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MirageBeauty Academy · Jabi

Beauty school in Jabi, Abuja · since 2016

Learn the craft in the chair, not from a screen.

Makeup, hair and braiding, nails, skin and lashes, taught on live models by working artists. Small groups of sixteen, weekday or weekend, and a path planner that shows exactly which courses to take, in what order, and when each one starts.

Plan my course path See intakes and seats
Next makeup diplomaStarts every two monthsWeekday and weekend groups
Student with a glossy afro and finished evening makeup
Tutor applying base with a brush during a makeup class

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Course paths

Start with the work you want, and read the route back.

Most students arrive knowing what they want to do: brides, braids, a nail bar of their own. Each path below strings the right courses together in order. The planner then fits them to real intake dates and gives you one total.

Path

Bridal makeup artist

For brides, owambe clients and editorial shoots, with gele included.

  1. Makeup foundation4 wk
  2. Bridal and editorial4 wk
  3. Gele and auto-gele1 wk
  4. Salon business3 wk
About 15 weeks on weekdays₦450,000after 10% path saving
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Hair and braiding salon

Braids, wigs and natural hair, then the lash bar that keeps clients coming back.

  1. Hair and braiding10 wk
  2. Lash and brow2 wk
  3. Salon business3 wk
About 17 weeks on weekdays₦472,500after 10% path saving
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Nail bar owner

Gel, acrylic and nail art, then lash and brow, then running the bar.

  1. Nail technology6 wk
  2. Lash and brow2 wk
  3. Salon business3 wk
About 13 weeks on weekdays₦400,500after 10% path saving
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Skin and facial therapist

Non-medical facials and skin analysis, with makeup to finish a client.

  1. Skincare and facials8 wk
  2. Makeup foundation4 wk
  3. Salon business3 wk
About 17 weeks on weekdays₦567,000after 10% path saving
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All-round beauty professional

The long road: makeup diploma, hair, nails and the business side.

  1. Makeup diploma12 wk
  2. Hair and braiding10 wk
  3. Nail technology6 wk
  4. Salon business3 wk
About 34 weeks on weekdays₦985,500after 10% path saving
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Intakes

Five groups starting soon, with seats counted.

Every group is capped at sixteen so each student gets time in the chair. Seats left update as deposits come in. A ₦50,000 deposit holds a seat for fourteen days.

Upcoming intakes load here.

All intakes, weekday and weekend

Courses

Four disciplines, taught as a working studio.

Every course is practical first: you work on live models from the second week, and you leave with a photographed portfolio of your own work.

Compare all nine courses

The studio

A working salon floor, with the lights always on.

Fourteen stations with ring lights, a nail bar, two facial rooms and a photo wall for portfolio shots. Inverter and generator backup mean a class never stops for NEPA.

Training salon with stylists at work
Salon chairs facing large mirrors
Black and gold professional brush set

The studio sits off the lake road in Jabi, ten minutes from Wuse and Utako. Classes start at 10am to miss the worst of the morning traffic and finish by 3pm on weekdays.

Walk round the studio
1,280students trained since 2016
16students at most in any group
14lit stations on the studio floor
6tutors who still work with clients

We teach the way a busy Saturday actually goes. Three brides, one generator, and every face still has to last until the last dance.

Ifeoma Nwachukwu, lead makeup tutor

Student work

Made in the studio, photographed on the wall.

Every student builds a portfolio during the course, shot on our photo wall at the end of each module.

More student work

Students

In their own words.

I came for the foundation course and stayed for bridal. The weekend group meant I kept my job at the bank until I was ready.

Adaobi, example client

The tutors stand behind you at the chair and correct your hand there and then. That is the difference.

Hauwa, example client

I planned the nail bar path on the site, paid the deposit the same night and started three weeks later.

Funmilayo, example client

Journal

Notes from the studio.

Next step

Not sure where to start? Come and watch a class.

Open day is every Saturday at 11am. See the studio, try the kit, meet the tutors and leave with a printed path plan. It is free.

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