How to be a Professional Makeup Artist: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners

by G.M. Reyna

Have you ever dreamed of turning your passion for makeup into a fun and rewarding career but aren't sure how to get started or what to expect? 'How To Be A Professional Makeup Artist' is not a step-by-step makeup application manual but a career guide that provides clarity on what it takes to become a professional makeup artist. You'll find answers to questions aspiring makeup artists have such as: Is a license necessary to be a makeup artist? How can I build a professional portfolio? What types of education & training options do I have? What types of industries need makeup artists? What's in a professional makeup kit & how to build one in cost efficient ways. And much more! Discover Exclusive Industry Insider Secrets that will show you: How to avoid scams that target makeup artists. Where to access world class training for FREE with our 'Little Black Book of Celebrity Makeup Artists'. How to get up to 40% discounts on professional makeup by popular brands like M.A.C., Smashbox, Urban Decay & many more. Packed with up to date advice and resources, How to be a Professional Makeup Artist gives you all the information you need to make your dreams a reality!

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 2013

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very basic overview on the various career paths you can take in the freelance makeup artistry world. This is a very short "book" that could honestly be condensed even more than it is already. Much of the text is lists of various websites, books, youtube channels, and other resources that someone interested in a career as a makeup artist might find helpful.

I would only really recommend this book to someone who knows little to nothing about the makeup industry. For a young adult, teen, or very novice adult who is wanting to be a makeup artist this would be a good short summary of the types of career paths they could take and give them links to more reading if they were interested.

However, for anyone who has even a basic knowledge of the makeup industry this won't teach you much. You can pretty easily find this information in many places online with just a cursory bit of internet searching, and if you belong to any online professional makeup forums or communities this book would be mostly review. The only new things I took from it was the recommendations of a few specialized books I hadn't heard of before.

In addition, I wasn't impressed that there are multiple sections in this short book that are just copy and pasted lists (and entire paragraphs) from other sections. So if you read the book from beginning to end you'll just skip whole bits because you just read them the last section. It feels lazy and unorganized. Honestly I almost wonder if the author is really even in the makeup industry. It almost feels like a book that someone who Googled "how to be a makeup artist" wrote, especially with the giant lists of resources. The claim about how you will "Discover Exclusive Industry Insider Secrets" is stretching it quite a bit.

[WicksnCandlesticks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Starter Book on being a Professional Make Up Artist.