HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTIST

HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTIST

Makeup is not easy as it looks to be. It's a lot more than just foundations, lipsticks and powder. Makeup is meant to enhance your beauty and not conceal it. 

A lot of us do it out of passion and some take it up as a profession considering it as one of the most growing industry. The requirement for a professional makeup artist is on a rapid rise in India and around the world. A makeup artist enhances the beauty, hides the flaws, brings out the features and smoothes out the unevenness. At its most extraordinary, cosmetics creativity makes innovative characters and embellishments for films, TV, photography, and theatre.
On account of advanced cameras, cosmetics craftsmen are progressively popular for weddings, fashion shoots, corporate headshot photography, and other extraordinary occasions that will be shot or recorded.

There are a few things that I as an individual want to bring forward for my reader. Let's together  dig deep into the following:

- About makeup schools:

Like any normal school, a makeup school is out there to educate you, widen your knowledge, enhance your skills, recognize your potential and to create a strong background so that the stairs to your dream work is made a little comfortable.

• The most effective method to manufacture a cosmetics unit (ie, the sorts of cosmetics and brands you'll require for various kinds of cosmetics gigs).
• The most effective method to waterproof your cosmetics. 
• The intricate details of utilizing shading hypothesis ( colour theory).
• Facial shapes and attributes.
• Shades and undertones.
• The most effective method to apply eyeliner, mascara, and blush.
• Facial shaping utilizing features and shadows.
• Distinctive look searches for the eyes, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
• Best practices for moulding eyebrows and false eyelash application.
• The most effective method to complement the lips and utilize the characteristic bends of the face to make a look.
• The most effective method to blend and apply establishment for all skin types, hues, and tones.
• Step by step instructions to work with hovers underneath the eyes.
• To oversee skin defects, including smeared skin, inconsistent skin, breaking out skin type.
• The contrast between characteristic cosmetics versus vanguard and how to utilize each.
• The most effective method to do different sorts of cosmetics, for example, marriage cosmetics, cosmetics for shoots, and so forth. 
• Healthy skin schedules and how to keep up solid skin once the cosmetics fall off.
• Techniques for sterilizing your brushes and cosmetics unit. 
• furthermore, numerous different things! 

In the event that your MUA school is first class, they may likewise show business aptitudes in their cosmetics craftsman school educational modules, including how to:

• Lead a discussion with imminent customers and organizations.
• Publicize your administrations on the web and in neighbourhood markets. 
• Locate the right "value point" to charge your customers. 
• System and utilize your contacts to make new business. 
• Make a site and post your portfolio on the web. 
• Contact/create associations with photographers, beauty studios, and generation organizations.
• Team up with photographers and imaginative chiefs to locate the right "look" for a shoot or occasion.    

-How to become a Makeup artist

A profound love of beauty and care products and enthusiasm for all of the things cosmetics is equipped for is one of the principal indications of a sprouting cosmetics craftsman. In the event that you get a kick out of the chance to explore different avenues regarding diverse corrective looks and to give them a shot on yourself and your companions, you may find a genuine skill for applying cosmetics professionally. On the off chance that this is your passion, there are cosmetics craftsman schools which offer classes in all the various types of aspects of cosmetics.

There are 3P's you need to keep in mind while you choose the career of a Cosmetic craftsman. 

PRACTICE 

"Practice makes a man perfect"

This is your most vital arrangement as cosmetics creativity is an expertise to be enhanced. Going to class won't present to you a superior occupation your aptitudes and assurance will. 

You have to experiment with various individuals different face shapes, eye shapes, skin hues, eye hues, and ages. 

Make a point to photo the greater part of your looks as this will indicate you later on where you have to enhance and how your cosmetics means pictures. Cosmetics, all things considered, appears to be extremely unique from cosmetics in pictures-it has a tendency to get washed out and not be as dynamic. 

You needn't bother with a costly heap of cosmetics, yet you do need to put resources into an assortment of brushes and utilize cosmetics preliminaries. Utilizing diverse brushes particularly for the eyes will give you distinctive looks in view of how you utilize them. 

Ask other cosmetics craftsmen, companions, and relatives what they think about your work-instruct them frankly, as real feedback is the means by which we move forward! (It harms, I know, however it improves us ;) )

PORTFOLIO

You can have 2 types of portfolios- a print one and an online one.  An online one is better (in my opinion), as it reaches more people and can be viewed at any time.

If you do a printed portfolio, standard sizes of your pictures should be 9×12 or 11×14.  Put these pictures in a professional looking leather binder with plastic sleeves in them.  This will be a somewhat pricey project, but worth it if you plan on taking it with you to meet with potential clients.

For online portfolios, you can purchase your own domain name and use WordPress to post your pictures.  You could hire a local web designer or even a college student taking web design to help you put your site together.  There is nothing wrong with using a blog template either as long as it looks professional.  DO NOT use myspace or facebook to host your portfolio- it looks unprofessional!

Hire a professional photographer to take pictures of your work- no, do not have your neighbour Billy Bob do it.  You do not want to spend so much time, money, and effort putting together a great look just to get an average looking picture.  Find 2 or 3 local models of various types to work with you for a day and do various styles of makeup on them. Then have your photographer take various shots of each model- make sure to get some headshots also.

Your portfolio needs to consist of various styles:  clean makeup (simple but flawless), editorial makeup, avant-garde (experimental makeup), and beauty makeup.  Do not put bridal makeup in your portfolio- have a separate portfolio of your bridal work if you plan on going this route for your career.


PUBLICIZE

Your first step in getting your name out there is to get professional business cards.  Make your cards clean and professional and be sure to include your name, email address, link to your online portfolio, and possibly phone number.  Remember the KISS rule:   Keep It Simple Stupid  :)

Make yourself known to all wedding planners, party planners, local makeup counters, and any event coordinators.  Whenever you meet them, be dressed professionally and have a great makeup look on- your face is your hugest advertisement!

Hand out your business cards to all local planners, colleges and high schools (for prom season), retailers at makeup counters, and anyone else who will take your card.  It takes time to build a reputation, so don’t give up too soon.

A cosmetics craftsman accreditation isn't generally required relying upon your area, yet a portfolio is basic. Take fantastic photos of your work as you go from task to extend all through school and past, stay in contact with individuals you've work with and improperly request tributes and referrals, and be available to work with new specialists, items, and strategies as circumstances emerge.

Relationship building abilities are essential, and it keeps up a notoriety of functioning admirably with requesting on-screen characters, chiefs, photographers, and others.

-Career Options

Cosmetics specialists can work at salons, spas, retail chains, wedding boutiques thus numerous more kinds of organizations. Numerous cosmetics experts are independent on the grounds that the work is so versatile, and showcase themselves as pros in weddings and exceptional occasions, photograph shoots, runway models, film and TV, live theater, and enhancements, among others.

The most widely recognized cosmetics craftsmen work are in the movie and video ventures, individual care administrations, performing arts, TV broadcasting, and entertainment meccas and arcades (genuinely!).

To make your job a little easy I am listing down a few schools for Cosmetic Craftsmanship training-

INDIA-

India: 
Lakme Training Academy
VLCC Institute
Shahnaz Husain Makeup School
LTA School of Beauty
SMA Pune- International Makeup Academy
Delhi School of Beauty and Makeup
International School of Makeup

Abroad:
London Academy of Freelance Makeup.
Makeup Forever Academy.
Cinema Makeup School.
Academy of Makeup Arts.
The Makeup Department and Academy.
EI School of Professional Makeup.
Make-Up Designory.

On the off chance that you are enthusiastic about what you do and buckle down at it, in all likelihood you will be extremely fruitful! All the best.

Till then Keep it sweet and shimmering!

With lots of love, 

Chinar  Dasgupta.

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