Product Lines Provide Makeup Artist School Students With a “Cheat Sheet”

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Product Lines Provide Makeup Artist School Students With a “Cheat Sheet”

Published: August 17, 2009
by Rosanne Ullman

If you’re planning to study makeup techniques at a makeup artist school or general cosmetology school, you’ll have one advantage over your peers studying hair coloring. Let me explain.

When a colorist formulates hair color, she must start from scratch, choosing one shade to mix with another in order to pinpoint the color she’s targeting. Hair colorists are experts at the color wheel, which is a circular diagram that gives a visual on how colors relate to each other. While hair color manufacturers may issue trend releases showing the season’s fashionable shades with mixing instructions to achieve them, really every head is different and the colorist must customize each formula according to the client’s hair color and texture.

Makeup artists also must take into account the palette they’re working with. The same shade of blush will look very different depending on how light or dark the person’s skin is. But think about eye shadows. You frequently purchase them in a little pack of two or three shades, right? The same will happen when you’re in makeup artist school. The product lines you’ll be using will supply kits with complementary eye, lip and cheek colors. You can rely on the manufacturer to put together great shades that work well with each other and blend seamlessly. Of course you can always combine whatever hues you want, and I know as an artist you’ll be experimenting with all sorts of color combinations. That’s part of the fun!

Photo is courtesy of beautyADDICTS: the Motivate Collection.