Tania

Los Angeles / San Francisco makeup artist, makeup educator and beauty writer Tania D. Russell View my portfolio website at https://makeuptogo.com :)

  • #HaveYouSeenThis – Living Paintings by Alexa Meade

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    Live Paintings by Alexa Meade is the type of art that has to be seen to be believed… Ummm… This is crazy There are few times when I can say that I’ve never seen anything like this, but I have never seen anything like this. One part makeup artist, several parts fine artist, Alexa Meade […]

  • #MakeupMonday – IMATS Los Angeles 2015

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    Once again I had the pleasure of attending a makeup artist trade show. This time around was the International Makeup Artist Trade Show aka IMATS Los Angeles 2015. may contain affiliate links This year was a bit different for me because I was (and still am) actually working up in San Francisco and had to […]

  • #HaveYouSeenThis – Andrew Gallimore by Rankin

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    You’ve never been on a ride like this before…the collaboration of Andrew Gallimore x Rankin (may contain affiliate links) I first heard of makeup artist Andrew Gallimore some years back when I was looking at an editorial and I was just awed by the makeup. I was so inspired, in fact, that I paid the […]

  • #BizTalk – Getting Ready for 2015

    Proper prior planning… getting your makeup ‘biz ready for 2015 (may contain affiliate links) It’s December. Can you believe it? Same thing happens to me every year: the year starts out slow and steady, picks up some speed going into summer and then next thing I know the year goes into Hyperdrive and BAM! it’s […]

  • #MakeupMonday – The Original Beauty Blender™ vs the Makeup Blending Sponge

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    It didn’t take long for the Original Beauty Blender to become the gold standard sponge, but as we know in makeup-world, “dupes” are never far behind. Here’s how some knock-offs other blender sponges compare… (NOT a sponsored post. May contain affiliate links) NOTE: This may sound like it, but this is NOT a placed post. […]