Make up lighting

[halliek06]

Ok so, what kind of lighting do you guys to yall's make up? which is the BEST lighting to apply it in rather? lol i have a flourescent light in the bathroom which is the type of light in the MAC store here... but i heard its not good to apply it in that lighting? what do yall think?

also... how long does it take you guys to apply make up? Just curious...


-hayLee

[aeni]

i prefer natural light if i can. i try to do my makeup near my bedroom window if i can.

[caffn8me]

Fluorescent lights come in many different varieties and the types you usually get in shops and in homes are useless for accurate colour rendition. The ones at M·A·C use special tubes which are designed to give good colour matching and simulate daylight. Some tubes like that need special control equipment inside the fitting so won't work in domestic holders. The M·A·C fluorescents certainly won't be anything like the one in your bathroom in terms of their colour spectrum.

I have a makeup mirror with two special fluorescent tubes and it's excellent but substituting one of the special tri-phosphor tubes for a regular domestic fluorescent immediately shows the difference. The domestic tube makes the face look horrible as it has a greenish tint.

[user3]

Hi

There is already an on going thread about how long it takes people to do their makeup. You are welcome to respond in the thread below.
http://www.specktra.net/forum/showth...highlight=long

There is also a thread about makeup lighting. Please post any questions or concerns about lighting in the thread provided below.
Best lighting to do your makeup in?


I will give both of these threads a bump for you.


Please remember to do a search as many questions can be answered that way. Also if you respond in a thread it will get bumped to the current page in this forum and so others can see it.

If you have any questions please feel free to PM me or Alexa.

Thanks