There is something that many makeup artists never mention
but I think it’s time someone did. A lot
of people try to take the art of makeup as simply an art and don’t realize that
we actually put in more than we get when it comes to compensation.
It is time that everyone realizes that those of us who are
professional certified makeup artists are entitled to get the compensation we
request when you ask us to do your makeup.
We do not only do this for fun. We
need to get paid and that, nor the fee for our services should ever be a topic
of discussion or debate
There are some of us that take makeup as hobby or a side
job. There are some of us who take it as
way of expression or passion. Then there
are some of us who take it as all of the above AND actually live of it.
No matter how we take this art, everyone should know that we
killed ourselves in makeup school every day for a certain amount of hours for a
certain amount of months. That we were
hungry, tired, some of us had a full day of work on us to the drag our heavy
kits up and down the NYC train stations to make it to makeup night school. That we sometimes couldn’t see our significant
others or kids for days or have a social life because by the time we had free
time our backs were out from all the hours standing in class..
Lets add to that all the money we had to pay for classes and
makeup, the money that we spend constantly on expensive makeup because many
feel entitled to “expensive” cosmetics, but always feel the need for a bargain.
We spend hours traveling to and from locations with our heavy kits to then
spend more hours on location. We spend
entire days of our lives working hard to make the few bucks, that many consider
too much money, to try and make a living and a name for ourselves.
Bottom line here is, our makeup, our time and our talents
aren’t cheap and didn’t come cheap to us so don’t expect that it will come at a
bargain or free to you cause it’s simply NOT fair. Come real or don’t come at all.
Please & Thank you!
