Another MA's work on you

[_trimm_trabb]

Haha, I have the pictures! But I'm a little to embarassed to post them because I look pretty awful. I have pretty sallow yellow tendencies to my skin to begin with, so the bright YELLOW eyeshadow she put on me made me look sick (especially with NO eyeliner or mascara).

 

[MissVivaMac]

Working at MAC, we are always having other people do our make up(certifications, updates, seminars, classes) and I have never had a problem with another MA getting upset if I take off the make up.

We have an understanding with each other that ,"hey, i do my make up everyday and know what i like so there may be things that i dont like so much".

i.e. i was the model for one of my friends certifications and when she was done...i fixed my brows and amped up the shadow a lil bit but she didnt mind, we just laugh it off a bit and i thanked her.

And, true MA's can tell when a customer does not like it and when it does not look good. I can totally tell if a customer is not comfortable with something I have put on them or if I didnt blend shadows correctly, and..

I will ALWAYS say something for example:
-I know you dont normally wear red and if you arent comfortable with that color we can definitely try something else
-I put this foundation on because your skin tone looked really warm, but I am now noticing you are really golden and I know a color that will match perfectly
-Sorry to spend so much time blending your shadow after we were done but I really want you to look perfect!

 

[xoleaxo]

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Originally Posted by MissVivaMac And, true MA's can tell when a customer does not like it and when it does not look good. I can totally tell if a customer is not comfortable with something I have put on them or if I didnt blend shadows correctly, and.. I will ALWAYS say something for example: -I know you dont normally wear red and if you arent comfortable with that color we can definitely try something else -I put this foundation on because your skin tone looked really warm, but I am now noticing you are really golden and I know a color that will match perfectly -Sorry to spend so much time blending your shadow after we were done but I really want you to look perfect!

why can't i find an MA like you?!

i'm not an artist but enjoyed reading this thread..i've had my makeup done a couple of times at MAC and for the most part i liked them all.. but one time the MA did my eyes really bold with teal colors. it was fine until she outlined my bottom lid with teal pigment; LOTS OF IT.

thennn i asked for a nude, soft lip. she lined them with a dark plum liner and then a dark lipstick. i didn't know what to say because i already told her i wanted them nude.. i just said thanks, bought my stuff & left..when i got to my truck, i wiped the lipstick and pigment that had fallen on top of my cheeks off. lol.

 

[Mandaz_Diamondz]

These are so funny, I'm sorry you all had to go through that, but they made great stories! I don't mind having someone else do my makeup, I get new ideas and new tips, unless they just don't know what they were doing...

...Like last fall in my makeup class, it was the night of our finals and we were to do a look of our choice on our model. I keep my eyebrows pretty full, not crazy thick but not too thin either, if I want them to look super good, they just need a bit of light brown shading to fill in somewhat or to lengthen. Well, my partner decided to totally go over my eyebrows with a dark brown. The rest of the makeup application wasn't bad, but wasn't that great either. One of my girl friends in the class looked over at me and her eyes got extremely wide and I could tell she was ready to brust out laughing. She turned away and a few seconds later I received a text asking "WTF is with your eyebrows???!" When the instructor came around she told the girl that the applicaton was okay but that she overdid the eyebrows "a little". You think?!

 

[MissVivaMac]

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Originally Posted by xoleaxo why can't i find an MA like you?! i'm not an artist but enjoyed reading this thread..i've had my makeup done a couple of times at MAC and for the most part i liked them all.. but one time the MA did my eyes really bold with teal colors. it was fine until she outlined my bottom lid with teal pigment; LOTS OF IT. thennn i asked for a nude, soft lip. she lined them with a dark plum liner and then a dark lipstick. i didn't know what to say because i already told her i wanted them nude.. i just said thanks, bought my stuff & left..when i got to my truck, i wiped the lipstick and pigment that had fallen on top of my cheeks off. lol.

thanks!

yea, i have realized that it just makes my job easier when my customer is enjoying it. And i tell them in the beginning...

"be honest with me if you dont like something, you wont hurt my feelings, you are the one that has to leave like this! haha"

plus, when someone doesnt like their make up, I would feel horrible during that walk of shame to the register I see some customers do for minimum $50 purchase. eek!

 

[boudoirblonde]

Wow, I feel really sorry for all you guys!

Before MAC, I was PARANOID about other people doing my make-up!
But then I was introduced to MAC by one of the best MAs I've ever met on a shoot for my (modeling) portfolio.

Then I went to MAC and had THE BEST MA, god she was gorgeous, I hated her make-up, but she did such an amazing job on me! She did exactly as I asked, and she kept asking me if there was anything to change/add. All I wanted was a little more mascara! So I went back to her again another time and got falsies! And she totally explained how to put them on and everything

And then she left to freelance

I was so sad. But I went and got my make-up done again, and had another amazing girl! And she asked me if I liked it as we went too. One thing I said was tone down the orange gold, and then it came out perfect!

Haha, but now you guys are making me scared

 

[MisStarrlight]

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Originally Posted by MissVivaMac thanks! And i tell them in the beginning... "be honest with me if you dont like something, you wont hurt my feelings, you are the one that has to leave like this! haha"

I used to tell people that all the time. I always hated hearing the horror stories of people coming to me & saying that someone else did their makeup and they hated it. Well, duh-If you hated it, why didn't you say anything?

 

[Meryl]

I just found this thread and it made me think of the time I met Bobbi Brown, yes, the Bobbi Brown, and had a private consultation with her. (This was years ago, when her line was first introduced at Holts on Bloor and she was in town for a few days, taking private appointments at the store.)

She did my face quickly and wrote the colours on a face chart (I still have it, I'll never throw it out.) I'm a NW20 and she suggested a pure white(!) shadow at my brow, a reddish brown on my lid, a bright apricot for my cheeks and a deeper brown-pink for my lips. I think it was her famous #4 lipstick. Even the foundation was too dark. I was surprised enough to tell her I thought I was too pale for the shade she suggested and she said "well I think this is the right shade for you, but you should use the one you like."

It was so odd because I thought for sure I would get the subtle, neutral look that I love, especially from Bobbi Brown, the Queen of the natural looking face. But I was disappointed that she didn't see me in a way to my liking.

 

[BlahWah]

^^ Meryl, that's so crazy cool! To be made over by Bobbi Brown... altho it is too bad the fotd didn't turn out great. =( Maybe she was going for a bolder neutral face (how oxymoronic does that sound, lol)...

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Originally Posted by MisStarrlight I used to tell people that all the time. I always hated hearing the horror stories of people coming to me & saying that someone else did their makeup and they hated it. Well, duh-If you hated it, why didn't you say anything?

But if the MA doesn't say it, it's the day of the wedding and she has 7 girls to do after me, how much should I say? I didn't want to sound picky but it just really didn't look great!

 

[Meryl]

^^ BlahWah, you're right. She was going for a bolder neutral look. She told me she thought we had the same "look" but I know I'm much fairer than her. I don't think she's a NW20 who has cheeks that tend to flush pink.

In any case, I didn't want to tell her what to do. She's Bobbi Brown and I was curious as to how she saw me.

My feeling was, that she didn't put much thought into it. She wasn't in front of the camera, like she usually is, re-doing someone's make-up.

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by BlahWah But if the MA doesn't say it, it's the day of the wedding and she has 7 girls to do after me, how much should I say? I didn't want to sound picky but it just really didn't look great!

The very few times I was given the gift of having professional make-up done... as a courtesy for a wedding event... I altered it a bit. But later, in private. No one seems to blend the way I like it. Now, I just say 'no thank you' if someone offers.

Quite honestly, I think the MAs who do weddings aren't that good.

I have been very happy with suggestions from the MAs at a MAC store. They're given me some great tips.

 

[Zoffe]

I walked by a Dior counter and a girl asks me if I want a quick makeover. I thought it'd be fun so I let her.
I'm rarely seen without eyeshadow but this was one of those days - I was only wearing eyeliner and a little bit of lip gloss.
So she talks to me like I don't know ANYTHING about makeup. I tried to make little hints like "just do something fun, I usually wear bright colors a lot", "yes, I have tried cream eyeshadows before and I really like how it blends" and other things.
I ended up with bright pink, unblended blush, glittery pink lipstick and unblended mint green eyeshadow with a gap between the shadows and my lashes and no highlight color. All I could think was "SHE thought I didn't know anything about makeup... Right"

 

[lanaleigh]

I don't get all snotty about the colors someone picks--that could be opinion or even the lighting, but when someone doesn't have the skills to put eye and lip liner right, they need to practive more!

At the last class I was at, my makeover was horrible--but the worst part was that she just didn't listen. You could tell she just didn't do makeovers or care about her job. We were to act like we were real clients, and she wouldn't ask me any questions, and when I did offer info, she did the exact opposite. She actually handed me the mascara and said-here, you do it.

 

[lanaleigh]

I don't get all snotty about the colors someone picks--that could be opinion or even the lighting, but when someone doesn't have the skills to put eye and lip liner right, they need to practive more!

At the last class I was at, my makeover was horrible--but the worst part was that she just didn't listen. You could tell she just didn't do makeovers or care about her job. We were to act like we were real clients, and she wouldn't ask me any questions, and when I did offer info, she did the exact opposite. She actually handed me the mascara and said-here, you do it.