I am a makeup artist but I'm not doing much work now sadly. Freelance in my area doesn't seem like its panning out for any type of artist lately. So eventually I imagine I will relocate. In the meantime I'm trying to get a job at my local Sephora. And way, way down the road I really want to start my own brand of makeup :) I also need to get an actual certification. I have one from a special effects program but its not specifically for beauty makeup like I would like to have.
I use to be a counter manager for Elizabeth Arden & Fashion Fair but I was into makeup before then. I do family & friends makeup. That has helped me get referrals. I plan on getting a degree in esthetics. Eventually I want to work in a spa or retail store and freelance
I really want to be one. I'm getting my bachelors in business and doing cosmetology school at the same time. I plan to further my makeup skills by taking additional classes just based on makeup. I want to work with fashion and in an upscale salon, possibly have my own and manage my business :)
I'm just about to finish a program at a mud affiliated school and am debating going back for esthetics and airbrush makeup. I'd really like to start out sephora and see where I go from there.
I am freelancing but don't do much work and am trying to get part time work at sephora as a health information management student. I am just going to keep freelancing when I get a job in the medical field.
I'm a Beauty Advisor at Bloomingdales for Lancôme. I have my BA in Marketing and working on my MBA in Marketing. I started in a drugstore beauty department at 17 and have been interested ever since. I don't do much freelance because of time but if I do get smaller gigs I take them (baby showers, bridal showers, sweet 16)
I want to be. I'm taking a 14 week course at my local adult school for certification and while I attend college I want to freelance and possibly work for a company of artists or at a makeup counter, sephora, or Mac. This will be a side career for me after college if I get a job as a graphic designer or whatever I end up being :)
I want to be one. I've been learning new techniques (from books and video) and doing family and friends makeup. I think I'll take a course once I move to San Fran.
I am working on becoming one too! I practice a lot! I have took a certified course, i learned a few tips and tricks but not as much as I would of liked to. I found a modeling agency in my area that does a certified makeup course that you actually get to get experience in the industry and professional photos to start out a portfolio. I am starting that course in January! And my cousin wants me to do the makeup for her wedding next summer! I am planning to try and start doing some freelance after the course next year!!
I've been freelance for ever lol and it's really a battle to put yourself out there the industry has become bigger then ever.I love it, because I appreciate the art and the challenges that come with being an makeup artist.
im 16 next week and i want to make this year 2013 the year where i do a makeup course, i want to complete my course then get a job in mac or bobbi brown, something like that while i establish a kit then i want to try my hand at freelance makeup, when im in my twenties i want to move to america and have my own bridal/prom/special events makeup artist buisness
I'm doing a calendar project for a heavy metal studio right now and working with a photographer .I hope to start school for cosmetolgy and aesthetics soon .but my dream would be to do sfx makeup for horror movies .I also wouldn't mind getting into botox and lipo and things like that
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Dec 09, 2012
Sara S.
Let me know if you are, what do you do.
Also, if you want to become one, where do you see yourself?
Dec 09, 2012
Emma P.
I want to be! Staring as retail at maybe Sephora, then possibly freelance
Dec 09, 2012
Krystle S.
I would love to be one ! freelance or MAC
Dec 10, 2012
Caitlin M.
I am a makeup artist but I'm not doing much work now sadly. Freelance in my area doesn't seem like its panning out for any type of artist lately. So eventually I imagine I will relocate. In the meantime I'm trying to get a job at my local Sephora. And way, way down the road I really want to start my own brand of makeup :) I also need to get an actual certification. I have one from a special effects program but its not specifically for beauty makeup like I would like to have.
Dec 10, 2012
Sevetria M.
I use to be a counter manager for Elizabeth Arden & Fashion Fair but I was into makeup before then. I do family & friends makeup. That has helped me get referrals. I plan on getting a degree in esthetics. Eventually I want to work in a spa or retail store and freelance
Dec 10, 2012
Erika C.
I really want to be one. I'm getting my bachelors in business and doing cosmetology school at the same time. I plan to further my makeup skills by taking additional classes just based on makeup. I want to work with fashion and in an upscale salon, possibly have my own and manage my business :)
Dec 10, 2012
Brittany S.
I'm just about to finish a program at a mud affiliated school and am debating going back for esthetics and airbrush makeup. I'd really like to start out sephora and see where I go from there.
Dec 10, 2012
Nadine S.
I am freelancing but don't do much work and am trying to get part time work at sephora as a health information management student. I am just going to keep freelancing when I get a job in the medical field.
Dec 10, 2012
Nicole C.
I'm a Beauty Advisor at Bloomingdales for Lancôme. I have my BA in Marketing and working on my MBA in Marketing. I started in a drugstore beauty department at 17 and have been interested ever since. I don't do much freelance because of time but if I do get smaller gigs I take them (baby showers, bridal showers, sweet 16)
Dec 10, 2012
Analisa B.
I want to be. I'm taking a 14 week course at my local adult school for certification and while I attend college I want to freelance and possibly work for a company of artists or at a makeup counter, sephora, or Mac. This will be a side career for me after college if I get a job as a graphic designer or whatever I end up being :)
Dec 10, 2012
Analisa B.
Oh and I'm a beauty blogger and want to continue and progress on that path :)
Dec 10, 2012
Pamela W.
I want to be one. I've been learning new techniques (from books and video) and doing family and friends makeup. I think I'll take a course once I move to San Fran.
Dec 10, 2012
Ashlee C.
I am working on becoming one too! I practice a lot! I have took a certified course, i learned a few tips and tricks but not as much as I would of liked to. I found a modeling agency in my area that does a certified makeup course that you actually get to get experience in the industry and professional photos to start out a portfolio. I am starting that course in January! And my cousin wants me to do the makeup for her wedding next summer! I am planning to try and start doing some freelance after the course next year!!
Dec 10, 2012
Debbye J.
i dont but i want to be really good at it and help others with theirs. so like maybe a MUA as a hobby...
Dec 10, 2012
Alma M.
I've been freelance for ever lol and it's really a battle to put yourself out there the industry has become bigger then ever.I love it, because I appreciate the art and the challenges that come with being an makeup artist.
Dec 11, 2012
Sara S.
these are all great replies. GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU xo
Dec 12, 2012
Holly N.
im 16 next week and i want to make this year 2013 the year where i do a makeup course, i want to complete my course then get a job in mac or bobbi brown, something like that while i establish a kit then i want to try my hand at freelance makeup, when im in my twenties i want to move to america and have my own bridal/prom/special events makeup artist buisness
Dec 21, 2012
Elizabeth M.
I would love to be one!
Dec 21, 2012
Tiffany D.
I'm currently looking for a school and applying to sephora and ulta
Dec 24, 2012
Kaitlin K.
I want to! Not exactly sure of what kind or anything...
Dec 24, 2012
Aimee M.
I do !
Dec 24, 2012
Sophie Z.
I either want to be a fashion designer or a makeup artist
(Maybe both if possible)
Dec 24, 2012
Jamie B.
I'm doing a calendar project for a heavy metal studio right now and working with a photographer .I hope to start school for cosmetolgy and aesthetics soon .but my dream would be to do sfx makeup for horror movies .I also wouldn't mind getting into botox and lipo and things like that
Dec 25, 2012
Amanda B.
I want to be one. I want to go to Douglas j aveada to become a liscensed esthetitian.
Dec 25, 2012
Andrea R.
I've done some freelance but I'd love to do it on a regular basis