For my white non-actor friends reading this, it is a privilege to go to ANY makeup counter and/or drugstore you want and be able to find your shade. I live in a world where if I see a family show, or a show where siblings are the lead characters, I almost always move on and don't worry about auditioning for it, because unfortunately white in our society is the norm.
That, to me, is beautiful. Plus, you have to learn different looks for different kinds of scenes. Not to make it about privilege, but having makeup for your own skin This may sound like a commercial for them, but I love MAC Cosmetics. I could write for days about how fucked costuming and wardrobe is for fat women.
I remember my first job where I was getting paid in more than thank-yous and snacks. Things I've looked like after getting my makeup done by "professional makeup artists": Lemme explain. Take a seminar or a class and educate yourself in order to do your job at full capacity! It was a truly wild ice-cream commercial shot in Romania (please YouTube it: "Nestle Fairy Nicole Byer"). You can see her live: follow her Instagram and Twitter for live show updates — @NicoleByer on both. So when I actually book a job, and get to set, and it's the rare occasion when I give the makeup artist a chance to do my face, and they fail me, it's just another reminder that I'm different. I love the quality, but that aside, I like that they have my shade and also darker shades of makeup. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights. But it's not all bad. Now if you're a nice white actor friend and you're reading this and you disagree, just imagine having to bring your own makeup to set for every job you book. At this job, I didn't mind that the artist was working with an incomplete kit, because (A) It was my first job, and (B) I saw one black person in Romania, and he was at the airport, leaving. Female, male, and trans friends of all shades work there, representing all the colors they sell.
If they don't have the tools, how can they learn? They're fucking up my beautiful black face, and I am over it. I mention makeup lines that don't offer makeup in darker shades because a lot of makeup artists start their careers at makeup counters. Powered by WordPress & Genesis, Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals. That being said, I've taken audition classes and acting classes, so I expect the same from makeup artists.
Feminism, style, health, politics, friendship, and everything else — unfiltered. I remember my first job where I was getting paid in more than thank-yous and snacks. I had my own show you never saw because it was so poorly promoted called Loosely Exactly Nicole — RIP (I'm still salty). They also have only one shade marked "pale," and they don't feel bad about it, because you're an "other" and it doesn't matter. Not one of them knows how to do your makeup. Lenny Letter may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. I love my fat 'lil body. But that's not what this is about.
This is about how makeup artists on set FUCK UP my beautiful black face. So inclusion or a blended family isn't even a thought unless the show or movie is about that topic. It's incredible that EVERY SINGLE makeup line on the market has a million shades for white people, from ivory to light sand and everything in between, whereas some lines have one or two or ZERO shades for people of color. Welcome to my YouTube Channel with over 10 million views and over 100K Subscribers I am so happy to see you each week on Monday and Friday's. I've totally worked enough that it's mind-boggling that I've met only a small handful of makeup artists who had a full working understanding of how to do black makeup, and surprise fucking surprise, they were mostly people of color. So I get why there was a lack of knowledge. And I perform all over the country … mostly in LA. Also, don't sleep on Fashion Fair. Things that have happened to me with American "makeup artists": *I knew this was a lie because I have lots of acne scarring, and I never saw a color darker than tan on this artist's workstation. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Ad Choices. I love me inside and out and when I get to work I would love to have my differences embraced. A Singapore-based Makeup Artist skilled in creative and colourful makeup art
In short, I looked truly insane. So it has truly gotten better since I was fourteen and trying to cake on drugstore brand shades like butterscotch and almond brittle. P.S. It's also just something I've become used to. I haven't worked that much … but if you're curious about my résumé, I was on a show on MTV called Girl Code.
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