I decided this week I would talk about some products. It's very hard to find great brushes for a reasonable price these days. Everyone is on a budget so I decided I would share with you guys one place I shop for brushes. So all you makeup lovers I hope you enjoy.
Morphe Brushes is a great company that offers great quality brushes for a low price you can't beat. They sell Italian Badger to Synthetic brushes plus more. I can honestly say I'm very happy with my purchases with this company. They have brush sets for as low as $20! I paid about $11 for my Italian Badger jumbo kabuki fan brush an I love it! They Italian Badger brushes barely shed any hair, and my fellow makeup artist you know how we hate doing makeup and the hair sheds on the clients face, so not cool.
Morphe Brushes also offers private labeling for their brushes. I haven't tried this out myself but I will be soon enough. They also sell eye shadow and blush palettes, disposables, and even esthetics essentials too. I have their blush palette and I really like it, just a little bit of blush goes a long way. I noticed some brands of blushes you have to literally dig the brush into the blush to get the product, that is not the case with this palette.
I had one order where they sent me the wrong lip applicators, I emailed them and they responded right away. They told me to keep the ones I had an I received the right ones within three days. This is one of my top choices for ordering brushes. I do believe that you have to spend a minimum of $25 to order, but with all the great products they have I'm sure you will have no problems. If you guys have brands that you stand by share them! Until next week remember "Quality over Quanity"
Friday, March 15, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Struggles Of Makeup Artists
As a professional makeup artist, its alot of things I see good and bad being in this industry. I believe that makeup artists play one of the biggest parts in this industry, and alot of times we dont get the credit we deserve. Have you ever seen the Grammy's and a star comes walking down the red carpet, and she has on a beautiful dress, hair is styled, but no makeup on? You would never see that, a makeup artist brings everything together.
We work very hard to establish a career for ourselves, some people do it part-time, and others like myself do it as a full-time career. I personally do not work for free unless its for a particular magazine publication. Makeup artist invest too much into their kit, traveling, and other expenses to work for free. It burns me up when photographer contacts me about rates, I give it to them and then they say "such an such said they would do it for $35/45" How many of you have experienced this yourself?
Here is a simple break down of some of the products I use doing a full face & the cost:
Foundation-$22
Concealer-$15
Eyeshadow-$7-20
Eye Liner-$10
Lipstick/gloss-$7-16
Eyebrow Pencil-$9
Blush-$10-15
Mascara-$8-20
Setting Powder-$12
Total=approx. $139
Now where did people get TFP, Free, or $35 from that? That is just some of my items and the prices I pay for product. The bottom line is we are professionals that provide a service, therefore we should always be paid. You dont go to a restaurant and eat for free, you dont shop at your favorite store for free, so why do people think makeup artistry should be free?
Bottom line is we are professionals. To protect yourself against running into issues like that, make sure you have contracts in place to protect you and your business. Stick to your guns, I see too many makeup artist settle for the quick dollar instead of sticking to the guns and getting paid their worth. Trust me I know, I fell victim to the same thing too at one point. I once read would you rather have 10 gigs that pay $40ea. that add up to $400, or that 1 gig for $400?
Your business is a direct outlook of yourself, so what do you stand for?
We work very hard to establish a career for ourselves, some people do it part-time, and others like myself do it as a full-time career. I personally do not work for free unless its for a particular magazine publication. Makeup artist invest too much into their kit, traveling, and other expenses to work for free. It burns me up when photographer contacts me about rates, I give it to them and then they say "such an such said they would do it for $35/45" How many of you have experienced this yourself?
Here is a simple break down of some of the products I use doing a full face & the cost:
Foundation-$22
Concealer-$15
Eyeshadow-$7-20
Eye Liner-$10
Lipstick/gloss-$7-16
Eyebrow Pencil-$9
Blush-$10-15
Mascara-$8-20
Setting Powder-$12
Total=approx. $139
Now where did people get TFP, Free, or $35 from that? That is just some of my items and the prices I pay for product. The bottom line is we are professionals that provide a service, therefore we should always be paid. You dont go to a restaurant and eat for free, you dont shop at your favorite store for free, so why do people think makeup artistry should be free?
Bottom line is we are professionals. To protect yourself against running into issues like that, make sure you have contracts in place to protect you and your business. Stick to your guns, I see too many makeup artist settle for the quick dollar instead of sticking to the guns and getting paid their worth. Trust me I know, I fell victim to the same thing too at one point. I once read would you rather have 10 gigs that pay $40ea. that add up to $400, or that 1 gig for $400?
Your business is a direct outlook of yourself, so what do you stand for?
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Importance Of A Website
I wanna talk about some reasons why you should have a website if you already have or plan on running a business. To have a website is very crucial if you plan to run a business or, if you just want to network a certain set of skills you have. Everything we do now revolves around the Internet and social medias, so it would only make sense to showcase your skills on the web. Having a website shows that you are serious about what you do. I remember when I first started doing makeup, people would ask me if I had a website, and at the time I didn't. I noticed that once I did I was receiving more calls for gigs.
Its says to folks your a professional when you have a site, people can see the quality of your work, learn a little about who you are as a person, and decide if your someone they would want to do business with. I cant stress enough how HUGE the quality of your site means for your business. I understand not everyone has the money to invest in a top quality site, but have a starting point and build on it. Just think, would you think to buy clothes from a website and half the images don't load, and you click on the links but they don't work, no right? So why no invest in the quality of your site? I just had my whole site redone and it was well worth it.
I guarantee you the better the quality of your work and site, the more money you will make. Its all about how you display yourself to the world. Your site should be easy to follow, and show off your specific set of skills that you have. If someone goes to your site and they still have to ask you "what do you do?" You might wanna go back and revamp your site.
Be creative, have fun with it, this is your way to introduce yourself to the world. Show people how unique and different you are from everyone else. Always remember "Quality over Quantity"
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