• #BizTalk – How Not To Promote As A Makeup Artist

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    Let’s discuss mistakes to avoid when promoting yourself as a professional makeup artist… This post is inspired by a very earnest but very poor promotional email I recently received. In the email, this young artist whom I do not know at all, started off by proclaiming how amazing the recipient of the email (me) is, […]

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  • #BizTalk – Sick and the Freelance Makeup Artist

    Lessons from dealing with serious illness as a freelance makeup artist… Sick and the freelance makeup artist If you are a regular visitor of the Makeup to Go Blog or particularly if you follow me on Instagram and or Twitter, you know that I have been down temporarily and in fact was hospitalized due to […]

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  • #MakeupMonday – Strobing – What It Is What it Ain’t

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    The Strobing makeup trend… spoiler alert – it’s just highlighting… (contains affiliate links) So strobing. Yet another “makeup trend” for folks to follow. And of course, as with any makeup trend, there are certain products that are “must haves” in order to achieve the look and then once you get one set of “must have” […]

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  • #BizTalk – Nykhor Paul and the Beauty Biz

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    Let’s talk a little bit about fashion, Black models, the beauty biz, and why South Sudanese model Nykhor Paul is rightfully upset If you read beauty/fashion articles and blogs, by now you’ve no doubt read about model Nykhor Paul putting the entire fashion/beauty industry on blast on Instagram. If you haven’t, you can check it […]

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  • #HaveYouSeenThis – Marilyn Manson

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    I found this little nugget a while back, and in light of the fact that the artist known as Marilyn Manson is currently on tour I thought it’d be a good time to share it. I’m not a huge Marilyn Manson fan – although I do still love “Beautiful People” – but I’ve always found […]

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