CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
Friends show up. Mimosas are poured and Bloody Mary’s mixed.
Next thing you know, a delicious brunch of your choosing is served and delicately devoured.
Makeup Gourmet takes off the brunch apron and whips out a handful of makeup brushes.
Next thing you know, this brunch party turns into a beauty party.
The party host (or another brunchateer) becomes the model for an in-depth discussion and demonstration of the Face with a Heart, how-to accomplish more-with-less, makeup techniques.
Exquisite.
Face with a Heart in-depth demonstration is included in the cost of Brunch.
All products and follow-up services ordered are offered with a 20% off savings.
20% off product savings extends to those who purchase services to use during their follow-up appointment.
As host, you receive an additional 20% off savings i.e., 40% off savings.
Get out your calendars and let’s reserve your Brunch & Beauty
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
Have an entirely new makeup look designed and applied, just for you.
$99 for $198 worth of service and products.
In addition, receive the entire $99 service cost towards purchasing products at time of service. Any product purchase amount above $99 will be given an additional special %15 savings.
Here are some quick ideas to add the season of spring to your makeup
The drama of spring awakening is at first subtle with tiny bursts of color here and there in wildflowers and bulbs emerging. This is one scenario that plays well with spring makeup. Slowly adding tiny bursts of color to your look.
Then, almost suddenly, the natural world around us erupts with grand passion sending plants and trees into an almost chaotic expression of color and new life. This scenario tells a different spring makeup story, one that is unabashedly alive with color.
Makeup Gourmet has translated these two scenarios into simple spring color updates:
Peek-a-Boo & Eruption.
Peek-a-Boo
Allow one new color to pop onto one or two following locations– Eyes • Lips • Cheeks.
Eruption
Allow one new color to pop onto two or three following locations– Eyes • Lips • Cheeks.
also
Contour cheeks with Powder Blush instead of a neutral cheek contour shade.
Either add more of your favorite blush or switch to a Cream Blush for a light reflecting cheek.
Here’s looking at you!
Warmly,
Chris Scott 3rd of April, 2018
updated 6th of February, 2019
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
The drama of spring awakening is at first subtle with tiny bursts of color here and there in wildflowers and bulbs emerging. This is one scenario that plays well with spring makeup. Slowly adding tiny bursts of color to your look.
Then, almost suddenly, the natural world around us erupts with grand passion sending plants and trees into an almost chaotic expression of color and new life. This scenario tells a different spring makeup story, one that is unabashedly alive with color.
Makeup Gourmet has translated these two scenarios into simple spring color updates:
Peek-a-Boo & Eruption.
Peek-a-Boo
Allow one new color to pop onto one or two following locations– Eyes • Lips • Cheeks.
Eruption
Allow one new color to pop onto two or three following locations– Eyes • Lips • Cheeks.
also
Contour cheeks with Powder Blush instead of a neutral cheek contour shade.
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
“Beware the ides of March” “Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so” Shakespeare–Julius Caesar Shakespeare–Hamlet
So what is the ‘Ides of March’ really and should we beware? And if so, how much?
The word “ides” comes from Latin for “in the middle of.” So the ides was the exact middle day of each month.
March was the first month of the year in the Roman calendar and as it took our satellite’s phases into account, the ides always fell on a full moon, which gave it even more supernatural clout.
Unsurprisingly, this was the deadline in the Roman age for paying off one’s debts and settling affairs.
As March Mascara Madness continues at Makeup Gourmet, we pay tribute to this literary reference to an historic Roman superstition on this, the Ides of March.
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
“…really makes my eyes pop.” Makeup Gourmet Mascara User
The pursuit for the ‘best’ is an unrequited endeavor.
No matter what you may like, is there something better?
This endless loop is highly prevalent with mascara.
Obviously, everyone has unique needs and expected results, and each mascara is designed to fit a particular criteria.
I believe we give mascara too much credit. We expect the mascara to fulfill our lash enhancement needs.
In my experience, a little technique goes a very long way in making any mascara fulfill your lash enhancement needs.
” …glides on smoothly and evenly.” Makeup Gourmet Mascara User
In that light, the more straightforward the mascara formula and wand the better.
Mascara that can be manipulated to do many things is my preference.
As we often are doing a different look for day, night, work play etc, having one mascara that can that can deliver a clean lash, a thick lash, a long lash, a false-lash look, and more, is ideal.
Have you heard about Makeup Gourmet’s mascara? It does all the above and more. All you need is a little technique.
“Definitely my favorite mascara of all time and great value!” Makeup Gourmet mascara user
Before getting to the technique demo videos, here is one piece of advice.
If you want your lashes to curl up, curl them. Although there is merit to some ‘curling’ mascaras, nothing curls lashes like an eyelash curler.
Final note: Always apply mascara last so no powder products float and stick to your lashes diminishing the light reflective finish of fresh mascara. No one wants an ashy lash.
Thank you for reading.
Warmly,
Chris Scott
1st of March, 2018
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
When doing male to female makeup, there are two makeups that need to be done.
The first makeup is to neutralize the male, and the second makeup is to apply the female.
The Face with a Heart method works with the geometry of the face. This translates into softening the squares and rectangles of the male anatomy and sharpening the triangles of the female anatomy.
Cross dresser is a general term for any person who wears clothing typical of another gender, regardless of their reasons for doing so.
In my experience when working with cross dressers, there is something highly charging, like an electricity, when posing as your opposite of sex.
For many of my clients, they discover aspects of themselves that were never allowed to surface otherwise.
They make new friends. They have new conversations. Their personality broadens.
Unfortunately for many, their secret passion of cross dressing is feared to be misconstrued.
Confidentiality is a must. This is why I am asked to do makeup for high profile notables such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Vice President Al Gore and Paul McCartney. What is discussed in the makeup room stays in the makeup room!
For those born in a male body yet identifying as female, there is a confirming experience to look in the mirror and see a female, not just in identification, but in appearance.
The emotional freedom of accepting your sexual identification is a liberation. For those who wish to transition physically, there is a long road ahead. Every step of the journey helps to transfer one physical aspect of their whole.
Makeup has proven to be a powerful step towards female identification fulfillment.
If I choose to wear makeup what style of makeup do I like?
None of these answers are vital to survival, thus we are not genetically pre-dispositioned to know these things. This is what we develop as a personal sense of style.
When working with any client it is most important for me to understand their lifestyle, their needs, how they see themselves in the world, and to allow the makeup that I share with them to reflect that.
If this may be a benefit for you, please make the next step and contact us.
If someone you know may benefit from this, please share this article with them.
Thank you for reading.
Warmly,
Chris Scott
7th of February, 2018
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
Referrals are tricky business. On one hand, we want to let others know about great things. On the other hand, what is great for one person may not be so great for another.
I used to jump at the chance to refer people that I thought did a great job. Problem is, a referral’s work becomes a reflection on you because you made the referral.
One of my only two negative Yelp reviews came from a bride who asked me online via Yelp for a last-minute hair stylist recommendation.
I never met the person who asked for the referral. Most of my regular hair peeps were booked so I made a first time referral with a hair stylist I had seen work once. I wanted to help.
Turns out this referral did not live up to the last-minute bride’s expectations. For this bride (who I never spoke to in person) there was no one to blame but me, obviously, since I was the one that made the referral.
Lesson learned.
Now when asked for a referral, I tell people I know someone whom I have hired in the past and would hire again, however please, use your own judgement on whether you want to hire them or not.
I preface all this because I have had a friend for many years who I first met one bridal hair & makeup morning. I was doing bridal makeup and she was doing hair.
The first time we were booked by the same bride, we only noticed each other.
The second time we were booked separately by another bride we said ‘hey I remember you from another wedding’ and we spoke favorably of each other’s work.
By the third time we were both booked coincidentally for another bridal hair and makeup morning, we took it as an omen and have been working together whenever possible ever since.
What I love about her work are so many things.
Here are the highlights:
She’s on time.
She works efficiently but not hurriedly, and every style she does is stunning.
She communicates before styling someone’s hair to make sure that the results are what they want.
When the result isn’t exactly what the client wants, she quickly and easily does something else. It is amazing to me how effortlessly she’s able to go from one look to another on the same head of hair in a matter of moments
We work extremely well together, especially with larger bridal parties (10 or more), getting everyone feeling and looking their very best in a timely fashion.
Another plus is that her pricing is similar to mine so we come across as equals in the client’s eyes as far as our value is concerned.
She is, without a doubt, the one person that I will refer unconditionally.
In your career life, think about the number of people who you may refer unconditionally, knowing that your referral puts your professional reputation on the line.
Freedom of Information on the internet rules. No one owns their own brand anymore. You are as good as what people say about you.
The best a brand owner can do is to put their best foot forward with everything they share.
This is my best foot forward. If you are looking for a bridal hair stylist, or any other event hair stylist, please look no further than Catherine Hackworth of Tulip Salon. My peer, my friend, my bridal hair and makeup morning buddy.
Cat working a 60’s theme private party City Hall SF
Catherine ‘Cat’ Hackworth Tulip Salon
455 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 346-5685 Contact
I know this post sounds like a paid advertisement. Nothing can be farther from the truth.
I was thinking about aspects of the bridal hair and makeup experience that gets the most positive feedback.
Hands down, the ease with which Cat and I work together to make the bridal morning go as smoothly as possible is always mentioned as a great memory of the wedding day (plus everyone looks ‘amazing’).
Thank you for reading.
Warmly,
Chris Scott
25th of January, 2018
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
Makeup Gourmet Chris Scott Launches makeup artist training Laboratory for students of makeup to obtain highly needed advanced experience and training before entering the professional makeup artist work force.
January 16, 2018 – SAN FRANCISCO – Makeup Gourmet is proud to announce the launch of its new Mug Makeup Artist Lab in San Francisco, providing a highly creative and instructive environment for students of makeup to get the vital know-how necessary to succeed as a makeup artist.
According to Makeup Gourmet founder Chris Scott, “This is the missing link between a training makeup artist and being fully prepared to be highly effective in the makeup artist market”.
“Mastering an art requires continuous exploration and a repetition of skills until all aspects of this art form becomes second nature,” Mr Scott, said. In this new supervised environment, makeup artists have the expertise of #1 Best Seller, FACE WITH A HEART MASTERING AUTHENTIC BEAUTY MAKEUP author Chris Scott as their guide and mentor.
“Once trained every makeup artist says “What next?”. Mug Makeup Artist Lab provides artists the necessary on going real life experience to help guarantee success before they go out on their own,” Scott added.
Makeup Gourmet Studio has a comprehensive list of makeup artist training courses in its curriculum. This edition of The Mug Makeup Artist Lab is the safety net that students are looking for to confirm and grow their expertise. The confidence and advancement of their skill set is all that is needed to forge out and create a name for themselves.
The concept is simple. Practice your art and have a master of that art available to answer and demonstrate every question on the spot.
Mr. Scott believes that repetition is the best practice for being the best. “It is one thing to learn the scales on the piano, it is another thing to play the scales and make it sound like music. There is no substitute for the hours spent when becoming an artist”, Scott says.
The Mug Makeup Artist Lab is open every Monday 10am-6pm. This accommodates both the Beauty School student and hairstylist’s schedule who are often the demographic seeking makeup artist training.
Mr Scott finished with “As a successful Makeup Gourmet student once said in full earnest, ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’.”
END
MUG Makeup Artist Lab
For the practicing makeup artist.
What: MUG Makeup Artist Lab is a supervised environment where makeup artists/students work with each other to perfect their makeup skills.
Who: Makeup artists/students looking for a structured practice environment with professional supervision.
Where: Makeup Gourmet Studio
When: Mondays 9 am–6 pm.
Why:
Practice makes perfect. Students work from their Look Book* to perfect looks to which they aspire.
Emphasis is placed on advancing technique, broadening makeup vocabulary, artistic expression, originality, and consistency.
Instructor Chris Scott monitors the Makeup Lab and answers/demonstrates all student questions during each Makeup Lab session.
Bonus:
Photography of finished makeup is provided for students to build their personal makeup artist book for use in securing future makeup jobs.
Makeup and brushes are provided.
20% pro discount on all products for students to keep.
Cost:
20-hour ticket $400
40-hour ticket $700
This applies to both student and models. **(ie. if you partner with another student, then you are only paying for your own spot in the MUG Makeup Lab. If you bring a model then you must pay hourly for the model’s spot in the MUG Makeup Lab as well which is no more than $20/hr. No minimum hours required for your own model.
10% off if taken Jump Start Training, Advanced Training, or Focus Training.
Logistics:
MUG Makeup Artist Lab Hours: 9 am–6 pm every Monday.
MUG Makeup Artist Lab is held on Mondays to accommodate the Cosmetology/Esthetician Beauty School student and working hair stylist schedule.
MUG Makeup Artist Lab is limited to eight makeup artists/students/models total at one time.
Advanced sign-up is required to reserve your hours at MUG Makeup Lab.
Hours are logged. There is no required amount of time a makeup artist student may use the MUG Makeup Lab.
Students are encouraged to use each other as models. Having your makeup done is as instructive as applying makeup for the training makeup artist.
Students may bring their own models if preferred.
**Models are not provided except upon request with one week notice. Pricing for models is $20/hr. Minimum 4hrs.
Students are encouraged to work from their makeup kit for consistency from inside to outside the MUG Makeup Artist Lab.
*Look Book- An aspirational collection of makeup looks compiled by each makeup artist student. Makeup artist students uses these images as a reference to the looks they want to perfect.
Fail to prepare. Prepare to fail. (Thank you Gib Maudey)
Warmly,
Chris Scott
16th of January, 2018
Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.
CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
A student of makeup needs to be taught with great attention-to-detail by their instructors. Students must be given absolute skills that they can take into the marketplace and be able to confidently apply anyone’s makeup.
My experience with makeup artist’s in training is after learning a solid basic skill set, they want to learn more technique. The thinking is learning more technique will make them a better makeup artist.
It won’t.
Learning more technique will give them a larger skill set, not a better one.
What makes a better makeup artist is putting skills to the test.
This is a difficult leap to make as makeup artists in training do not have the resources to go about testing their skill set.
Enter MUG Makeup Artist Lab
MUG Makeup Artist Lab provides the discipline, experience and ongoing practice/training environment to advance the growing makeup artist.
I am a critic of large/expensive makeup courses where students spend their time/money watching a demonstration then repeating what they saw on each other. With a little training thrown in, students are paying a premium to practice on each other and spend half of the time being a model and not practicing themselves at all.
There is great value in having your makeup done while training as a makeup artist, I just think paying the premium tuition for that experience is not the best use of student’s money.
MUG Makeup Artist Lab provides the affordable structure for students to continue practicing and training simultaneously.
MUG Makeup Artist Lab defined.
MUG Makeup Artist Lab is an hybrid training/practice environment.
Students are given a structured approach to practice and grow their skill set, and at the same time, on-hand is their instructor to answer questions and demonstrate technique not yet grasped by the student to further their training.
There are 4 Makeup Artist stations available at any one time.
This means there can be no more than 8 people in the MUG Lab at any one time. 4 practicing makeup artists and 4 models.
This small lab size insures careful attention to detail for all in attendance.
Makeup artists may pair up and work with each other or bring their own model.
Please Note: Makeup Gourmet does not pair artists. If you wish to pair with another artist, those arrangements are made exclusively by you.
Models are not provided except upon request with one week notice. Pricing for provided models is $20/hr. Minimum 4hrs.
Because space is limited, there is a ‘corkage fee’ of $10/hour when bringing your own model.
Cost for this training/practice environment is $15-$20/hour.
It is, by far, the most affordable way to get professional training while advancing your craft.
Participants may spend their time however they choose. In every case, I am there to answer questions and demonstrate technique.
Suggested uses of MUG Lab
Self Guided: For the artist who knows what they want to get better at and comes in to practice just that (Minimum 4 hours).
Look Book*:Suggested for all makeup artists! One of my three makeup mentors taught me this and it made all the difference. Please see Look Book below for all the info.(Minimum 4 hours).
Safety Net: Meet with potential and actual clients with the knowledge that I am there to help. (Minimum 2 hours)
Client: For the working makeup artist who wants to meet their client in a makeup studio space. (Minimum 2 hours)
*
What is a Look Book?
A personal collection of images of makeup applications to which you aspire.
Suggested criteria for these images include:
• Face size needs to be at least half or more the size of the page. Small images leave out too much detail
• Make sure it is makeup you personally love or admire.
• Make sure it is makeup you can re-create or want to learn how to re-create
For makeup students, this is the missing link learning tool to expand your makeup skills.
Many painters perfect their technique by copying painting styles they wish to emulate. The makeup must must also learn how to achieve
their desired results by ‘figuring out’ how a makeup is done from an image to a model.
Most accomplished makeup artists have spent many hours recreating makeup looks they admire from print. As makeup styles are endless, the more looks that can be perfected, the deeper the pool of ideas to draw from when creating a fresh new look.
Freely give this Lucky $20 to your friends. There are pink icon share links near the top of this page.
Fail to prepare. Prepare to fail. (Thank you Gib Maudey)
Warmly,
Chris Scott
15th of January, 2018
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CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.
‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS
