Makeup & Skin Care by Kat Flynt

Good skin care is the very best foundation for a good makeup application. Part of a good skin care regimen is good nutrition; eat healthy and drink lots of pure water. In addition, use a good skin care product line that includes a cleanser, an exfoliating product (such as a mask or scrub), a toner, and moisturizer. When choosing your cosmetic products, be sure to use skin care products (meant to cleanse, exfoliate, tone, moisturize) from one product line. If you mix skin care products from different product lines, you may be mixing ingredients that do not work together and may even
counteract each other causing any thing from a minor sensitivity, or a major allergic reaction, or something a little less noticeable such as pre-mature aging. Most foundations on the market now are non-comedogenic which means they do not enter or clog your pores, this provides somewhat of a barrier of protection from anything else that is applied afterwards. And last but not least: avoid the three worst enemies of your skin (smoking cigarettes, consuming alcohol, and over exposure to sun or tanning beds). Now that you are taking excellent care of your skin, let's proceed to makeup
applications. Most licensed Makeup Artists will follow this general procedure:

·Drape client (or model),

·MUA should sanitize her hands,

·Cleanse client's skin,

·Use toner or freshener (for proper ph balance after cleansing),

·Apply moisturizer from a palette (even sanitized hands are not completely
free of dead skin cells and should not be used in place of a palette),

·Apply liquid or cream foundation from a palette,

·Apply concealer if needed,

·Apply contour if cream type,

·Apply cheek color if cream type,

·Apply loose, translucent, setting powder,

·Apply contour if powder type,

·Apply cheek color if powder type,

·Groom eyebrows,

·Apply eye makeup (important note: mascara wand should NEVER be re-used, MUA
should use only disposable wands),

·Apply lip liner and lip color,

·Remove drape and hand client a mirror.

·Clean up by MUA should include cleansing all brushes with brush cleaner,
and cleansing all other utensils with alcohol.

Yes, that is a very general outline and doesn't give you much information on actual makeup application techniques. There are so many good books on makeup application techniques and due to limited space here I feel it best to just
recommend my favorite "Making Faces" by Kevyn Aucoin. So by making that recommendation am I recommending that a model should ever do her own makeup for a photo shoot??? Not unless she is really good and it is absolutely
necessary. However, I do think it a good idea to be prepared just in case her MUA is unavoidably detained and can not be there. Which, by the way, would be almost inexcusable, in other words, I would want to see the
accident report. You know? It just is not professional for any, the Photographer, the Model, or the Makeup Artist to not give a reasonable amount of notice before canceling an appointment (or God forbid just not show up).

So how does a model become knowledgeable and gain a little expertise with makeup "just in case"? Most Makeup Artists do offer some sort of individual lesson on makeup applications (for a small fee) and that is the best place
to start. Follow with practice, practice, practice and you just might do a pretty good job at it.

Please feel free to visit my website www.katflynt.com for more information
regarding individual makeup application lessons. I look forward to serving
you.

Explanation of Licensing for MUA

The Secretary of State (Georgia) Professional Licensing Boards Division
issues two licenses that cover someone working as a Freelance Makeup Artist.

·An Esthetician License covers Facials, Skin Care Treatments (such as
Microdermabrasion, Glycolic, etc..), Body Treatments, Hair Removal
Treatments (such as tweezing, waxing, electrolysis, etc.) and Makeup
Applications.

·A Cosmetologist is licensed for all of the above plus Hair Treatments
(cuts, colors, perms, etc.), Manicures/Pedicures, and of course Makeup
Applications.

Even though anyone can style hair (not cut) without a licensed obviously a Cosmetologist who has been trained on every aspect of hair styling as well as hair treatments is going to be the best qualified for hair styling. For
most larger assignments there will be a Hair Stylist (usually a licensed Cosmetologist) and a Makeup Artist (usually a licensed Esthetician); however, for some smaller assignments the Makeup Artist may also be asked to
style hair or at least assist the model with hair style changes. A makeup artist at a department store sales counter is not required to be licensed but most other reputable businesses using makeup artist do require the
license to "cover their butt" regarding liability issues. Examples: Salons, Day Spas, CNN, most promotional tours, professional photography studios, and the most reputable talent agencies. Even so, there are many working as
makeup artist who are not licensed so if this is important to you then it is up to you to ask. For more information regarding the laws, visit the Secretary of State's website.