I Need Your Experience Miss Jacqueline or Miss Alma REPOST no answer my title sound the same as a lot of people who posted but different situation.

Dec 20, 2013

Michele S.

I know this is directed at the moderators, but here's my opinion if you don't mind. To put yourself out there, have a Facebook account, maybe make a page on Facebook showing off your work. See if people in your area would be interested in getting makeup done maybe for free or really cheap. If you have friends going to weddings or parties, do their makeup for them (if they want) and tell them if people ask, you did it. Putting yourself out there is a big part. Maybe make up flyers... I don't know how helpful I was.. But I wish you best of luck. You do beautifully on yourself and I'm sure you'd be just as amazing doing it to others =).. Maybe even have a makeup party..

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

Thanks Michele!!

Dec 20, 2013

Lisa A.

Hey I can't even read that too small,

Dec 20, 2013

Michele S.

She's working as a CMA but loves makeup and has been doing her own by trial and error from the age of 11..not many people care about makeup where she lives so she wants to know how to put herself out there and where to start..

Dec 20, 2013

Michele S.

Yw beauty =)

Dec 20, 2013

Lolita B.

Beauty, I'm feeling like you as well. My first passion is music since I'm a musician but I'm really loving makeup and I think it's something I could do here. I too live in a town that's not quite like big city but I would love to offer my services at a reasonable price, since it's for me all about helping gals feel confident about themselves.:)

Dec 20, 2013

Naomi S.

Hey beauty gangsta.
I feel ya. its really hard for anyone to tell you how to " get out there" because geography is so important in mua environment. I think you really have to decide what you want to do with makeup/beauty. do you want to freelance? are you trying to make this lucrative fulltime pay your mortgage off this? or are you supported and just need to cover a few extras. with IG, FB and omg YouTube!. the market is saturated with mua and beauty gurus. there's so much to consider when trying to push yourself ahead of the pack..

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

I just don't know what to do!!

Dec 20, 2013

Michele S.

Where do you live beauty?

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

IM sure everyone has heard this but I would love to turn my passion into a paycheck I eat sleep breathe all things beauty I started out doing hair and that has been the driving force of my chaos!!

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

@ Michele I live in Florida.

Dec 20, 2013

Michele S.

If you were thinking freelance, maybe start working from your home or go to the person's. If you really want to go full force into it, I'd suggest moving to a bigger city =/

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

I have been considering that.

Dec 20, 2013

Hannah K.

Where in Florida?? Sorry I'm super nosy. I go to University of Miami, you could make a ton of money doing things like makeup for sorority formals and stuff, proms, all sorts of things :)

Dec 20, 2013

Lena C.

I'm in the same situation. I'm a nursing assistant now. After much thought I decided to follow my passion and enroll in beauty school. Follow you heart love and everything fall into place. Sometimes happiness is worth more than anything.

Dec 20, 2013

Lolita B.

@Beauty,this is something I'm getting ready to do next: bring all my gals together and have a glamour party. I have a friend who is wanting to get into photography so she's going to help me get lots of before/after pictures and help me build a portfolio. Maybe you could do something like that.

Dec 20, 2013

Naomi S.

What do you like and y beauty.?.

Dec 20, 2013

Lolita B.

*next year

Dec 20, 2013

Lena C.

Why don't you try to get in touch with local photographers and venues where people have a lot of wedding and see if they will put you on there list of local vendors. Maybe even local salons that don't have makeup artist and see if they will let you freelance through them.

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

Hannah I live about 4 hours away from Miami.

Dec 20, 2013

Hannah K.

Ah okay, fair enough. Try making an account on model mayhem if you need girls to practice on, also.

Dec 20, 2013

Beauty G.

Naomi I have had the gift of doing hair since I was 11 years old I can see a hairstyle have someone show me how to do it once and catch on. I stopped doing hair because people don't like to pay or always want some type of deal. I just started with the makeup and I fall in love with it more and more everyday being able to put makeup on and change or enhance my or someone's appearance is so intriguing to me!!

Dec 20, 2013

Lolita B.

Wonderful words of wisdom ladies:) Much to digest and ponder on.

Dec 20, 2013

Naomi S.

^ lol. what Jackie said. lol.
I have some to add n piggyback off what Jacqueline Said.

first off, I started doing hair as well. I would do all my dolls hair in REAL hairstyles. yes, I would buy stuff from the beauty supply with my pennies. I was doing fingewaves n all types of stuff. lol. then my mom went to Cosmo school when I was like 8 and I had access to her kit including her heads and stand. oh yeah b*tches!. lol... moving fwd I started doing makeup in my 20s.. as a creative release n break from my very structured gig..bor-ring.. skipping ahead fwd to I today with this post..
jacqueline told you everything exactly right.. you have to have thick skin n a set plan. like I said. figure our what YOU want cause a lot of folks like makeup. and you being good n even better than most isn't enough to push you ahead. I stopped doing makeup for the same reason you stopped doing hair. its the same thing but 10times worse for a mua.