I’m not sure if anyone’s ever mentioned this in previous threads as I’ve only read this one, but I did the VCT course years ago, and we had to source our own models or pay the academy for them to hire a model for us. I brought on of my friends in to model for me and when it came to doing her foundation they advised me to use a foundation 3/4 shades darker than she actually is “so it looks better on photos”
I said no and used her actual foundation colour, but they question literally everything if you don’t do it their way. I used a lip liner and lipstick combo that I use myself because I know it looks good and they told me I should have used the cork/whatever other colour lip liner combo they use, the one where it’s brown with a pink lipstick :’)
They also made me do fluffy eyebrows on a model after my model said that she didn’t like them on herself and would rather have normal made up eyebrows, which I guess I understand from a teaching standpoint (kind of?) but I feel like doesn’t really help me to cater for the needs and requirements of actual paying clients