Have you ever bought a foundation online, or even in a store, for that matter? You get home, and the light is different in your bathroom. The thing is, when you apply it to your face, the color is totally wrong. It doesn’t blend into your skin like it seemed to do in the lovely…
Makeup work is awesome. Let’s not deny it. You and I get to be part of super cool movies and tv shows, meet really interesting people, and work in really unusual, exotic and exciting places that we might not have the chance to travel to otherwise. But of course, there has to be a downside….
I get asked this question a lot. Like A LOT! So I decided to spend some time really honing in on what it takes in this day and age to get work when you’re fresh out of college, or if you’ve been doing makeup a while yourself, and you’ve decided it’s the time to take…
And the best thing about this technique is it doesn’t even involve picking up a brush or any makeup product at all. It’s not blending, it’s not concealing, and guess what? Nobody will even know you’re doing it! This technique will change your makeup game for good. Perhaps you’re already using it and you don’t…
I can remember being a teenager starting out doing makeup, and sitting on the old church pews in our glorious makeup college. We were fortunate enough to have some fantastic guest teachers who brought in their portfolios (yep – we carried around giant portfolios in the 90s!) and showed us projects they had worked on….
Not too long ago, I was finally introduced to a portable airbrush system that actually works, is cordless, tidy, and reliable. And it holds a charge longer than 5 minutes. Yep, a portable airbrush makeup kit that I suspect you could do almost any last-minute touches with. And bring it to set all day without…
Why you might need to do this “My co-worker left her makeup kit in her car overnight. When she went to get it the next morning, everything was gone.” Sound familiar? Other such nightmare scenarios for makeup artists might include – traveling with your makeup by air only to discover your case of makeup has…
Have you ever had that moment where you realize that your entire kit looks more like a garbage island than an actual makeup kit? You realize to yourself that you are in total makeup kit overwhelm, and need some organizational hand-holding for sure! Well, you’re not alone. And it’s okay! I promise! I’m not sure…