A factor when choosing color for a client:

Determine skin color by:

When determining skin color, you must first decide if the skin is:

Tone is AKA:

Regardless of ethnic background, skin varies in color and tone from person to person

Pink, red, or blush undertones:

Yellow, peachy, or golden undertones:

A mix of warm and cool undertones:

To determine the client’s undertone, use the __

If the client is frequently exposed to the sun, then use the __ as the primary indicator of skin undertone

Include pink and bluish hues:

Range from peach to yellow and gold:

Deep red lipsticks are manufactured with a __ base

If skin color is light, you can use light colors for a soft, natural look. __ will create a more dramatic:

If skin color is medium, medium tones will create an understated look. ___ tones will provide more contrast and will appear bolder:

if skin color is dark, dark tones will be most subtle. Medium to medium-light or ___ will be striking and vivid:

For various reasons, some clients may wish to alter their skin tone. In terms of corrective makeup, you will be dealing with:

Skin that is a naturally red, wind burned, or affected by rosacea:

Apply a yellow or green-tinted foundation to affected areas, blending carefully. The yellow-based foundation will neutralize excess red in skin:

RUDDY SKIN: A green-based foundation will block out excess redness but may impart a __ look to the skin overall

After you have applied the tinted foundation you can use a light layer of flesh tone foundation on top of the corrective color to give the skin a natural glow, setting it with translucent powder

Avoid using yellow-based colors for the eyes, cheeks, and lips:

Pink, purple, green:

Blue:

Brown:

Red:

Black:

White:

Gray:

Pink combines well with other shades and tones of blue, black, green, yellow, gray, purple, brown, beige and white

Blue is not complementary to most skin tones

Blue combines well with almost all other colors

__ with red undertones can bring out red in skin with rosacea or acne

Freckles will look darker when __ is reflected onto the face

Career opportunities for a makeup artist:

To thrive in the makeup business, it’s important to:

Commercial photographers often work with freelance makeup artists

Besides photography, makeup artists can be found in:

Freelance makeup artists need to be:

A test, or test-shoot, is a shoot planned to explore a new creative idea or technical solution (without charging a fee)

Create social media sites for your freelance makeup work that are separate from your personal accounts

Get a standard model release (written permission) to post any images of models/clients on social media

Put together an on location makeup kit to carry with you for special event makeup

A makeup case should be:

AKA a lipstick lifesaver

Most salons will pay you 5-10% of every product you retail