May the make-up goddesses rain their joy and gifts upon you for taking the time to answer my questions, it means a ton to my “friend”!!!!!! who is still toying with the idea of attending school.

2. I feel that my schooling helped most in allowing me the freedom to try out concepts hands-on – I really liked that about the school I attended. I learned so much about color theory and about the arts of contouring/highlighting. It was also a great place for networking.

3. Pretty soon. I really got started through word of mouth. Once I graduated, I worked on building a good “kit” and then got right out there. I have learned so much “in the field”, so to speak, way more than I learned in school.

4. Yep! I still do – LOL! When I want to try something new, I commission a friend or family member to let me try it out on her. I’ve used my four-year-old when no one else is handy! And I’m still trying to talk my husband into letting me test mascaras on him – he has the most beautiful lashes. Hasn’t worked yet, though.

5. Yeah, hours of practice. Also, just a creative mind. It’s easy to do exactly what you see in the magazines, but can you use the trends as a starting point and allow yourself to branch out from there?

6. I think the session I was in was more like 5 or 6 weeks. Like I said, most of your learning comes from doing, not schooling.

Thanks for the questions and I hope this helps!
T.

1. Were you skilled in the art of make-up before attending school?
2. If not, do you feel you learned a lot for your schooling?
3. How long after graduation school did you break out on your own and start working on “real” clients?
4. Did you in the beginning practice a lot on family/friends/anyone who was willing to sit for you (LOL)?
5. What do you feel is the key to becoming successfull doing pro make-up? (in terms of personal skills ie – being an “artist”, hours and hours of practice, what?)
6. How long was your schooling? (the class my friend is thinking about taking is only 3 weeks)

I hope I am not asking too much with my list of questions, BUT you are the first pro make-up artist whom I have had the ability to ask these questions and I think them key before making career choices such as this Thank you so much!