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Pro and Prestige brands may dominate your working makeup kit, but knowing some mass-market tried-and-trues is often a job lifesaver… may contain affiliate links Whether pro or consumer or somewhere in between we’ve all been there… You’re away from home and you realize you’re missing a needed product. This has happened to me both personally […]
Product suggestions for proper skin prep prior to makeup applications… may contain affiliate links Skin Prep For a makeup artist, prepping the skin before actually applying the makeup is oftentimes more important than the makeup itself. Proper skin preparation helps the makeup glide on like butter and last and look fresh for hours. Without it […]
Summer-proofing your makeup. How to get your makeup to stay put when them temperatures go up… (may contain affiliate links) Summer Proof Makeup For most of the country we are in “the dog days of summer” (I’ve never known exactly how that expression came to be before now). I say most of the country because […]
After periods of travel, a solid post-travel beauty recovery routine helps me bring my skin and hair back to life… Regular readers may know that I work in the San Francisco Bay as both a makeup artist and a makeup educator on a regular basis. I generally drive to the Bay because I need my […]
