How To Become a Makeup Artist
If you love applying makeup to yourself, your friends and your sister, a career as a makeup artist could be in the cards for you. Becoming a makeup artist takes more than simply having a love of makeup, you should plan on learning the trade through school and/or internships. Once you're a makeup artists, you could apply makeup to celebrities, as a service to the general public or before performances.
- Get a job at a company or store that sells make up. A job as a cosmetics clerk can help you learn about the industry. Many cosmetic counters apply make up to customers.
- Go to cosmetology school. While many courses focus on hair, doing make up is also something you can learn about in these programs.
- Read magazines and study the make up applications on models and movie stars. Through this, you learn about current industry trends.
- Work on the skills needed to become a make up artist. Because you're working with clients, you need to be well liked. This means you need to be able to have conversations with strangers and to build relationships. Learn basic customer service skills so that you succeed.
- Apply to do make up for movies and shows. At first, you'll most likely be working on small-budget flicks. You might even have to offer to work for free at first to build your portfolio. Make sure to keep track of what you've done and to walk away with photos of your work.
- Apply to work on larger films after you have a portfolio.