Elegance International, founded in 1966 in the heart of Hollywood California, is the world's first school of makeup and continues to be the best. It paved the way for the education and training of professional makeup artists and continues to set the standards by which those in the fields of fashion, film and television work. Our goal is to continually set the bar for our instructors and programs ever higher, so that our graduates will always be the most sought after and respected artists in the makeup industry. To this end, our programs are updated twice a year in conjunction with our Program Advisory Board (PAC), a peer group of working professional and employers. This allows EI to keep our educational offerings relevant to the ever-changing makeup arts Industry. We are one of the very few makeup schools accredited by the ACCSC (Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges). This means that we are held to very high standards in terms of educational content, job placement and retention.