L'École des Techniques du Maquillage Artistique - Christian Chauveau, just a few steps from Les Galeries Lafayette, L'Opéra Garnier and Café de la Paix was home for four months in Paris France in 2008.

Ashley Maurin completed Christian Chauveau’s professional makeup artistry school in Paris, France. The program included one-on-one training with Paris’s finest makeup artists and clocked nearly 500 hours of makeup training. The private makeup school was Paris’s first, started by Christian Chauveau in 1965. School graduates include Gucci Westman, Nathalie Gagné, Cirque du Soleil’s chief makeup artist; BlackUp’s founder, Fabrice Mahabo; chief makeup artists for fashion houses such as Givenchy and Armani; and more.

The beauty program offered training every aspect of makeup application and history including period makeup (1920's - present), makeup application for TV, history of makeup, techniques for runway and much more!