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Create Hyper Real Hair Punching Effects
Add hair punching to your already impressive list of skills. 🎨🖌️
Your makeup rocks, so why not add the subtle and effective art of hair-punching to your skill set?
Now is the perfect time to get over your “hair-punching fears” and show yourself that you can complete the look you’re trying to achieve.
Learn how the addition of hair punching can add layers of context and texture to your “almost there” makeup looks.
You dream of creating perfect, blink and you miss ‘em eyebrows (cause they look so real!) and facial hair looks on your makeup creations.
Because, let me guess – you want to finally crush the “I can’t hairpunch” voices in your head once and for all.
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Any of these describe your current situation?
*You’ve always wanted to include hairpunching in your work but you’ve always been afraid. You tell yourself you can’t hair punch and have just put it off every time the conversation of hair punching comes up. And why should you even bother, when there’s 273 other people you know who can already hairpunch, right?
*Your fingers are too big to create such fine work and you figure you’re just not meant to even give it a go. Even though you’re curious, and would just love (like, fine wine, love) to hair punch and complete the looks you get to work on.
You’re all thumbs, not so nimble-fingered and convinced that someone with these digits is more akin to the Dark Ages than the fine, subtle handiwork required to push single hairs one by one into rubber.
*You’ve even tried punching hair a couple of times, but your hands always cramp up. You’ve always struggled with such highly detailed work, and just can’t even see the hairs most of the time.
*You wanna hair punch but you have no idea where to start! Super cool hair work always looks so realistic and gives so much to creatures and characters, but you feel totally overwhelmed and the realism that other artists achieve looks impossible!
*You tried ventilating once, and that put you off like that week-old salmon you accidentally digested yesterday.
This one traumatic experience immediately dictated to you that your love for fine hair work was not worth overcoming, despite you really, truly wanting to know more.
*You just don’t have the patience for this tedious work which seems to be never-ending, and never FINISHED!
Surely hairpunching is the same, so you just resound yourself to never growing and never expanding your skills.
No matter what, you’re desperately seeking the need to spread your creative wings, expand your knowledge and skills, and finally complete the looks that you can start, and (almost) finish.
If only you could give your work some life.
You can!
Brow Punching Online Workshop is an entirely new way to grasp hair punching, overcome your fears and hangups about detailed hair work, and allow you to get started by, yes, adding that “cherry on top” of your super cool makeup creations.
Without blatantly lifting from Ms Julie Andrews herself, we start at the very beginning, and warm up your fingers by way of the very achievable task of conquering hair-punching eyebrows.
Because if you can create a set of eyebrows well, you can hair punch anything.
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And that’s exactly what you’re going to learn inside my Brow Punching Online Workshop.
Hairpunching has a very “hand-me-down” reputation to it. Like it’s simply taught from one hair technician to the next, on the spot, as you go.
It’s something that is very rarely, if EVER, taught within special effects makeup courses, yet it’s an aspect that is almost ALWAYS a part of every special makeup effect you see on people’s faces.
Because guess what, everyone has eyebrows, right?
So what makes it so elusive then?
And why are there so few courses that focus so intently on this incredibly vital (and, yes lucrative, as well as a little secretive) niche skill?
These are very valid questions.
Perhaps it’s because it is such fine, detailed work. It’s not the sexiest corner of special effects makeup room, by any means. There’s no blood spurting out of slash wounds, there’s definitely no glitter here. And there is absolutely not a Bedazzler in sight!
Whatever the reasons that it’s so seldom taught, don’t really matter. And nor should they because all that counts is that the tide is turning – and here is the program to prove it.
The program to get you conquering your detail fears and phobias and get you punching HD-worthy hair effects once and for all.
It has become crystal clear that makeup artists like your good self are beyond eager to learn this specialized craft, and to be able to take your makeup creations to the next level.
Inside Brow Punching Online Workshop – BPOW for short (and cute!), I help you do just that.
Finally.
The good news is that hair-punching does not have to feel like a chore.
Or that SFX makeup-phobia you’ve avoided since the year before you applied to Tom Savini’s Makeup School from your hometown.
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It is achievable, and, yes, it can be FUN too!
Even if you think your fingers should have a Dole sticker on them 😏 which, by the way, they shouldn’t.
So stop comparing yourself to something so fruity!
Your hands are your finest tools, so it’s time to love on them, and show them exactly what they can do for you!
Hair punching is a makeup artist’s secret weapon, and it can give your work that extra edge. It can add layers of character and context that most people don’t even dare think about.
You know you love the finished article of hair details in other people’s work but don’t really feel up to going the extra mile in your own work.
So, why not finish the task as best you can?
Almost nine in ten adults who participate in creative activities say that successfully finishing a creative project brings them joy (that’s 88%)
*from a study conducted by Ipsos
Your hands are capable of these finishing techniques.
And you can create these extra layers of context and character.
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You just have to learn how.
And that’s what BPOW will show you.
“Taking Kerrin’s course gave me some insight into the amazing human she is!”
Anyone that gets to have Kerrin as a teacher is going to be so very, very lucky. She is a natural teacher and her passion for the craft is infectious!
If you get the opportunity to learn directly from Kerrin, you will no doubt find it an enriching experience.
Christina kortum
Introducing
Brow Punching Online Workshop
The course that will help you:
1. Overcome your fears and hangups about hairpunching once and for all.
2. Prove to yourself that you can create highly detailed hair work within your own and others’ makeup effects creations.
3. Finish the work and pop that cherry on top of your creations to give them those layered textures, deeper context, and help your work stand out from the crowd.
4. Add an additional avenue of money earning that can be sustained completely outside of makeup or on-set work.
5. Give you the skills to complete any work you might be “stuck in the dessert” with. Far away from the safety-net of an effects shop, and the capable hands of the shop go-to hair puncher.
6. Gain a feeling of complete independence and self-sufficiency. Allow yourself to feel that you CAN complete or improve any hairpunching work that arrives in your hands – finished or unfinished.
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BPOW explores aspects of punching techniques that are not taught anywhere else online.
My very own BPOW roadmap will make any hairpunching task seem doable, by YOU.
A program in which I will walk with you side by side, introducing you to the basics; the materials and tools, through the fundamentals like your seating position, lighting, to the practical elements of hair punching: direction, density and hair texture.
This one-of-a-kind online course is years of development in the making, to help you overcome your hairpunching hangups once and for all.
Let’s get down to business
Here is what we cover…
Inside BPOW there are 5 comprehensive modules (including an introductory module to get started) that will literally walk you through the fundamentals of hair punching from a complete beginner’s viewpoint.
Module one
Getting Started – Hair Punching into Vinyl Forms
-Introduction to Hair Punching into Vinyl Forms
-Starting from Scratch
-Introduction to Hair for Punching
-Why this is your first step
-Full Brow Punching Set in real-time
-Styling and Trimming eyebrows in vinyl form
-Understanding direction and angles
-Where to begin
Module Two
Going Retro – Hair Punching into Foam Latex
-Introduction to Foam Latex Hair Punching
-Full Brow Punching Full Set into Foam Latex in Real Time
-Styling and Trimming Hair Brows on Foam Latex
-Is foam latex dead?
-Why are we learning this?
-Storing for shipping and long wait times
Module Three
Getting Fancy – Hair Punching Into Silicon
-Introduction to punching into Silicon
-Brow Punching Full Set into Silicon in Real Time
-Styling and Trimming Hair Brows in Silicon
-Quality Control of Silicon Hair Work
-Perfecting Your Punching Technique
Module four
Let’s Get Hyper Real – Fur Punching Into Silicon
-Intro to Brow Punching into Silicon with fur
-Why use fur?
-Different types of fur
-Full Brow Punching into Silicon in Real Time
-All punched eyebrows are not created equal (getting creative)
-Styling, Trimming and Storing Punched Pieces
bonuses
Yes, you’ll get these very special extra gems!
- Hair Punching Suppliers List
- How to Blend Different Hair Colors with a Hackle
- Facial Hair Punching Mini Course
BPOW is delivered as an entirely online program from beginning to end
Once you enroll in the Brow Punching Online Workshop, you will create an account through The Makeup Refinery online school, and you can log in and out of BPOW freely.
You will receive the introductory module immediately upon signing up, and can begin watching the first videos straight away. Woohoo!
In fact, I suggest you DO watch the first module immediately, so you can get ready and prepare to make the most out of the 4 week schedule the course runs over.
From then, each learning module will be released week by week, from the official start date of the course. There are 4 weekly modules of learning.
I know you like a face to go with the course lessons.
AND I know you’ll probably have questions.
You will also have access to my weekly live Zoom call with me, that comes at the end of each week, so you can ask me questions directly about the curriculum of that week’s module. These are incredibly beneficial to get high touch learning directly from me, and allow you to ask specific questions as they are top of mind as you work through the course.
Certain classes inside BPOW will also have accompanying PDF guides or documents for you to download, so keep a (hairpuncher’s) keen eye out for those, as well as links and necessary supplementary reading and recommendations.
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Here is what my students have to say
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about your teacher
Kerrin is an Australian makeup artist who established herself as a movie makeup artist in her homeland, only to up and relocate to the US after 15 years and start from scratch all over again.
Her hands have graced the faces of moviestars such as Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lily Collins, and a plethora of theatrical thesps that she’s thrown makeup and hairy things at over the years.
With 4 Emmy nominations behind her and a number of Guild Award nominations, Kerrin is well-recognized by her peers and bosses alike.
Kerrin prefers the company of a chilled, calm makeup trailer to that of an awards ceremony or a bunch of trophies by a long shot.
More than anything, Kerrin is passionate beyond blending about passing on her own knowledge and ethics to other makeup-curious artists, and of course, the next generation. With the hopes to instill high standards of professionalism and optimism for what she describes as the most unpredictable and creative of workstyles – where no two days are ever alike.
Frequently Asked Questions
$597
One-time Payment
Brow Punching Online Workshop
Bonus Hair Suppliers List
Bonus How to Blend Hair Video
Bonus Facial Hairpunching Course
$350
2-Payment Plan
Brow Punching Online Workshop
Bonus Hair Suppliers List
Bonus How to Blend Hair Video
Bonus Facial Hairpunching Course
Okay, so you’re intrigued, excited, and more than a tad curious, but you’re still not sure if BPOW is right for you.
If you’re:
1. Ready to add a new skill to your makeup artistry and want to enhance your own makeup creations in a more realistic way.
2. Not afraid of putting in the hard work to not only learn a new skill, but truly implement and master these techniques so you can confidently and effectively create your own hair effects everytime it comes up at work.
3. The first to admit that there is no perfect time. You’re always going to be busy. We all are busy bees, but this program is 4 short weeks in its entirety. And then it’s yours for as long as this course remains online. Your guides to refer to anytime, anyplace.
Hair Punching isn’t an Academy Award Category in it’s own right.
But it can become a winning aspect of your career.
Throughout 2020 when Covid took over our lives, I had a massive makeup kit overhaul. And something in me nearly threw out ALL of my hair punching gear. All the hair I have accumulated over 25 + years. My scissors, my old curling irons, all of it. I wasn’t going to need it surely, and if makeup ever returned in my world, I was going to do makeup, right?
But then something happened. The work started coming in.
Hair punching work, would you believe it?
And throughout 2020, and the years since (particularly the hideous 2023, when the WGA and SAG strikes told us all NO, you can’t work on set this year), I stayed afloat with this one single, technique.
This is such an underrated technique that some makeup effects shops cast aside as a last resort.
But I tell you this – it can be a vital “side-hustle” or beautiful pairing to your makeup work.
OR if you have absolutely nothing to do with makeup work altogether. OR you’re a wigmaker or hair tyer looking to spread your wings in the world of hair, there’s no better way to up your game.
Get known for your exceptional hair punching, and you’ll never be out of work again.
Hairpunching can be a gamechanger. It was for me.
And that, my friend, is why I’m sharing this all with you inside BPOW.
Create Hyper Real Hair Punching Effects
If you’re ready to add hairpunching to your already impressive list of skills. 🎨🖌 Join BPOW below.
Get over your “hair-punching fears” and show you that you can complete the look you’re trying to achieve, and add layers of context and texture to your “almost there,” makeup looks.
$597
One-time Payment
Brow Punching Online Workshop
Bonus Hair Suppliers List
Bonus How to Blend Hair Video
Bonus Facial Hairpunching Course
$350
2-Payment Plan
Brow Punching Online Workshop
Bonus Hair Suppliers List
Bonus How to Blend Hair Video
Bonus Facial Hairpunching Course