Learn perfect makeup for each face

Tailoring makeup for every client’s individual features! Imperative if you want to be a makeup ‘artist’ rather than merely a makeup ‘applier’!!

Beautiful model Lily Sloan - hair and makeup by Joanna Blair

When I’m working on a face I’m immediately looking to design the perfect makeup to suit that individual face:

*  Eye Shape

- is it almond, round, droopy, heavy, close together, far apart?

*  Eye Colour

- what exactly is it? Cool blue, warm blue, hazel, dark brown, golden light brown, green?

* Skin Texture

- dry, flaky, oily, patchy, pitted, acne, smooth, big pores, no pores?

* Skin tone

- pale and transparent, olive, pink, redness, pigmentation, orange or blue undertones?

* Facial features & Bone structure

- heavy jaw, weak chin, prominent nose, high or low forehead, chiselled cheekbones or no cheekbones, thin or uneven lips, jowls? etc

I then go feature by feature, individually treating each one – enhancing, disguising, bringing forward or pushing back, smoothing, lifting and even creating what may naturally not be there – in a way that appears to the onlooker that the client actually has those features, my goal is ALWAYS for my client to look the BEST version of herself – it’s HER that is noticed NOT the makeup.

This is not a “paint by numbers / use the same makeup, same lashes & same colours on everyone regardless of their features” approach. This IS truly being the ARTIST in Makeup Artist – as I was originally taught to do by some of the best in the business: Oscar winner Peter Frampton and Emmy award winner Marvin Westmore.

Looking forward to another awesome year passing this on to my students.