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The Makeup Artist Workshop by Candace Corey

Description: This 3 day hands-on class is taught by makeup artist Candace Corey, to show you makeup and business techniques needed to work as a professional makeup artist for print, events and TV. Candace is a working makeup artist. Her work has been in various media including Access …

Makeup Artist are Your Friends

When you decided to create a career as a Makeup Artist, I'm sure you didn't fully grasp how competitive this field is. Competitive, as in there are so many makeup artist, so many people with talent, and so many different avenues to express yourself. It can be easy to look at an…

Build Your Makeup Business Before Quitting Your Day Job

Becoming a makeup artist can be exciting and very different from your regular 9-5 job. It can be alluring to give your two weeks notice once you have regular income for a few months but how do you know when your ready? Plan of Action 1. Figure out how you will expand your bus…

Tools of the Trade: Fashion Week

No matter what your style is as a Makeup Artist, there is a semi annual event all over the world that has a ripple effect on the beauty industry -  Fashion Week . It is the holy grail of fashion, beauty, and pop culture.  Fashion Week is held all over the world but the four fashion c…

How to Become a Makeup Artist Timeline

I learn best with visual guides so I decided to put together this "basic timeline" of events that depicts the journey of a Professional Makeup Artist. Everyone's journey as a Makeup Artist is different, there is no one way of getting there. There is no cookie cut…

Just DO IT!

I know first hand how easy it can be to feel intimidated or nervous when you first start off as a makeup artist. It's easy to compare yourself to other makeup artist and it's even easier to get discouraged. Particularly when you are first building your portfolio and don'…