Are You STUCK in “Testing” Mode?
I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon over the last year or two with newer makeup artists, stylists, models and photographers. Back in the day free test shoots had a main purpose… to build your book and to refresh it with new and creative work periodically when needed. Once upon a time, paid testing through modeling agencies...
Social Networking Goes Bananas!
Normally, I don’t share the contents of the My Beauty Muse newsletters on the blog. The newsletters are special content created just for my subscribers… But this topic excerpted from the full newsletter content has become so timely that I wanted to share it with all of my blog readers. If you find yourself wondering...
3 Tips for Beginning Makeup Artists
Nearly every day I receive an email, a Facebook message or a good old fashioned phone call from a makeup artist asking me for tips and tricks that they can use to take their career to the next level. That often means going from part time to full time in the industry, or going from...
4 New Years Beauty Resolutions!
I cannot believe it’s 2013! Strangely once October hits I feel like the rest of the year just flies by. December always starts out innocently enough… the excitement of gift giving and parties and time with family, but somehow I always end up here – 5 pounds of bloat heavier and super dark circles from...
A Good Read – How to Look Expensive!
Today I had the distinct pleasure of working with Andrea Pomerantz Lustig. She’s the powerhouse Editor behind Glamour’s Beauty Department and all those great beauty features in the magazine. Her new book How to Look Expensive is chock full of the kind of advice that she excels at – smart and practical ways to look...
Kit Focus – Foundation
One of the most common questions I am asked when it comes to buying products for your kits is about foundations. I think more than anything else finding the perfect foundations that will do what you want them to do and work on a variety of skin tones and types is the biggest challenge for...
Is Your Makeup Making You Look Older?
Recently I saw a dear sweet friend of mine that I hadn’t seen for years. She still looked the same….frozen in time actually. Though she does have a few more wrinkles today at the age of forty-seven than she did when I saw her last at the age of forty, she looks way younger than...
RMS Beauty – Organic Makeup that Makeup Artists Love!
Being in the beauty biz I make it a point to stay current on all kinds of industry topics, over the last few years I have put an emphasis on reading and researching about the harmful chemicals found in cosmetics. But even for an expert there are many mixed messages depending on the point of...
Raw Food 15 Day Fat Blast
For me the summer is always a time to bring back a little bit of balance to my crazy hectic schedule. I have had an amazing time over the last month and felt incredibly lucky and blessed to be a part of so many great projects, as well as re-signing with my former makeup agency...
Nail that Interview!
Over the past several years my instances in life of being the “boss lady” has held endless surprises. And even though my entrepreneurial friends warned me that employees would be my biggest challenge I thought I got it (I mean really, I work in the fashion industry where the unthinkable is common place and eye...
10 Foods for uber healthy hair!
With all the articles out there on eating for healthy skin, I often wonder why there are not more tips about hair? Take a peek at this article that I wrote recently on the ten foods that help to keep your locks luscious! If you’re hair is looking and feeling lackluster eating the proper foods...
Pro Tip – Airbrush VS Traditional Makeup
Back in the late nineties I first started hearing about airbrush makeup. I was at the time a bit skeptical because I tend to be very “hands on” when it comes to applying makeup. I did a little research and checked out airbrushes at various beauty and cosmetology conventions and my interest began to peak....
