• #BizTalk: Happy New Year – Resolutions Time pt 1

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    New Year Resolutions for your career (that you might actually do… Happy New Year! I trust that you all had fabulous Holidays. Like everyone, I always enter a bit of a reflective mood at the start of the New Year. Generally speaking media work is a bit slower so I have a bit of time […]

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  • So You Wanna Be A Pro Artist 1: Getting Started

    In part 1 of So You Wanna Be A Pro Artist, we’re going to talk about Getting Started… The “So You Wanna Be A Pro Artist” series is original content conceived and written by Tania D. Russell, all Copyrights reserved.(may contain affiliate links) So youโ€™ve decided you want to be a professional makeup artist. Congratulations! […]

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  • So You Wanna Be A Pro Makeup Artist: Preview

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    Welcome to the “So You Wanna Be A Pro Makeup Artist” series on Makeup to Go! We’re gonna overview all the pertinent elements of becoming a makeup pro. Any questions, be sure to hit us in comments or send us an email. Let’s get started… When Makeup to Go was conceived, it tried to be […]

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  • #MakeupMonday – Best Blushes for Darker Toned Beauties

    I did a job recently where I had to do makeup on an African American female model who was about Phylicia Rashฤd’s (mom Huxtable from ‘The Cosby Show’) complexion. Both Phylicia and this model are a rich brown color, but still more fair than myself. To my dismay, I did NOT have a blush that […]

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  • Road Testing – 2

    The second installment of our Road Testin’ series; tales from the front lines of what makeup products do once they’re out of their pretty pretty packaging, and in the real world. (some links are affiliate links) The Fab – Smashbox Eyelights in “Smokebox” – If you’ve been waiting for a sure fire smokey eye kit, […]

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