FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?

Mon, 25 Feb 2008, 06:13 pm

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A good friend of mine was once a student at a Brisbane Makeup School called Flix Institute of Makeup. After seeing my friend being taken for a ride by this place and left not happy with the quality of this school, I decided to do something that not many people have done before and RESEARCHED this place! I feel that it is important to reveal to anyone wanting to learn this craft what I have found and what this unprofessional place falsely displays to promote themselves. Firstly Flix Institute is a Makeup Training School which is run by a lady named Angela Waugh that also runs a business called Angel IFX that supplies makeup and hair services for weddings. The one thing that I would firstly like to bring up is that photos on the Flix Institute web site and the photos on the Angel IFX web site are "ROYALTY FREE IMAGES" this means that the photos of makeup that are obviously displayed to showcase what they can do are not and have not been created by Angela Waugh, any trainer or any artist or student! All these photos have been bought. This is a major red light to start with. On the Angel IFX website the following is said: "Over the last six years, Angel IFX have grown to become one of Australia’s largest hair and makeup Bridal Agencies. Our fully Qualified and experienced makeup artists and Hairstylists have all been trained by leading academies world wide, and have been called upon by such magazines as CLEO, Ralph and Black and White magazine to name but a few. Angel IFX consists of award winning and Internationally renowned Artists whose work has also features in such productions as Lord Of the Rings, Harry Potter, Anaconda II and House of Wax, and have also been requested personally by Paris Hilton and Kate Hudson, among others, for various red Carpet Events". If this place has been running for 6 years and has "INTERNATIONAL" artists, why is this site full of royalty free images? I would think that they should have enough photos of there own work to show case there skills?? With Flix Institute, the last place I would want to learn from is a place that displays only 10 photos of students work and the rest Royalty Free?? Below are the links to the royalty free photos used on Flix Institute and Angel IFX web sites. http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3747159_the_beautiful_young_blonde.php?id=3747159 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/relationships/weddings/brides/3084425_the_bride.php?id=3084425 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3977047_bride_and_groom.php?id=3977047 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/gender/female/women/3428801_pearls.php?id=3428801 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/4021853_bride_in_the_limousine.php?id=4021853 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4366561

Reality check about Flix

Thu, 15 May 2008, 04:35 pm

Walter Plinge

My daughter had the misfortune to attend Flix Institute in the second half of 2007. From the beginning she knew that things weren't right there but tried to remain positive. These are just a few of the issues my daughter confronted during her time at Flix: poor working materials, lack of makeup, notes downloaded from the internet, students from the immediately previous class "teaching" her and her fellow class mates, often no teacher, some extremely insensitive treatment by Angela on one particular occasion when Angela was undertaking a promotional activity during class time, no models for the student photo shoots and a general lack of regard on Angela's part for her clients, the people who had paid a significant amount of money to participate in what could only be loosely called a course or training. I am aware that Angela had health issues during this period but if Flix was a legitimate business she would have had contingency plans in place. I have been really sorry to read the comments which fit with how I know things were at least in late 2007. As my husband and I financially supported our daughter to attend Flix, I believe we are also part of a group of aggrieved people - the photographer, my daughter and other students from her course, whom we know were given a really bad deal, and other parents. It is very good that Flix has closed down.

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FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?— WARNING25 Feb 2008

Have you contacted the— Walter Plinge25 Feb 2008
You're better off reading— Na25 Feb 2008
From Curious— Walter Plinge26 Feb 2008
- Guilty Conscience— Walter Plinge27 Feb 2008
  - I live in Adelaide so have— Logos27 Feb 2008
flix— Walter Plinge21 Mar 2008
FLIX— Walter Plinge25 Mar 2008
This Whole thread is a— Walter Plinge25 Mar 2008
well maybe flix have pulled— Walter Plinge26 Mar 2008
But wait, there's more ...— scene6626 Mar 2008
- Re: But wait, there's more ...— scene6628 Mar 2008
i just finished training— Walter Plinge31 Mar 2008
i just finished training— Walter Plinge31 Mar 2008
flix has closed down. dodgy— Walter Plinge7 May 2008
- Flix— Walter Plinge13 May 2008
What can I do now??— Walter Plinge11 May 2008
What can I do now??— Walter Plinge11 May 2008
Well there goes my chance of ever being paid— Walter Plinge14 May 2008
whats with all the rumors— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
- Pathetic - This is the TRUTH - read it before its gone— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
  - By the way— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
    - by the way— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
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        Nice try— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
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        Words of Wisdom— Walter Plinge16 May 2008
- hey ..why not make a time— Walter Plinge20 May 2008
Reality check about Flix— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
Contact details!?...— Walter Plinge27 May 2008

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