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The Art of Make-up: A Journey to Success

Discover the nature of work, career path, and goals of success for make-up artists. This informative video presentation features interviews with experts, survey analysis, and helpful tips.

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The Art of Make-up: A Journey to Success

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  1. ImageMake-up Artist Presented by Chester Cheung, Irene Mo, Lily Lam, Sindy Li

  2. Content • Introduction • Nature of work • Career path • Video of Real Workplace • Goals of success! • Survey analysis • Tips!

  3. Introduction: Why choose such a career? • MaxFactor: Zing • Appear in the advertisement • Makeup artist social status • Hit career among women in Taiwan • Listed in Top 25 (育惠 , TOP 25女性熱門工作排行榜) • = make-up + image design • Do > makeup artist

  4. Purpose of the Project • Know more about the career • Interview with Pauline Tsang & Peggy Chan • Introduce it to someone who are interested in joining make-up industry • Tips!

  5. Nature of Work - Description • aiming to help people to enhance/alter their appearance • From make-up to fashion and photographic models, actors in television productions, brides

  6. Duties • To prepare the skin for make-up application and remove make-up as required • To consult with clients, actors, producers or directors about the required look • To produce special effects such as ageing, illness, scars and bruising • To advise hairdressers on the hairstyle required for character parts.

  7. Working place • Television and film studios, Hairdressing/beauty salons, make-up salon • Usually indoor • outdoors if working on location for film and television productions

  8. Equipment • make-up products: • Foundation • Eye-shadow • Mascara • Lipstick and blusher, etc.

  9. Working hours • Flexible, irregular • Depends on job nature • Magazine cover photo shoots: shorter time (3-5 hours per job) • working in film or television programme production: long and irregular hours (>9hours per job)

  10. Working withPeople • face-to-face contact with their clients, HR staff to discuss the required and expected image . • They may also have contact with hairdressers, photographers, actors, directors, producers and other film or television crew.

  11. Personality • adore beauty • have the sense of beauty, color matching, clothes’ mix and match • innovation

  12. Other requirements • familiar with the ever up-to-date styling and fashion trend • willing to work over shifts • have great physical strength • have good communication skill

  13. Additional skills • Hair styling skill • Nail art • Putonghua

  14. Let’s explore the world of an freelance Image Make-up artist…Pauline Tsang!

  15. How makeup can work? BEFORE.. AFTER!!!

  16. Stage 1: Store/counter make-up artist Professional make-up & hair styling techniques course CAREER PATH Advanced Bridal make-up course Stage 2: Bride make-up artist Advanced stage & media make-up image course Stage 3: Magazine/ advertisement/ fashion show make-up artist Master grade all round course Stage 4: Super star/model or imaging make-up artist International professional diploma course Stage 5: International professional make-up artist/ make-up teacher

  17. 1. Store/counter make-up artist • Finish ‘Professional make-up & hair styling techniques course’ • employed by make-up companies and work as beauty store/ counter make-up artists • stay at the store • participate in the company’s promotion activities • job duties include helping customers to choose the suitable products, teaching basic make-up techniques, promoting the products to customers • Important to have good communication skill, interpersonal skill and promotion skill

  18. 2. Bride make-up artist • finish the ‘Advanced bridal make-up course’. • can work full-time or part-time • Full-time artists can be employed by ‘wedding companies’ • For part-time artists • leave their portfolio containing their own make-up design to various companies • Negotiate with the company about the income • should good at hair styling and also nail art

  19. 3. Magazine/ advertisement/ fashion show make-up artist • finish the ‘Advanced stage & media make-up image course’ • recommended to participate in certain simple advertising make-up • have opportunities to build up their reputation in advertising industry. • should be well prepared • keep abreast of the latest make-up trend or even need to predict the future trend • familiar with the latest make-up products as they may be asked to demonstrate those products.

  20. 4. Super star/model or image make-up artist • finish the ‘Master grade all round course’ • have ample chances to meet super stars after being advertisement/ magazine make-up artists • may be employed by those stars if they like the designs.

  21. 5. International Professional make-up artist/ make-up teacher • take those advanced diploma courses such as ITEC, CIBTAC which are internationally recognized • choose to teach make-up techniques to fallow students.

  22. Other job opportunities: • can work as freelancer • income is unstable, depending on the number of jobs per month • have more freedom and having a more balanced lifestyle • job nature is only recommended for those famous make-up artists.

  23. Salary of make-up artist • store/ counter make-up artist $ 15000 per month • a part-time bride make-up artist about $ 1000 per job • magazine/ advertisement make-up artist about $ 3000-8000 per job • employed by superstar over $ 100000 each month

  24. Make-up School/ Organization • Beauty Tech Tel no: 2574 4418 • Esther Beauty & Fitness College Tel no: 2722 6773 • VOGUE it is Tel no: 8202 0930

  25. Tips for choosing a right school! • Choose the school that will recommend students to join shows organized by other companies. • To check those school teachers if they have been employed by superstars • Be aware that the school has cooperated with some big companies.

  26. Goals of Success • Sense of achievement • Many different measures • Tremendous effort to reach high in career • Direct Vs Indirect goals

  27. Direct Measures of Success (1) • Huge profit (i.e. MONEY) • project-based • Hours to months, or even years! • E.g. single shoot in studio, large scale movie • Great deviations • More famous = More expensive

  28. Direct Measures of Success (2) • Professional Awards • Hollywood Makeup Artist & Hair Stylists Guild Awards • British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) • Grammy Awards • Internationally-recognized honors • Very strong index!

  29. Direct Measures of Success (3) • As makeup Teacher/School establisher • Passing knowledge to fellow members in the industry • Abundant amount of experience is a must • Decades of working history • Very talented and gifted • Local/Abroad

  30. Indirect Measures of Success (1) • Popularity • Exposure in TV advertisement • Composer of magazine columns • Influencing others with daily life • Image, words, speech • Ultimately… • Global makeup trend builder/leader

  31. Indirect Measures of Success (2) • Friendship • Typical service industry • Large pool of clients from ALL walks • Colleagues of different nationality • Movie director in Singapore, Model from France… • Size of Interpersonal Network • Identification of own success

  32. Factors leading to success • Basic factors • Good judgment of beauty • Talents in arts • Willing to product artwork • Deep passion in makeup industry • With open mindset and bright personality

  33. Factors leading to success • Well prepared to work in highly demanding and dynamic industry • Rapid-changing NEW knowledge and trends everyday… • All-rounder • Knowledge of skin care, fashion design, photography…

  34. Q. Are u interested?

  35. Q. Quality do u think image makeup artist should have? Friendly outgoing personality: Important too!! Creativity High level of artistic ability

  36. Q. Salary $

  37. Q. What to worry about? OK! Unstable income Can’t sustain long Irregular working hour ? OK!

  38. Survey & findings: • Online Survey (12th March – 12th April ) • Objective • To investigate the views of youngsters towards the career of Image make-up artist • Received 90 respondents’ completed surveys

  39. Views on whether this career is expanding in HK • Most of the respondents (65%) did not know much about the current market & job opportunities of image make-up artist. • 20% of respondents agreed that this career was expanding whereas 15% disagreed.

  40. Views on the Prospects of Image make-up artist • There was 60% of respondents showed neutral (‘3’) as their views on the prospects of being an image make-up artist • 20% of respondents showed that they were quite optimistic (‘2’) about the prospects of this career.

  41. Tips for New Comers • Not just a feminine and girlish industry • Many successful artists are MALE~ • Special judgment of beauty • More creative • Bring new effects and stimulations • Irregular hours, harsh environment • Should be patient and detailed minded

  42. Good Financial Support • Big investment before and on the way • School fees, materials, books… • Be Humble • Willing to work under harsh environment and for low-paid job esp. at the beginning • Learn from experience • Portfolio • Balance of life • Dynamic and demanding • Relaxation

  43. Questions and Answers

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