Tips for becoming your own makeup artist that won't cost you thousands of dollars

 

As I've worked in the cosmetics industry, I've had the chance to work with makeup artists, makeup schools, and professional makeup companies. Living in Hollywood, California, for the past 10 years has given me more opportunities to work with these companies. During that time, I've also had the chance to learn how to apply the makeup I've been making for years, as well as how to work with latex and silicone FX makeup, which is a lot of fun. I've been lucky that all of the new information I've learned has come from the work I've done for these companies. Many of the students I've met weren't as lucky as I was because they had to pay full price (sometimes as much as $30,000) for the same education. At the end of their training, they usually get to go out and try out their new skills for free. If they're lucky, they might get a kit fee (usually around $45) for a day's work. Over the years, I've heard the phrase "paying their dues" used to describe this. The people who said this were the same ones who charged the $30,000, though. I've always thought that the new makeup artists were being taken advantage of. Maybe it's because my inner capitalist screams when I think about someone giving away their time. The old saying, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" comes to mind. Once you start giving away your services or products for free, it's very hard to stop. Even though it might take a little longer to become a good makeup artist if you charge for your services, I think that when we get paid for our work, we hold our heads a little higher, take more pride in what we do, and get more respect from our customers as a result.  CALL US MAKEUP ARTIST COURSE IN GURGAON

So, if you want to learn more about makeup artistry and want to save a lot of money, I'll tell you some of the things I've learned that can help you do that.    

Denis Leary gave some advice about how to become a filmmaker in an interview I heard a while ago. He said, "If you want to be a filmmaker, take the money you were going to spend on film school and buy a camera. Then make your movie." Makeup artists can use the same kinds of tips.

Since filmmaking technology is always changing and you need a lot of skills to be an expert shade matcher and makeup artist, it might seem hard to follow your makeup dreams without spending tens of thousands of dollars on classes. But if you've never been a professional makeup artist before, "Stage Makeup" by Richard Corson might be one of the best books you can buy to teach yourself.

This how-to book has a lot of technical information about how to change light and color to make effects. Not only can these lessons be used for stage and effects makeup, but they can also be used for any kind of makeup. You will also find that a lot of what Richard Corson teaches is the same as what makeup schools charge thousands of dollars to teach. CALL US MAKEUP ARTIST COURSE IN GURGAON

Being a makeup artist is about more than just having the right information. Putting together your makeup kit is another part that could be more expensive. It doesn't take long for a makeup artist to spend thousands of dollars on their kit. When you consider that most cosmetics have a shelf life of no more than three years (many have even shorter shelf lives, and natural makeup has as little as a 90-day shelf life after the date of opening), it's easy to spend a lot of money on makeup in a short amount of time. When you look at just the base makeups (foundation, correctives (neutralizers, shaders, and highlighters)), it is not out of the question that you will buy up to 25 to 30 different shades of makeup. This is because you will need to blend for lighter skinned and ethnic makeup. Makeup artists will usually custom blend makeup by mixing the different shades they have in their kit, but they will still need to buy many shades to be able to do this. Since many professional foundation brands can cost up to $15 to $20 per half ounce of makeup, you can quickly spend up to $600 just on foundation. When you think about how frustrating it is when makeup and other cosmetics are taken off the market, it becomes clear how helpful it is to be able to make your own makeup. Professional makeup artists have wanted to be able to make truly custom makeup for as long as there have been different colors. By mixing your own colors, you can carry less of the base materials and spend a lot less money to get the same or even better results. Whereas you could spend up to $600 on 25 to 30 separate makeup bases By Jove Cosmetics' Ultra Matrix 3000 custom foundation kit is a good example of a custom-blending kit that costs as little as $30 for a starter kit that lets you mix up to 2 oz. of foundation and/or correctives. By Jove's discount program makes it possible for refill bases to cost as little as $10.50 per ounce. This means that both aspiring and professional makeup artists can save a lot of money on their kits and carry a lot less stuff.

As companies like By Jove Cosmetics keep adding blush, eye shadow, and lip colors to their custom-blending kits, anyone who can see colors will be able to get any color in the rainbow.

With the way free internet access works today, there is so much information and networking access (through Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace) that anyone who wants to be a professional makeup artist can do so from almost anywhere in the world. You don't have to go to Hollywood or New York and spend tens of thousands of dollars to get started.  CALL US MAKEUP ARTIST COURSE IN GURGAON.