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Do you ever catch yourself in complete and utter awe of a celebrity going about their work? Stunned by Christina Aguilera’s singing voice, amazed by Anna Wintour’s long and successful editorship or envious of Bobbi Brown’s makeup prowess? How are they so talented? … Surely they’re superhuman? WHERE can I learn to do that???
Amazingly, there’s now one simple answer: Masterclass. If you’re running out of things to do at home, it’s undoubtedly the place you should be heading. This site – dubbed the “best educational investment” you can make – is a hub of online courses taught by experts and celebrities in any given field. In short, your favourite celebrities are finally there, on-tap, to teach you how to be good at what they do.
No other platform is offering anything quite like it. In fact, no other catalogue of online courses comes close. You can better yourself in any skill from photography to cooking; interior design to how to write gripping non-fiction. You can nestle down for two and a half hours of Anna Wintour’s teachings on creativity and leadership, or sit back as the one and only Natalie Portman teaches you how to act.
The courses are short and easy to digest, split up into lessons of around 15 minutes each. What’s more, the way they’re shot makes you feel like the expert is talking directly to you. So cool.
Up there with one of our favourite courses has got to be Bobbi Brown’s makeup masterclass. Bobbi Brown’s philosophy is that makeup should be quick and natural, enhancing who you are. (We couldn’t agree more). Her course is made up of bitesize tutorials – each using models with a range of skin tones – which focus on a different aspect of makeup every time. There’s a class on choosing the right foundation for your skin, a class on editorial makeup and a class on the most common makeup mistakes. Whether you’re an aspiring MUA or you just want to perfect your makeup application skills, it’ll have you leaving lockdown with a new-found confidence.