Professional Makeup Artist Discount Schemes

For those of you that have recently finished a course in makeup, one of the most important thing on your mind is to now get a makeup kit together for your clients.

A makeup kit is not cheap and it takes a long time and loads of money to reflect your client base.

Most companies (apart from the designer ones) and makeup stores, will have a professional makeup artist scheme that you could apply for; proving that you work in the industry (by showing various items like):

copies of your certificates
a website
a business card
a call sheet to show that you have been hired for a job
union card with photo id
any published or credited work


Some of the companies that offer the scheme are:

MAC - provides 35 % but you have an annual fee of approx £26 to pay
Illamasqua - provides 40% discount no fee to pay
Bobbi Brown - provides 40 % but you have to pay an annual fee again
Inglot
Makeup Up Forever
Nyx
OCC
Makeup Atelier
Yaby
Benefit
Nars
Laura Mercier
Smashbox
Urban Decay
Too faced
Minerals ID
Daniel Sandler
Naked


Stores - PAM and Guru Emporium

You should apply to the each company either via e-mail or by post.

Please add to this list if you know of others that provide a discount.

SMASHBOX Metallic Cream Eye Liner Palette

I have recently bought this palette, thinking that it will cut down the weight and bulk of carrying several coloured eyeliners.

Shades that are present are top row: Onyx, topaz, emerald, Sapphire and Gold
Bottom row is Amethyst, Blue Topaz, Graphite, Platinum and bronze

The colours are al fabulous and come out true on your hand and eyes. My only problem is that they get smudged and run, so an option of putting an eyeshadow on top will work (got to try that). Not pleased as nobody wants smudged eyeliners. It is pricey at £30 and and quantity is small for each colour.

BUT BUT BUT..... I shall be using them as a colourful base on eyelids for all photographic work like I would use greasepaints so can you!

Will post a picture of this later.