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... OK maybe that’s a bit dramatic. I probably wouldn’t die die, but I certainly would not be happy.
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What are your makeup kit must haves? Tell moi in Comments and let’s compare notes tomorrow when the blog post goes live 🙂

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It is time. #GuessWhosBack

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I’m back posting! Didya miss me? I missed y’all. So where have I been? Lemme tell ya...
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If you have followed Makeup to Go for a while you know that in addition to being a beauty educator and writer, I am also very much still a working makeup artist. There are LOTS of ways to be a working artist beyond bridal, and counter, etc. One of the places I work is in-house makeup for the photo studio of a major retailer, and for the past 2 1/2 – 3 months the work-life of myself and my coworkers has been ruled by our semi-annual Trend Report. Basically on the fashion calendar trends are shown a season ahead so that the fashion and beauty editors and writers, stylists, and most importantly the retail buyers can see the clothes. Collections are commissioned for the stores, articles are written for the magazines, fashion editorials are photographed, etc. Six months or so later the retail aspect kicks in and those trends start to become available to the buying public.
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Our in-house trend report is a massive undertaking and it seems to get bigger every season! Each fashion season we identify four trends and present them in a Runway show. This year in addition the runway presentation, we also did four full fashion editorial photo shoots. And this is all in addition to – not instead of – our regular every day work. Did I mention that this is all we’ve been doing for the past three months? LOL! For the photo shoots, my fellow department artist and I each designed and executed makeup/hair looks for two trends, and then for the Runway the entire Makeup team executed makeup on 14 or so models for the runway presentation, as designed by our Department Head.
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This is a mash up video of the two trends - Dark Romance and Future Expedition - for which I designed the photo shoot makeup and hair. Makeup/hair in the still photographs is done by me (Dark Romance assisted by Victoria Aje), and then the makeup and hair for the Runway show is by the team and I did two models. I hope to post the not-sped-up version on the blog soon I just have to get clearance first. Look closely and you may see me a few times in the video 😉

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Welp… Not quite. On one hand it’s disappointing to not make my desired launch date but on the other hand I don’t want to do a half-way, weak launch. And frankly this date selection was completely arbitrary because I wanted to launch in summer but you know, what difference does that make really 🤷🏾‍♀️ lol. Besides it’s apropos for Makeup to Go to relaunch on #MakeupMonday 🙂
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So we will be back up and running on Monday FOR SURE, no exceptions! I could actually launch today but there’s a few things I need to finish flushing out on both the front and backend of the site. There’s actually a lot of components to a site development and launch and that’s *actually* something I will be covering on the blog.
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Keep your eyes on this space I promise it will be worth the wait. What are you working on this weekend?

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One of the questions I am asked most often is how do I match skin tones. At this point honestly I just look at people and I just kind of know because I’ve been looking at people for a long time 🙂. However if you have not been looking at people for a long time there are some tricks that you can use to train your eye as to what to look for.
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1 - Please ignore the trick of looking at the neck. Peoples necks tend to be much lighter than their face, and for makeup for photography that’s no good. You do not want a floating head that is several shades lighter than the rest of their body. Instead look at their chest.
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2 - Seriously undertone is key. One of the things I see most often on online makeup tutorials is foundation/concealer that is entirely too beige. The camera sees all, so for makeup for photography you really have to *match* skin tones not just come kind of close.
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3 - Be aware of how other colors are affecting how the foundation looks. Many makeup artists will either use a black cape or a white cape while working. In addition to keeping makeup off of the talent’s clothing which is obviously important it also makes sure there’s no weird color reflection on the talent’s skin. So for example if they’re wearing a green shirt it can make their skin look more olive than it actually is and make your foundation application look gray. This is a little bit more of an advanced technique for ya 😉
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So if any of this isn’t clear particularly that last one, more in-depth versions of topics like this soon come on the blog which is re-debuting this Friday.
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What tips, tricks, and/or techniques are you interested in learning?
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(Model pictured is the fab miss Zen/Two Models, with whom I just worked for the very first time yesterday. This image is totally unretouched. Makeup (only) by me, using @kohgendo Foundation, @juliehewettla Cheekies on cheeks, lips and eyes, @loraccosmetics Eyeshadow as highlighter, @sennacosmetics as always on brows. photography Teresa J)

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