tricky
Well-known member
I was hardcore into makeup for a long, long time. I sort of stopped being so into it for a while. I still really love it, but at some point it became, like, overload for me! Buying too much stuff, not having time to do my own makeup, etc.
A couple nights ago I was talking to my date and we were talking about things that we think we'd be good at but we've never persued. I said I think I'd be a good MUA, but I never got into it. He encouraged me to give it a go. The thing is, I don't want to commit myself to years of training at this point. I'd be open to taking short seminar classes, etc. but don't want to sign up for makeup artist school or whatever.
I have a ton of makeup that I have bought for myself. I got out of doing my own makeup for a while, so I may be a bit rusty at this point.
My questions are:
1. Can I use my makeup in my kit if I clean it off really well? And when I say this, I mean, can I use cleanable products such as eyeshadows, pencils, blushes? I realize re-using things in a kit such as lipglosses, and liquid eyeliner is probably not a good idea. Can I use my used pigments in my kit (an item that obviously can't be cleaned)? Or, do I need to start from scratch?
2. What do I need to start out with? Do I need a portfolio? And if so, what kind of models? Is it best to show a variety of skintones/ races in your portfolio?
3. How do I find models? Criagslist? Friends I guess are a good starting point just to practice doing makeup on other people...
4. Anything else that I should know? I don't have much knowledge on the industry and how to get into at all.
This forum has SO MANY threads! I've gone through some of them, but it seems like a lot of them pertain to MAC specifically, and I don't want to work for MAC, this would be more like a fun thing to do in my spare time, that could possibly lead to paying jobs down the road.
Thanks!
A couple nights ago I was talking to my date and we were talking about things that we think we'd be good at but we've never persued. I said I think I'd be a good MUA, but I never got into it. He encouraged me to give it a go. The thing is, I don't want to commit myself to years of training at this point. I'd be open to taking short seminar classes, etc. but don't want to sign up for makeup artist school or whatever.
I have a ton of makeup that I have bought for myself. I got out of doing my own makeup for a while, so I may be a bit rusty at this point.
My questions are:
1. Can I use my makeup in my kit if I clean it off really well? And when I say this, I mean, can I use cleanable products such as eyeshadows, pencils, blushes? I realize re-using things in a kit such as lipglosses, and liquid eyeliner is probably not a good idea. Can I use my used pigments in my kit (an item that obviously can't be cleaned)? Or, do I need to start from scratch?
2. What do I need to start out with? Do I need a portfolio? And if so, what kind of models? Is it best to show a variety of skintones/ races in your portfolio?
3. How do I find models? Criagslist? Friends I guess are a good starting point just to practice doing makeup on other people...
4. Anything else that I should know? I don't have much knowledge on the industry and how to get into at all.
This forum has SO MANY threads! I've gone through some of them, but it seems like a lot of them pertain to MAC specifically, and I don't want to work for MAC, this would be more like a fun thing to do in my spare time, that could possibly lead to paying jobs down the road.
Thanks!
