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  • Biz Talk – Making the Move to Media Work

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    A crucial piece of the plan of action puzzle is showing the right kind of work to get the jobs that you want to get. In order to get high level assisting opportunities or opportunities to be on a team etc., your presentation must show senior artists, photographers, and potential clients that you will be able to walk in the door and fit into their project right off the bat. Depending on the situation, it’s ok to be a newer/emerging artist, but you do have to show that you and your work is on the same page with everyone else.

  • Makeup to Go – An Origins Story

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    So what is Makeup to Go and how did I start this crazy thing? Here’s my Origins Story… Picture it…Los Angeles… circa 2005 I’m an emerging artist on my Come Up. I’m certainly nowhere near a Senior Artist but I have some good work under my belt, I’ve just signed with my first starter Agency, […]

  • #BizTalk – Makeup Trends and the Pro Artist

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    Makeup trends are great and all, but remember as professionals our job is to define and set the trends, not just blindly follow them…     On Sonia Roselli’s fantastic blogazine Glossible, I read an article she wrote entitled “The One Makeup Trend That Needs to Die”. It was all about the current Highlighting/Contouring obsession […]

  • #BizTalk – Temptu Pro Search 2014

    Temptu PRO Search 2014: Spoiler, I was a winner! So the secret is now out – ya girl won! My photo is 2nd from the left, bottom row and I was the sole winner in the “Flawless” category. (The categories this year were Flawless, Editorial, Bridal and FX) Many thanks for photographer Kate Szatmari and […]

  • #MakeupMonday – Powder and the Makeup Malfunction

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    Face powder and the Makeup Malfunction. Such a simple product, yet such controversy. Use of face powder goes back to the time of Cleopatra, so it is hardly something “new” in cosmetics. In fact in my previous article on face powder, I described it as a wonder product and one of the most important products […]