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Concealer Can Cause Heart Attacks???

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May 14 0

Concealer PaletteI’m not the average makeup artist. And I don’t mean that in a hire-me-because-I’m-like-rocket-scientist-meets-makeup sort of way.

No, I mean my interest in beauty came late (I’m a blood and gore kinda girl), so I hardly know jack about beauty products.

During my whole foundation refresher I noticed there was a lot of focus on concealer.

I thought to myself…Concealer? Why the heck would I need a whole class on concealer?

I mean, isn’t it just the stuff you use to…well…conceal stuff like tattoos, blemishes, under-eye circles, crap like that?

Obviously there’s a lot more to the stuff.

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One Timeless Makeup Tool You Can’t Do Without

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May 10 0

I’d never even heard of these things until recently, but apparently they’re really important. (When I said I’m new to this I wasn’t kidding.) Having done faces without it, I can see how useful it is. I remember when I was doing my sister-in-law’s wedding how I was trying to plan her makeup and didn’t [...]

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Applying Foundation: What’s The Big Deal?

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May 3 1

I wasn’t all that happy that almost every makeup effects course catalog I’ve looked at had beauty courses in the beginning of their curricula. I want to learn about gashes and bruises. Mortician’s wax and foam latex. And cowls. I wanna make cowls. But everywhere I look effects artists have started at the beginning: Beauty [...]

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The Best Makeup Brushes For Cheapskates (Like Me)

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Mar 30 0

One of the things that boggled my mind about makeup was the gazillion different brushes out there. Since I’m a cheapskate I just wasn’t convinced I actually needed all those brushes. Yes. I admit to being a cheapskate. Sue me. I’d buy one brush here and there, and it goes without saying most of them [...]

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How To Crank Out Concepts Like CRAZY

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Mar 13 0

So I’m watching Face Off and wondering how in the world do they come up with their concepts. You’re given this random imaginary situation, and you have to come up with a living, moving, breathing being that depicts some bizarre moment in time. It has to look real, have no visible errors, and you only [...]

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Beauty School Without The School

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Jan 17 0

I must’ve read a gazillion books and watched a gazillion more videos. Trust me when I say that no two people have the same advice. None. I have heard countless varieties of how eyebrows “should” be arched. Or where blush looks best on what shaped face. What’s outdated. What’s classic. What’s out of the question [...]

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Become An Expert On Contouring

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Jan 13 0

Contouring Contouring is the key to everything. There are few things more important in basic makeup artistry. Here is the rundown on how you can do it right. There are two basic ideas to contouring. Highlighting – Using a highlight will bring focus to the area. If you want something to stand out or appear [...]

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