Hi Hannah, I’m in the Bay Area and don’t necessarily recommend going to school for makeup. I feel that lots of makeup schools take advantage of the fact that people feel like they have to go to school to be good at something or become a professional. Often there isn’t much practical experience and many of the artists I’ve worked with who graduated from makeup schools were heavily in debt and had less experience doing makeup than someone working at a makeup counter would. That being said, if you are independently wealthy, cinema makeup school is actually a solid education and just about the only makeup school I’d recommend. I didn’t go to school for makeup. I worked for MAC in the early 2000s. Lots of brands are really good about education and training now. Even Sephora has really stepped up their game artistry wise. The reason I’m so passionate about not going into debt to start a career in the arts is because I went to music school at a state school and managed to put myself through college without debt. This was huge because as a makeup artist the first couple years I definitely made under $40k a year. Some of the makeup schools charge that much knowing their graduates won’t make much money for the first decade of their career. There’s no reason to pay a ton of money to get limited experience working on different faces that you could get working at a counter and by watching videos online. I hope that helps! Sorry for the kind of rant, it’s a thing I’m passionate about and want to save people from ❤️

You are giving me life! As someone who hasn’t made a video in years and is under quarantine, I feel like I might have a use for this time after all ;)

Awwww thats rad! I'd love to see pics on my IG. I'm @coymakeup :)

Whenever recreating Mr. Verdon Venom, I like to keep it funny ;)

Thanks!