My First Week at Makeup Academy by Trisha S.

Hello Everyone!!

 

On Saturday I started the next step in my goal of becoming a licensed makeup artist! I finally found a makeup school in Atlanta! Yes, we are behind the times here! I have been anticipating this class for over a month and a half and I was both scared and excited about the whole deal. Reanamation Studios thought it would be fun for our readers to follow along each week.

There are two instructors. The owner/instructor has worked both in Atlanta and Hollywood for over 20 years and has worked with some well know actors and actresses. The other instructor just moved back to Atlanta from Hollywood after teaching and doing makeup there for 22 years! These instructors are both seasoned professionals with experience and CONTACTS!!!

After the introductions and passing out of our “kits”, it was time to get cracking. The first day was pretty much a basic overview of skin and color. Next week we will get into more of the application aspect. The first thing we talked about this week… Sanitation. This subject is so important. Whether you are just starting out or have been doing makeup for years, you always want to be sanitary. This means washing your hands, using a hand sanitizer, and cleaning your work area and brushes! Make a production out of sanitizing your hands in front of your client! They LIKE that!

Next we move on to the skin. Shades and tones of skin are also important. You want to be able to look at your client and see there skin tone. Are they warm or cool? Which colors are going to look best on them? If someone has a pink tone to them then cool colors like purple, blue, and pink are going to look best on them. If they have a yellow tone to there skin then colors like golds, beiges, and some browns are probably there best bet for natural looks. Now if you want bright colors that are gonna POP, then by all means, switch the palettes around. If someone has warm skin and you put cool colors on them, they are gonna show up!

We also covered color theory. This is where we talk about which colors to use on the skin to cover or disguise imperfections. We learned how to mix our own foundations using six colors: white, yellow, purple, green, and two colors of brown, one warm and one cool. This was not as hard as it sounds. At first I was thinking,” There is no way I’m gonna be able to do this!” But it wasn’t as bad as I thought. All you really have to do is know color theory and know what kind of skin tone the person has.

After playing in the foundations and doing some makeovers mixing our own concealer, foundation, and powder, we moved on to eyebrow waxing and false eyelashes! I have never been a fan of false eyelashes but I tell ya, after putting them on the other girls I ran right out and bought two pairs for myself! Next week we are going to the Hair and Makeup expo show here. We all have to wear false lashes so I picked up a super funky pair of Makeup Forever purple spikey lashes!!

Tune in next week for tips and tricks on highlighting and contouring!

Love,

Trisha

E-mail me at trisha.reanamation@gmail.com with questions!