systems, the artist portal and this website's private areas; supplier, sponsor, venue and partner relationships and terms; information about shows, events and The Next Opulent Model South Africa that has not been announced; course material, techniques taught in our programmes and anything marked or reasonably understood to be confidential; and the contents of our artist WhatsApp groups and internal communications.

3. What you agree to do

Keep confidential information private and use it only to carry out bookings given to you through The Makeup Masterclass. Do not share, post, screenshot, forward or discuss it with anyone, in person, online or on social media, unless we agree in writing. Do not speak to the media, sponsors or partners on behalf of The Makeup Masterclass, Brandon Walt or Johan Ungerer. Keep client information secure and delete it when a job is finished and paid, unless the law requires you to keep it.

4. Clients belong to the platform

Clients who book you through The Makeup Masterclass are clients of the platform. You will not take, offer or accept bookings from them privately, give them your own rates or banking details, or encourage them to book outside the platform, for 12 months after your last job for them, unless we agree in writing.

5. Photos and social media

You may post your own work from platform bookings on your portfolio and social media if the client agrees, but you will not share client personal details, prices, or confidential information about events and shows, and you will not post backstage content from Makeup Masterclass shows or partner events before we have announced them.

6. What is not confidential

Information that is already public through no fault of yours, that you knew before we shared it, or that you are required by law or a court to disclose (in which case you will tell us first, where you are allowed to).

7. How long it lasts

This agreement continues while you are part of the network and for three years after you leave, and for client personal information, for as long as you hold it.

8. If the agreement is broken

A breach may lead to your profile being suspended or removed immediately, withholding of amounts linked to the breach where the law allows, and a claim for the loss it causes. We may also ask a court to stop a breach. Nothing here stops you from reporting unlawful conduct to the authorities.

9. General

This agreement is governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa. If a part of it is unenforceable, the rest still applies. It sits alongside the artist terms. Version 2026-10.

Open the agreement in a new tab to read or print it.

Your typed name, the date and time are recorded as your signature.