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  • Discounts… Get Your Discounts Here…

    Makeup Artist Discount program for the masses Without question one of the more difficult aspects of being a budding new makeup artist is developing a working kit. Lots of places tell you about all these great, new, fun products that you just have to have and it’s difficult to know how to pare down and […]

  • RIP Roxanna Floyd

    It is with great sadness that I make this next post. I was waiting until I heard from sources other than blogs or Tweets, but it appears it is true; Famed celebrity makeup artist Roxanna Floyd passed away. She was only 49. Cause of death has not been reported. Ms. Floyd influenced many an artist […]

  • Cool Places – Vert Los Angeles

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    As mentioned previously, I’m a huge fan of the developing trend of organic/naturally derived and/or vegan cosmetics that are coming into the marketplace. But no product does anyone any good if you can’t find it anywhere, so before I go into talking about the various product lines I’ve discovered, I decided to take a moment […]

  • #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 Rashād’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 […]

  • 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, […]