Which courses are we all doing in the New Year?

[laurakate]

I'm a beauty therapist wanting to train more in makeup. I'm aspiring to continue offering all of my treatments self employed whilst branching out into doing bridal and prom work as part of that.

 

[noreenoconnor]

Hi Claire

I rent a section in a hair and beauty salon , I do all the beauty inc make up however editorial make up is my passion and I market myself as an editorial make up artist completely separately from the beauty salon , I try not to mix them as the fashion world tends to be quite snobby and looks down on make up artists who don't solely do make up for a living .

I was doing make up for an editorial just before Christmas and while on set the stylist introduced herself to me , and obv I said nice to meet you I'm Noreen O'Connor. She said something along the lines if she'd seen my work before and can't believe we had met before and was SUPER friendly . Well as we chatted she asked how the make up was going for me and I honestly replied that my main income was from the beauty salon and make up jobs really only come up a couple of times a month so not really able to make a living from them , well she was so horrified that she did a double take at me and lost all interest in me for the rest of the shoot ( not that I was that bothered mind lol)
Just goes to show though doesn't it lol

I do take on bridal jobs outside the salon and get clients from both the salon and my website that is solely marketed at the editorial side of things .

 

[noreenoconnor]

I'm so excited for you Noreen. I wish you weren't in Cork but in Dublin instead, I would be your best customer. Not only for your lovely nails and make up but for your waxing. When you waxed me before I thought you were excellent so I can only imagine what you will be like after Kim, you will be the best in Ireland.xxx

2014 I'm going to try to improve and perfect my technique and skills and then I would like to do specialised brows, shellac and waxing. Its hard waiting I want to do it all at once!xxx

I actually didn't feel all that confident after that training !!! Which is why I've booked to go to kim fingers crossed I'll have more confidence because I haven't pushed waxing at all since I done the training and have done no more that 5 hollywoods since the training !!! Which was like more than 6 months ago :I

 

[Severnrose]

I'm looking to do my kim lawless intimate waxing and my contour d'ior tanning xxx

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Hello What's contour d'ior tanning? Just googled it and can't find much? Xx

 

[Molly B]

I actually didn't feel all that confident after that training !!! Which is why I've booked to go to kim fingers crossed I'll have more confidence because I haven't pushed waxing at all since I done the training and have done no more that 5 hollywoods since the training !!! Which was like more than 6 months ago :I

I find basic waxing stressful let alone intimate waxing but I'm sure you will be flying it after Kim's training. When are you going? Let us know how you get on. Would love to go there too as I'm so unconfident in any waxing. Where are you flying into?xxx

 

[little-miss-owl]

Will hopefully be taking in decleor pretty soon so will be attending their weeks facial training

I AM GOING TO THE DECLEOR MOTHER SHIP FOR TRAINING ON MONDAY! SO EXCITED! I shall report back... does anyone know if they feed you btw?

 

[Sharkster]

Hi Claire

I rent a section in a hair and beauty salon , I do all the beauty inc make up however editorial make up is my passion and I market myself as an editorial make up artist completely separately from the beauty salon , I try not to mix them as the fashion world tends to be quite snobby and looks down on make up artists who don't solely do make up for a living .

I was doing make up for an editorial just before Christmas and while on set the stylist introduced herself to me , and obv I said nice to meet you I'm Noreen O'Connor. She said something along the lines if she'd seen my work before and can't believe we had met before and was SUPER friendly . Well as we chatted she asked how the make up was going for me and I honestly replied that my main income was from the beauty salon and make up jobs really only come up a couple of times a month so not really able to make a living from them , well she was so horrified that she did a double take at me and lost all interest in me for the rest of the shoot ( not that I was that bothered mind lol)
Just goes to show though doesn't it lol

I do take on bridal jobs outside the salon and get clients from both the salon and my website that is solely marketed at the editorial side of things .

Hi Noreen,

I too do a lot of make up and have worked in film, commercials, editorial, photoshoots etc and market that side of my business separate from my beauty business. There really is a total snobbery in make-up against beauticians regardless of their make-up training as we are not specific to make-up. They see us as 'jack of all trades' and I even read a post on another forum describing us as such. Well sorry but unless you are at the top of the tree and working full time in make-up (which most do NOT) then it's a part time job. We, as beauticians and make-up artists are keeping ourselves gainfully employed full time so sod those that make mean comments. (I have seen your work by the way, it's fabulous!)

Just going back to the OP, my bucket list of training stands at lash extensions (still not sure which brand though), CND Enhance and PTTLS or whatever the new one is called.

And the best thing I ever did for my business was training in make-up, it has brought in loads of new business and especially bridal work which has rocketed my income so go for it!

 

[sarah1992]

Hi Noreen,

I too do a lot of make up and have worked in film, commercials, editorial, photoshoots etc and market that side of my business separate from my beauty business. There really is a total snobbery in make-up against beauticians regardless of their make-up training as we are not specific to make-up. They see us as 'jack of all trades' and I even read a post on another forum describing us as such. Well sorry but unless you are at the top of the tree and working full time in make-up (which most do NOT) then it's a part time job. We, as beauticians and make-up artists are keeping ourselves gainfully employed full time so sod those that make mean comments. (I have seen your work by the way, it's fabulous!)

Just going back to the OP, my bucket list of training stands at lash extensions (still not sure which brand though), CND Enhance and PTTLS or whatever the new one is called.

And the best thing I ever did for my business was training in make-up, it has brought in loads of new business and especially bridal work which has rocketed my income so go for it!

How do you get into doing commercial & editorial make up?

 

[laurakate]

I AM GOING TO THE DECLEOR MOTHER SHIP FOR TRAINING ON MONDAY! SO EXCITED! I shall report back... does anyone know if they feed you btw?

I can't answer your question but I think this is awesome! I would love to do this! Take me with you!!!

 

[laurakate]

Hi Noreen,

I too do a lot of make up and have worked in film, commercials, editorial, photoshoots etc and market that side of my business separate from my beauty business. There really is a total snobbery in make-up against beauticians regardless of their make-up training as we are not specific to make-up. They see us as 'jack of all trades' and I even read a post on another forum describing us as such. Well sorry but unless you are at the top of the tree and working full time in make-up (which most do NOT) then it's a part time job. We, as beauticians and make-up artists are keeping ourselves gainfully employed full time so sod those that make mean comments. (I have seen your work by the way, it's fabulous!)

Just going back to the OP, my bucket list of training stands at lash extensions (still not sure which brand though), CND Enhance and PTTLS or whatever the new one is called.

And the best thing I ever did for my business was training in make-up, it has brought in loads of new business and especially bridal work which has rocketed my income so go for it!

Urgh! I hate the thought of working in an industry where you've got to network excessively where there can be a lot of cattyness. I started a performing arts based career and backed away from it for this very reason.

I'm hoping to use makeup as an extra rather than as a specialism. I do lots of things that I could specialise in but I just can't justify narrowing my options when being more diverse could potentially keep me more busy (and provide me with more treatments that I can teach because this is ultimately what I'm aiming for...with makeup being a full time course in most colleges it would seem daft not to pursue it with this in mind in terms of teaching hours).

 

[Zoelouisefarmer]

How much are shellac courses id love to do one?
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[PinkSwoon]

Wanting to do CND Naturally or Naturally + Gel but it's a nightmare getting hold of training dates, I've been calling for months! Hopefully as it's new year there will be some soon!

 

[Laney303]

I wanted to add shrinking violet this year but i'm a bit scared as have heard we practice on each other and being a size 18 is putting me right off lol. I'm 30 next week and last year I trained in so much and have my little home salon to do something I love before I hit this milestone so this year is going to be all about pushing it more and gaining more clients

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[laurakate]

I wanted to add shrinking violet this year but i'm a bit scared as have heard we practice on each other and being a size 18 is putting me right off lol. I'm 30 next week and last year I trained in so much and have my little home salon to do something I love before I hit this milestone so this year is going to be all about pushing it more and gaining more clients

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Any beauty therapist worth their salt is used to seeing lots of bodies in terms of shape and size. I seriously wouldn't worry about it.

 

[little-miss-owl]

I can't answer your question but I think this is awesome! I would love to do this! Take me with you!!!

Haha yes that's a great idea, we can be monkeys together! :biggrin: xx

 

[Victoriabar]

I wanted to add shrinking violet this year but i'm a bit scared as have heard we practice on each other and being a size 18 is putting me right off lol. I'm 30 next week and last year I trained in so much and have my little home salon to do something I love before I hit this milestone so this year is going to be all about pushing it more and gaining more clients

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I did my full body massage course last year and was initially concerned when I found out it was practice on each other as I'm size 20 but I didn't need to worry, one of the other girls was size 6 and she was worried too.

Enjoy your course and don't worry

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[Sharkster]

How do you get into doing commercial & editorial make up?

I did a LOT of testing with photographers when I started out and some have come back to me for paid work as they liked what I did. The commercials I got from being contacted though Mandy.com.

 

[sarah1992]

I did a LOT of testing with photographers when I started out and some have come back to me for paid work as they liked what I did. The commercials I got from being contacted though Mandy.com.

Oh thats great, I would love to get into something like this for nails & make up! Thanks!

 

[shellbert]

Hey guys
Never heard of Billion Dollar Brows - what is that??
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[Victoriabar]

Hey guys
Never heard of Billion Dollar Brows - what is that??
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Expensive eyebrows

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