The Business of Makeup: Getting Started as a Makeup Artist

Part 1 of what could be many more videos. In this video I discuss the first steps to becoming a makeup artist. How do you get started? The pros and cons of going to makeup school. What do you do if you can't afford makeup school?
I never went to school to learn how to do makeup, much later in my career I took a short (very short) course on how to do some out of kit special effects just to fill in the gaps. I have worked with fantastic artists many of whom did and did not go to school to learn makeup, so keep that in mind. I'm hoping this video will shed some light on the first steps of getting into this industry.
If you know someone who is thinking about makeup as a career make sure you pass this on!
As always, reach out on social media and if you have any more questions about how to get started leave them in the comments below, I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who have the same questions.
xo A
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That's great! MUD has a fairly extensive program so I'm sure you will learn a lot. Yes it's totally different from social media in so many ways. Glad you are liking the videos!

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That's great Valeria! You are getting a head start on studying!!! 🤓

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🤗 Thanks Corina!

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Thanks for watching!

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Thank you Brittany!

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Thank you Mary!! Trying to stay real for everyone watching (and positive - life is too short!!).

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Thank you for watching!

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Thank you so much ! I love makeup and started to learn from training school . When I start to do makeup for other person , I found it is so different from what I usually do on myself . It looks heavy , it doesn't look like the person that used to be . Most of the time my makeup aged the person a few years which I am really disappointed for the makeup I have done . I started to feel worried to ask my fd for my makeup practice , As I worry I disappoint them too . Glad I found your video , it's very encouraging . I understand practice is important . And I hope I can gain more knowledge on makeup on KZbin . Please keep sharing your thoughts and tips with us . Makeup artist is quite a lonely career as everyone have different path , style and techniques . Glad to watch your video , it's like a friend that can understand me . Thank you

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Thank you so much for watching!

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Thanks for watching!

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You explained the beginning so well yes

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I can't stop watching your videos. I'm also a makeup artist in Toronto and I love how truthful (and oh so correct) you are. My school portfolio is WHOMP WHOMP, but I did learn a lot.

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YAY TORONTO!!!! School will always be a good learning experience (good or bad)!!!!

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My big pet peeve is that a lot of artists don't have websites and use instagram. I was looking for an assistant and only one person submitted a website. I don't wanna scroll through their stuff, especially a lot of the time it's just makeup on themselves.

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Yup! That definitely doesn't count as a portfolio lol.

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Fabulous video! Really well done. One thing I will say-even if you only want to do TV & Film, don’t just focus on special effects or prosthetics. You need to know how to do beauty makeup as well. They’re not going to hire a different makeup artist to do that aspect-you need to learn how to do all aspects of makeup. Also! You may not have a full book when you come out of school (you are always adding to it) but having 5 photos to show what you can do is better than having nothing. It won’t help you get amazing jobs but it will help you get something

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Thank you Gina!!!!! ☺️

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Thank you!

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Thanks for watching Michelle!