Karen Coates

HND in Specialist Makeup Course Leader at @coleggwent, Crosskeys🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿| This is a personal account & all views are my own |

Aspire to Inspire 👩🏻‍🏫🎨

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

✨🎨 WE DID IT 🎨✨

Another fantastic year with all of our @coleggwent L2, L3 and HND Theatrical Media Make-up learners.

Our learners showcased their fantastic skills on the main stage at @riverfrontarts Theatre! Here’s a little snippet of what we got up to back stage . . . 🎭

[Inspiring Skills @ISEinWales]

Colur Creadigol | Creative Make-Up 💄

Llongyfarchiadau mawr 🥳 Huge congratulations

🥇 @ColegGwent
🥈 @CAVC
🥉 @CAVC @GowerCollegeSwa

#SCW24 #CSC24 @WorldSkillsUKW @WelshGovernment @WG_Education @WGEconom

[WorldSkills UK @worldskillsuk]

👄 The #CommericalMakeUp competition winners created inspiring glow-ups in the #WSUKFinals2022 Well done to gold medal winner Courtney Jane-McGuire, silver medalist Kelsie Evans and bronze winner Dylan Taylor. Supporting the event was @ColegCambria - thank you!

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Good luck to my fantastic @coleggwent learners in today’s @worldskillsuk Medal Ceremony 🤞🏼💄 #WSUKFinals2022

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Congratulations to our @worldskillsuk finalists who have represented Wales & @coleggwent in Commercial and Creative Media Make-up finals in Blackpool

We are so proud of L3 learners Dylan and Kelsie and HNC learners Chloe and Eleanor!

POB LWC ALL for Friday🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤞🏼

#worldskillsuk

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Too funny! 😂🤣
📷 J.A.K.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

This! 🙌

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Congratulations to both Romie Bow and Emily Watkins for their achievement in tonight’s @coleggwent Higher Education Awards! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your Specialist Makeup course 💄 you are super stars! Another shout out to all our HND learners, da iawn!

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Very proud of my @coleggwent HNC Specialist Makeup Learners completing their first ever Lifecast within the first 3 days of their course 🎭

Learners used @NeillsMaterials 3 minute set alginate, excited to see the faces refined this week!

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Fun session with the L3 Makeup learners @coleggwent, such brilliant energy & teamwork!

Only 30 minutes to create the longest plait using a brand new technique🏆 Longest being 364cm which is as tall as an African elephant or 6 Golden retrievers one on top of another - da iawn!

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Brilliant to see so many of our @coleggwent Theatrical Media Makeup learners at the @itsmyshoutltd 🎥✨ It’s My Shout: A Celebration of 20 Years! ✨🎥

Da iawn to all involved! And thank you @mrogerburnell for the invite and all you have done 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿���

#IMS #itsmyshout #IMS20

[Coleg Gwent @coleggwent]

📢 Did you hear the news?

✨ Coleg Gwent are top of the Welsh leaderboard this year as 22 learners make it through to the WorldSkills UK National Finals!

Spaces filling fast! Apply now to join our top performing college. https://t.co/Gj8hV6Trbh

[Coleg Gwent @coleggwent]

🎉 Congratulations Team #ColegGwent ✨

We’re proud to announce that Coleg Gwent are top of the Welsh leaderboard this year, as 22 learners make it through to the @worldskillsuk National Finals 🏆

Check out who made it through to the finals ⬇️

https://t.co/Gj8hV6Trbh

[South Wales Life @southwaleslife]

Huge congratulations to the 22 learners @coleggwent who are top of the Welsh leaderboard and have made it through to the @worldskillsuk National Finals! Best of luck and we'll be following your progress all the way.
https://t.co/g3xjUnNpkv

[Coleg Gwent @coleggwent]

Only one day to go until our Open Event on Tuesday 28 June, 5-7.30pm at all #ColegGwent campuses ✨

Find out about our full time, part time & higher education courses, view our facilities & meet your future tutors 👋

🎟️ Register now: https://t.co/eoxM2z5xTS #MondayMotivation

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Thank you Joy for inviting me to the Academy Launch Event & trusting me to do a Demo for @ITVWales! Joy the heart of Afro Hair Academy Wales has inspired both the @coleggwent HND Specialist Makeup learners and I with her passion/commitment to bridging the diversity gap in Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Thank you Joy for inviting me to the Academy Launch Event & trusting me to do a Demo for @ITVWales! Joy the heart of Afro Hair Academy Wales has inspired both the @coleggwent HND Specialist Makeup learners and I with her passion/commitment to bridging the diversity gap in Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Moving up day with our internal progressing learners to our @coleggwent HNC Specialist Makeup 💄 a little taster session on Life-casting and working with new products that will be introduced next year! Look at this fabulous teamwork #specialistmakeup #makeupcourse @helenlawless3

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

We are ready and excited for the @worldskillsuk Commercial makeup qualifier at @colegcambria with our @coleggwent L2 Theatrical Media Makeup learners 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💄 #teamwales #teamcoleggwent @VTCT_uk @helenlawless3

[Karen Coates @MediaMakeupPage]

Theatrical Media Makeup and HND Specialist Makeup at @coleggwent 💄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 having a fantastic industry workshop by @Dannymarieelias recently seen on @GlowUpBBC as a guest judge and prosthetic designer on @bbcdoctorwho in collaboration with @FfilmCymruWales #FootInTheDoorWales!