International students
Become a professional Make-up Artist, Hair Artist or both, wherever you live.
Study the JDO Method in English with personal guidance throughout. Learn fully online from your own country, or prepare from home and complete your practical training during an Immersion in the Netherlands.
Meet your educator
Juliette den Ouden
International Hair & Make-up Artist · Educator · Founder of the JDO Method
Built from 25+ years of international industry experience
Juliette den Ouden has worked for more than twenty-five years across beauty, hair, fashion, editorial, education and international productions.
Throughout those years, she developed a way of working that went far beyond simply following techniques or recreating looks.
She learned how to read a face, understand balance, adapt to different people and situations, make strong creative decisions and build work with intention.
Over time, that became the JDO Method.
A method designed to help artists understand not only what to do, but why it works, so they can adapt, create with confidence and develop their own artistic identity.
You do not have to spend twenty-five years figuring it all out for yourself.
Whether you study with us online from anywhere in the world or join an Immersion in the Netherlands, you learn the same method, receive professional guidance and become part of an international creative community.
25+
years international experience
35+
awards
300+
publications
10.000+
people trained
JDO Academy is a CRKBO registered training provider in the Netherlands.
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What do you want to study
The JDO Method works for complete beginners and for creatives who are already working. You start where you are.
01
Make-up Artist
The full professional make-up programme, built on the JDO Method.
Read the full programme →
02
Hairstyling
The full professional hairstyling programme, built on the same Method.
Read the full programme →
03
Make-up + Hairstyling
Do both and create a complete look. A duo benefit applies.
Read the full programme →Each programme has its own page with the complete curriculum, the educators and the diploma work. How you follow it from abroad, online or here with us, is further down this page.
the programme
What you actually learn
Two programmes, each built in eight chapters that follow on from one another. Each chapter assumes the one before it, which is why the Method works for complete beginners as well as for artists who already work professionally.
You are trained broadly, not for one style. The same foundation of skin, structure, balance and holding power carries weddings and celebrations, commercial and beauty work, salon clients, and editorial and photoshoots. You learn to read a face and a brief, so a soft bridal look and a graphic editorial look come from the same understanding.
What you learn
Make-up Artist Class
19 modules · 8 chapters · about 5 months
01
Face & Feature Analysis
02
Colour Theory & Skin Tones
03
Technique & Product Knowledge
04
Beauty, Bridal & Fashion
05
Light, Depth & Placement
06
Creativity & Artistic Identity
07
Editorial Shoots & Practice
08
Client Communication
What you learn
Hairstyling Class
14 modules · 8 chapters · about 4 months
01
Look Analysis & Deconstruction
02
Foundations & Hair Preparation
03
Tools, Products & Technique
04
Texture, Waves & Curls
05
Updos, Bridal & Event
06
Editorial, Fashion & Creative
07
Portfolio Shoots & Practice
08
Creativity & Artistic Identity
The full chapter descriptions are on the Make-up Artist Class and Hairstyling Class pages.
how you study from abroad
Two ways to study internationally
Learn the complete JDO Method from wherever you live. Choose the flexibility of Online Guided, or prepare from home and complete your practical training during an Immersion in the Netherlands.
from your own country
Online Guided
Professional training. Personal guidance. Wherever you live.
This is not self-study. A new module opens every week, you hand in your work and the educators of JDO Academy review it, and every month there is a live Academy Session with Juliette and your group. You practise on your own models at home, at your own pace, without the cost of travelling to or staying in the Netherlands.
- ·Complete JDO Method
- ·Personal feedback throughout
- ·Live online Academy Sessions
- ·Start any day, twelve months of access
- ·Professional certification
One programme
€199
a month
Both programmes
€349
a month, instead of €398
A minimum of twelve months, after that it continues until you cancel. Taking both saves you €588 over the twelve months, and you become a complete Hair & Make-up Artist. Prefer to pay at once? €1.950 for one programme, or €3.650 for both, with the €250 duo benefit already deducted.
We are activating the subscription within a few days. Paying in one go is already possible.
Everything about Online Guided: Make-up · Hairstyling
online, then with us
Immersion
Prepare from home. Bring your training to life in the Netherlands.
You follow the complete Online Guided programme from home first, and then travel to the Netherlands for the practical days. Same Method, same feedback, same sessions, with the things a screen cannot give you added on top. You work in a studio alongside the others in your group, all day, with Juliette and the educators beside you. That is where most students feel their confidence change: you stop wondering whether your work is good enough, because you can see it, and you are told while your hands are still moving.
- ·Everything in Online Guided, as your first phase
- ·Plus practical training days with us in the Netherlands
- ·Plus correction while you work, not on a photo afterwards
- ·Plus a professional portfolio shoot with booked models
- ·Plus your certificate handed to you in person
- ·Plus a group around you, and artists you keep working with afterwards
Paying in one go. One programme has the 5% discount deducted; taking both gives you the €500 duo benefit instead. Shoot models come on top.
Everything about Immersion: Make-up · Hairstyling
Will you be in or near Amsterdam regularly?
Hybrid combines online learning with monthly practical classes in a small group. It suits you if you live within travelling distance of Amsterdam, and equally if you are spending a longer period in the Netherlands and want to be in the studio regularly throughout your training.
Some students come to the Netherlands for a period purely to train with us. If that is your plan, tell the Program Advisor, so we can line your classes up with the months you are here.
Coming from outside the EU? A short stay in the Schengen area is limited to 90 days within any 180 day period, whether or not you need a visa. Hybrid runs over several months, so you either travel in and out for the class days, or you arrange a longer stay on a basis of your own. JDO Academy is not a recognised sponsor with the Dutch immigration service and cannot provide a student residence permit. Discuss your situation with the Program Advisor before you enrol.
what the days here are like
What happens when you get here
From the first morning you are in the studio, working on live models, with Juliette and the educators beside you. Nothing is handed in and looked at a week later. You are corrected while your hands are still moving, and you do it again until it is right.
And you are not doing it alone. You work next to the others in your group all day, you see how someone else solves the same brief, and you are asked to look at their work as well. Your eye grows faster in a group than it ever does on your own.
By the end of the days here you have built complete looks under time pressure, in front of people who know this work, and it held up. That is what students tell us they took home with them: not only the technique, but the confidence that they can really do this. And the people they trained next to.
This is the part of the training that cannot be done through a screen, and it is the reason the Immersion exists.
if you are coming to the Netherlands
The next Immersion days
Your online start depends on the enrolment option you choose. Only the practical days carry a fixed date, and there is a cut-off for enrolling in time to arrive prepared.
June 2027
Make-up 15 to 19 June, Hairstyling 20 to 23 June. Taking both: 15 to 23 June, nine days and one trip.
Enrol before 26 January 2027 for Make-up, before 21 February 2027 for Hairstyling.
November 2027
Make-up 2 to 6 November, Hairstyling 7 to 10 November. Taking both: 2 to 10 November.
The exact location in the Netherlands is confirmed well before you book.
Live within travelling distance of Amsterdam? Then the Hybrid pathway is open to you as well: online learning combined with regular class evenings in Amsterdam.
a first step, if you want one
Discover the JDO Method first
Start with our €149 Make-up introduction and experience the way we teach, guide and approach professional artistry. You study from your own country and find out whether the JDO Method feels right for you before committing to a complete programme.
Continue to a full programme within three months and the €149 comes off the price, so you never pay twice.
Discover covers make-up. It is an introduction, not a third learning route.
what a month of study looks like
Your week, your month
However you study, the rhythm is the same. This is what it looks like from your own country.
Every week
A new module opens. You practise on your own models, hand in your work, and the educators of JDO Academy review it and tell you what to change.
Every month
A live Academy Session with Juliette and your group, where work is looked at together and you can ask anything. Recorded, so a time difference is never a reason to miss it.
Whenever you want
You start on the day you enrol, there are no fixed start dates, and you can go faster or slower as your own weeks allow.
19
modules for Make-up
about 5 months
You have access to the online programme for twelve months, which is time enough to finish it calmly alongside your work. After those twelve months your access ends.
in their own words
Experiences from international students
Three students, three countries, three different ways of studying with us.
“I wanted professional training, but travelling to the Netherlands was not realistic for me. Online Guided gave me the freedom to study from Brazil without feeling like I had to figure everything out alone. The personal feedback helped me understand not only how to create a look, but why certain choices worked. I could develop at my own pace and still feel connected to JDO throughout the programme.”
Student from Brazil · Online Guided
“Being able to prepare online before travelling made the Immersion incredibly valuable. I arrived in the Netherlands already familiar with the JDO Method, so the practical days were really about applying it, receiving direct correction and growing in confidence. The final shoot brought everything together and gave me work I was proud to add to my portfolio.”
Student from the United States · Immersion
“I live outside the Netherlands, but Amsterdam is close enough for me to travel once a month. Hybrid gave me exactly the balance I needed: the freedom to study online and regular practical training with the educators and the group. I could continue working while developing professionally, without having to relocate.”
Student in Europe · Hybrid
what it costs, and how to enrol
Choose your programme
Pick your pathway and your programme. The shoot models for Immersion are required and are added as a separate item, so what you see here is what you pay.
Online Guided
€1.950 per programme, or €3.650 for both. No shoot models required.
The duo benefit is applied automatically in your cart. Prefer to pay monthly? The subscription is being activated and the Program Advisor can reserve your place now.
Immersion
Make-up €4.200 €3.990, Hairstyling €3.700 €3.515, both €7.900 €7.400. The 5% for paying in one go is deducted, or the €500 duo benefit if you take both. Shoot models come on top.
Add your shoot models
Required for your final portfolio shoot, booked by us through agencies.
If your country requires a visa, the €350 educational documentation service is arranged with the Program Advisor after you enrol. Flights, accommodation, meals, insurance, local transport and your own materials are not included.
choosing immersion, step by step
From your country to the Netherlands
If you choose Immersion, this is how it runs. Your education begins at home, wherever that is, while your travel and any visa preparations are being arranged. Five steps: the first four from home, the last one with us.
Your country
Online JDO Method
Personal guidance
The Netherlands
Immersion
Portfolio & certificate
from home · with us in the Netherlands
01
Enrol
Choose your Immersion pathway
Enrol for Make-up, Hairstyling or both, and confirm that you intend to attend the International Immersion in the Netherlands.
02
Your country
Start your online preparation
Begin the guided online phase from home. Choose to start straight away and the platform opens the day you enrol; choose to wait for your visa decision first and your preparation begins once it is granted. Either way, your work is reviewed every week by the JDO Academy educators.
03
Your country
Your practical training is reserved
Your place for the selected Immersion period in the Netherlands is reserved and confirmed in writing.
04
Your country
Prepare your visa application
JDO prepares the official educational documents from our side. You, or your local visa partner, manage and submit the visa application itself.
05
Netherlands
Travel for your required practical training
Once your visa is approved you travel to the Netherlands for the required in-person phase of your programme: hands-on practice, personal mentoring and the professional final shoot that completes your portfolio.
how enrolling works from abroad
Reserve your place. Choose when you begin.
You pay for your programme in full when you enrol, and your place in the Netherlands is reserved. What happens next depends on one thing only: whether you need a visa to travel here.
no visa needed
One straight line
- ·You choose your Immersion and pay the tuition in full.
- ·Your place in the Netherlands is reserved.
- ·You add the shoot models for your programme, which are required and paid separately.
- ·You start the online JDO Method straight away.
- ·You travel on the agreed dates.
- ·You finish with the practical days, the shoot and your certificate.
Students from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland usually travel to the Netherlands without a visa for a stay this short.
visa needed
The same line, plus a choice
- ·You choose your Immersion, pay the tuition in full, and your place is reserved.
- ·You add the shoot models, which are required and paid separately.
- ·You add the visa documentation for €350, which we prepare personally for you.
- ·Then you choose when your education begins.
A · Start now
You begin the online phase immediately, so you are already learning while your application is being processed. If your visa is refused you continue as an Online Guided student and finish your programme online, and we refund the difference between the Immersion and the Online Guided tuition.
B · Wait for approval
Your place stays reserved but your programme does not open yet. If your visa is refused, we refund the tuition you have paid, minus the €350.
In both options we need the official written refusal from the authorities before we can refund anything, and the €350 is non-refundable once your personalised documents have been prepared. Your shoot models and your professional kit are invoiced later, so you are never charged for them. JDO Academy cannot guarantee visa approval; that decision rests with the authorities. Full conditions are set out in article 41 of our Terms & Conditions.
what you pay in total
Immersion, paid in one go, with the discount already deducted. The shoot models are required and the documentation fee only applies if your country requires a visa.
| Make-up | Hairstyling | Both | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition, after discount | €3.990 | €3.515 | €7.400 |
| Shoot models | €310 | €155 | €465 |
| Total without visa documentation | €4.300 | €3.670 | €7.865 |
| Visa documentation, if needed | €350 | €350 | €350 |
| Total with visa documentation | €4.650 | €4.020 | €8.215 |
Taking both programmes, the duo benefit of €500 applies instead of the discount for paying in one go. Flights, accommodation, meals, insurance, local transport and your own materials are not included.
The €350 is not a surcharge and not a deposit. It is the fee for the personal documentation file we prepare for your application, and because that work is done and delivered before any decision is made, it is not refunded. What is in that file, and what happens if your visa is refused, is set out on the country page below.
Choosing Hybrid instead? Hybrid asks you to be in Amsterdam on class days spread over several months, which is a different situation for most authorities than one block of practical days. Our documentation then lists every class date and the final shoot, so you can apply for the period you actually need. A short stay in the Schengen area remains limited to 90 days within any 180 day period, and JDO Academy is not a recognised sponsor with the Dutch immigration service, so we cannot provide a student residence permit for a longer stay. Discuss it with the Program Advisor before you enrol.
country pages
Which visa applies, where you file it and what the local deadlines are differs per country. In many countries you can engage a study consultancy or visa agency to guide you through the application, and we would recommend it: they know the local requirements and keep your deadlines. JDO works alongside them and supplies the educational documentation from our side. For some countries we have a page that walks through the whole route in detail, and our Program Advisor confirms what applies to your situation before you enrol.
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no surprises
The practical side
Studying from abroad raises the same three questions every time. Here they are, answered before you ask.
Models to practise on
For make-up you work on your own models: friends, family, your own network or fellow students. For hairstyling you practise on a doll head, so you do not need to find anyone at all.
Models for the shoots
We book those through agencies, so you shoot with professional models and bring nobody from your own country.
Make-up €310 for two models · Hairstyling €155 for one · Both €465
Products and tools
You receive a detailed product list that describes what each item has to do: the type of brush, the shape, the undertones your palette needs. You buy those locally, so you start straight away and never wait on a parcel or pay import duties. Shipping from the Netherlands is possible in some countries; whether it makes sense for yours is something the Program Advisor goes through with you.
Who arranges what
You arrange
- ·The visa application and the appointment
- ·Passport and personal documents
- ·Proof of financial means
- ·Flights and travel reservations
- ·Accommodation
- ·Travel insurance
- ·Your own models to practise on at home
- ·Any additional documents requested by the relevant authorities
Your consultancy, where you have one
- ·Advises you on which visa applies to you
- ·Checks your file before it is submitted
- ·Books your appointment and guides you through it
- ·Keeps your deadlines in view
In some countries students work with a study consultancy. JDO works alongside them and never submits an application itself.
What JDO provides
The educational documentation for your visa file, prepared personally for you:
- ·Official enrolment confirmation
- ·Confirmation of the selected programme and learning pathway
- ·Confirmation of the online preparation phase and its start date
- ·Programme description and training structure
- ·Confirmed dates and training location
- ·Programme schedule and training itinerary
- ·Tuition and payment confirmation
- ·Confirmation of your reserved place
- ·Expected programme completion date
- ·JDO Academy institutional and contact information
Plus the models for your professional photoshoot, booked by us through agencies, and a Program Advisor who answers your questions. Additional programme or academy information can be provided where the relevant visa authority reasonably requests it.
JDO never submits an application itself and cannot guarantee a visa decision.
either way
New to the industry, or already working
The JDO Method is designed to help you understand why you make certain creative choices, rather than copying a look step by step.
Whether you are starting from the beginning or strengthening skills you already have, you learn to analyse, apply with intention and create with confidence.
two minutes
Curious which path suits you
Six short questions about your diary, your distance to Amsterdam and how you learn best. Then you will know which learning path fits your life, and why.
Two minutes, free, including the complete brochure.
everything in one place, in one document
The brochure
The learning paths, the prices and the payment options. Thirteen pages, so you can compare in your own time.
before you ask
Questions we get most
When does it start and where does the Immersion take place? +
Your training starts as soon as you enrol. The Immersion takes place in the Netherlands: Make-up from 15 to 19 June 2027, Hairstyling from 20 to 23 June 2027, and if you take both you are with us from 15 to 23 June. Because a module is released every week, you need to have enrolled by 26 January 2027 for Make-up and by 21 February 2027 for Hairstyling. If you take both, 26 January is your date.
Who arranges the models for the shoots? +
We do. Professional models are booked for the shoots, so you work with the kind of face and hair you will meet on a real job. The model fee is listed separately from the tuition: €310 for the two models on the Make-up shoot, €155 for the one model on the Hairstyling shoot, and €465 if you take both programmes.
What certificate do you get, and is there an exam? +
Every student who completes the programme receives a JDO Academy certificate: a private training certificate from our academy, not a government diploma. JDO Academy is registered with the CRKBO and exempt from VAT. What it carries is the work behind it, which is why every programme ends with a professional shoot and portfolio material you can show.
On the Make-up Artist Class there is also an exam. You build your exam portfolio online during your preparation and submit it before you travel, so the assessment is already behind you when the Immersion starts. A pass gives you the official JDO exam certificate. The exam and the certificate are the same whether you finish online or travel for the Immersion. On Hairstyling there is no exam: your work is reviewed by the JDO Academy educators throughout, and you receive your certificate on completion.
What is included in the tuition? +
Included: the complete JDO Method in the app, personal feedback on your work, monthly live Academy Sessions with Juliette, free access to the JDO Collective Community, one month of JDO Collective Membership, your practical Immersion days in the Netherlands, a professional final shoot, portfolio development and your JDO certificate.
Not included: the shoot models, which are required and paid separately, and everything around your trip: flights, accommodation, meals, travel and health insurance, local transport, your own materials and professional kit, and the visa application itself. The €350 covers exactly one thing: the educational documentation JDO prepares for your file. The application, its fees and the appointment are yours.
Do you arrange accommodation? +
You arrange your own stay. We confirm the exact training location well before you book flights or apply for your visa, and we are happy to point you in the right direction so you book somewhere close to it.
What happens after the programme? +
You keep access to the free JDO Collective Community, where artists connect, share work and find briefs and collaborations. Every student also receives one month of JDO Collective Membership with their programme. After that month you decide for yourself whether you continue. Nothing renews automatically.
for organisations
A school, academy, salon or organisation?
JDO Academy also works internationally with schools, academies, salons and organisations through educational partnerships, masterclasses, exchanges and customised training.
Your group does not speak English? In consultation, the online JDO Method can be translated into the language of your group, so your students follow the full programme in their own language. During the days on location the group arranges its own interpreter if desired.
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Follow what we do
Juliette shares her own work, shoots and stage work. The Academy shares student work, training days and what happens inside the programmes. Many international students start by following along for a while.
Start where you are.
Learn the JDO Method.
Build a career that can travel with you.
Not sure which programme fits you, or what your country means for your options? Talk to our Program Advisor first. No obligation, just a conversation in English about where you are and where you want to go.