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A Leading National Makeup Artistry School

Why Choose Chic

The Chic History

2000-2008

Amy Nicole, loving makeup, educates herself in artistry, business, and the beauty industry (3 trips to NYC, Miami, San Diego, and with an eventual move to LA in 2008)

2009

Amy moves to NYC (insert boyfriend/now husband) didn’t want to start all over again building clients that she spent 12+ months working on.

2009 January

In January, Amy has coffee with an old friend (celebrity hairstylist/salon owner in NYC) and is offered to hire her as a freelance makeup artist, but said, very seriously and clearly ‘You don’t really want to do that, do you? Focus on what you DO want!’

2009 February – March

With Amy’s husbands support and rave reviews – Chic Studios School of Makeup started!

2009 April

Chic Studios test run curriculum and classroom set up.

2009 May

Official: First Chic Studios makeup class (3 students) second class (2 students) third class (4 students **which was the max with this space) and for the rest of 2009 classes were full.

2010 January

New: Manhattan, Chic Studios NYC location

2012

Official: NYSED licensed

2016

New: Launched Chic Studios LA

2017

All locations: Launched Content Studio and Chic pro Lab (students access to free space for content)

2018

New: Launched Chic Studios Denver

2019

2500 Students and counting! Over 150K+ fans and followers on all platforms, focus to grow the community and connect with artists and beauty enthusiasts

2020

Launching an online platform and school for all things beauty education.

2020-2022

A global pandemic shocked the world and Chic Studios paused, took a deep breath, and launched Chic online – an online makeup academy providing education to aspiring artists worldwide.

2023

The Chic beauty platform goes into beta-testing.

Meet Our Team Of Educators, Event Hosts, And Facilitators

Talented & Experienced

Amy Nicole

Founder + Owner | Entrepreneur | Mentor I Event Maven

@amynicolecohenMastermind with Amy Nicole

Chic Studios Team