Makeup Artist Book

[Haziel Barbour]

Mylove for being a makeup artist can be broken down into three categories: I love the feeling that I am empowering the people I work on, I love connecting with my clients and I love the journey I am on as a young entrepreneur.

Every day I wake up with the mindset that my work is going to help my clients be the most confident and beautiful version of themselves and help them achieve whatever their goals are on the biggest days of their lives. It is this mindset that drives me to be the best makeup artist that I can possibly be. It takes learning, it takes practice and it takes patience- but I know in my heart of hearts that I am helping change the world one face at a time.

With over 10 years of experience as a makeup artist I have had the opportunity to meet clients from all walks of life. All of my wonderful clients all have their own dreams, their own aspirations and a unique story. I cherish the time I get to spend with them and learn more about who they are, what their passions are and why THEY do what they do. I learn so much from my clients, and for that I am so thankful.

I love knowing that every day I am going to learn something new and that every day is going to be different. I love knowing that my next client is going to bring with them a new set of a experiences, aspirations and dreams. Most importantly, I know that because of this, every day I am going to grow as a human being- and for that I am very thankful.

Maryelle Artistry has built a reputation for excellence in the Boston beauty scene, particularly for their work with Asian brides and clients, thanks to their team of makeup artists known for their expertise in creating looks that cater to various skin types and preferences.

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I've been super fortunate in my 20+ year career to see my work on the big and small screen and see my name roll across those credits. What a great feeling it is to see the finished product from all the blood sweat and tears of long days, sometimes working in extreme heat or cold. The end results can look so glamorous but the process to make it can be far from it! So for those of you who aspire to work in Film and TV here are some basic requirements and then I'll break down what some of the more prominent makeup unions are looking for.

SKILLS: Baby you gotta have them! Even if you aren't going to run a special effects department, you should have working fx knowledge. I recently worked on a movie as part of the makeup department and I had to do and maintain blood, bruising, tattoo cover, scars and much more. Here's a detailed list of things you should expect to learn:

I didn't take the traditional school approach but did invest a lot of time and money into taking courses from WORKING MAKEUP ARTISTS. I learned to make teeth, do face casts, and make molds among many many other things. And the list above is so that you are competent on set. To run a department, you need to know much more about the business (paperwork) part of the job! ( And I'll talk about that in part 2).

LEARNING & GETTING EXPERIENCE: Even though I didn't take the traditional route, going to a REPUTABLE school can help to give you a foundation to start with. From there, it's about perfecting the skills, making the connections, and getting eligible hours to qualify. I was doing makeup about 9-10 years before I was able to join. Schools like MUD (L.A .& NYC) , Complections (Toronto), Cinema Makeup (L.A.), Tom Savini FX (PA) are a few places to check out. But please do some asking around and then you'll be need to put yourself out there and put them to use! Start to build a makeup morgue (portfolio of your work) along with a reel showing what your work looks like in motion. You will need to show evidence that you know how to create wounds, effects, period makeup etc as part of the requirements for the union and anyone who is looking to hire you. A good initial way to get experience is to reach out to film students. They have assignments as students that they have to complete so the chances are greater that you will receive a copy and that it will be completed. Then from there you'll have something to show to work to possibly assisting on smaller projects or working on them yourself. Make good use of google to find film schools. And here's a link to some things you should have in your kit if you didn't receive these things as part of the initial kit from school. Yes this makeup game ain't easy! More in Part Two!

A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry. Awards given for this profession in the entertainment industry include the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling,[1] and entertainment industry awards such as the Emmy Awards,[2][3] and the Golden Globes.[4] In some countries professional licenses are required by agencies in order for them to hire the MUA. Bigger production companies[5] have in-house makeup artists on their payroll although most MUA's generally are freelance and their times remain flexible depending on the project.

Fashion makeup is used in magazine photography as well as on the fashion runway. Avant-garde makeup is also an applicable technique used for projects that require experimental themes. Fashion makeup is also commonly used in television and film ranging for the natural prime look to more sophisticated applications such as color balance.

Stage makeup is used as a method in conjunction with stage lighting to highlight the actors' faces in order to make expressions visible to the audience from moderate distances. This often includes defining the eyes and lips as well as the highlights and lowlights of the facial bones.

The use of special effects techniques enhancing physical features to exhibit metaphysical characteristics[clarification needed] as well as fantasy makeup. The use of prosthetics and plaster casting are also required for projects that entails non-human appearances. Accents such as theatrical blood and ooze are also techniques applicable to this type of makeup.

An airbrush is a small air-operated device that sprays water-based makeup by a process of nebulization. Airbrushed makeup was used in Hollywood movies at least as early as the 1930s. Monte Westmore is sometimes credited[6] with developing the technique for Gone With the Wind, but his brother Wally was using it at least five years earlier in Pre-Code films such as Murder at the Vanities. It has recently been re-popularized by the advent of HDTV and digital photography, where the camera focuses on higher depths of detail. Liquid foundations that are high in coverage but thin in consistency are applied with the airbrush for full coverage without a heavy build-up of product.

This is an art which involves the use of light[7] reflectors and ingredients such as minerals to give the skin a flawless finish. This was developed due to the further development of high definition[8] mediums and the cost implications of airbrush makeup.

In 1955 the Bollywood group Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers' Association (CCMAA) created a rule that did not allow women to obtain memberships as makeup artists.[9] However, in 2014 the Supreme Court of India ruled that this rule was in violation of the Indian constitutional guarantees granted under Article 14 (right to equality), 19(1)(g) (freedom to carry out any profession) and Article 21 (right to liberty).[9] The judges of the Supreme Court of India stated that the ban on women makeup artist members had no "rationale nexus" to the cause sought to be achieved and was "unacceptable, impermissible and inconsistent" with the constitutional rights guaranteed to the citizens.[9] The Court also found illegal the rule which mandated that for any artist, female or male, to work in the industry, they must have domicile status of five years in the state where they intend to work.[9] In 2015 it was announced that Charu Khurana had become the first woman to be registered by the Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers' Association.[10]

In June 2014, the Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers' Association (CCMAA) authorised an official protest on the movie set of Bang Bang! in protest of a foreign makeup artist, Daniel Bauer, working on the movie for its lead actress, Katrina Kaif. The CCMAA and 15 of its members protested on the movie set as Daniel Bauer was not registered with the Union, despite the Union banning foreign artists working in Bollywood. The issue was resolved with the CCMAA granting Daniel Bauer full membership.[11]

I was a tomboy but I still loved makeup. I saw it as a way to express myself and the different parts of my personality. Sometimes I wanted to feel pretty and then there was the punk rocker in me. Makeup allowed me the opportunity to express various sides of my young self.

I had my son when I was 25 and my daughter when I was 27. I was not prepared in any way shape or form for what my world was going to look like. Little did I know that spending 30 minutes to apply my eye shadow would become a luxury. I was lucky if I got a shower and got dressed.

Having two children less than two years apart meant I was busy! I would feed one, change a diaper, make food, try to clean up, change another diaper, get one down for a nap and then the other, etc. I would do what I was told and sleep while they were asleep. I never contemplated my appearance, but deep down, I longed for the time I could just spend 20 minutes to get dressed by myself.

Eventually, I went back to work at a salon. I had to get myself dressed and put together. I was a makeup artist after all. I had my tips and tricks and I used all of them to get myself ready as fast as I could, but there was one problem. I found myself doing the same thing I had always done, and I barely looked in the mirror at myself. I just applied my makeup in a way I trusted looked good. I began to recognize that I had become that client I had all those years ago. I was ignoring the mirror and relying on the way I did my makeup from the past. It was no longer an act of self-expression or a creative act and now I had a case of that previously mentioned dissociative disorder. I had to do it for my job to be socially accepted and I was going through the motions.

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