and sell me !!! We met up at 1:30 and went over somethings like what I would be doing, the order I would be doing her makeup in. Thanks to this site I wrote down the sanitation process and studied what others did during their demos. We went into the MAC at 1:50 and we were told to just wait for Manny. We had a seat at the counter it was just us demoing that day. This MAC is inside the Macys and we were just at the counter so I took advantage of that and laid down my tissues all over my counter space. I sanitized my hands and asked Manny if he had a peri dish, he gave me a metal artist disk. After that he told me to match her for foundation and grab my moisturizer and concealed and powder for her. I picked up strobe cream and matched her perfectly number 8 in the MAC Matchmaster foundation(I love that foundation) after I got everything together Manny came over and told me that I had 30 mins to create a day look for the office on her. So I began with the strobe cream and I used the 190 brush to apply it, I also explained to her that this was great because of the dewy glow that it would give her as well as help moisturize her dry skin. I then used the same brush to apply the match master foundation and I explained that this brush was a multipurpose brush. I then drew in her brows with stud and used concealer to clean them and make it pop. I used soft ochre as a base for her eye shadow then went in with dazzle light on her lid and wood winked on her inner crease and down brown on her outer crease for definition. All the while I am talking to her and I showed her the brows when I was done with one I also showed her her eye when I was done with one and about to move on to the next one. After that I lined her eye with smolder eye pencil just a small line and put some studio fix mascara on her I did not line her lower lash line because I put enough mascara on her that when she blinked enough excess product ended up on her lower lash line perfectly. I then blushed her cheeks with breezy and lined her lips with duck and put diva matte lipstick in her. I brushed her with some powder nc 45. Remember to dip all lipsticks lip pencils in alcohol and wipe off and sharpen pencils. And if you do touch their face just use a tissue as a barrier that's what I did just incase but I did ask her for permission to touch her face before hand. I kept the look simple and finished a few mins before time was up. He came over and asked me what products I used and what brushes. Then he said I have 15 mins to turn it into a night look. So I just took some black tied shadow and blended it into her inner and outer crease to darken things up I took smolder and darkened her liner and winged it out some, I then lined her lower lash line with smolder and smudge it with black tied shadow. I took her lipstick off, lined her lips with redd and wen in with my favorite lipstick, ruby woo!!! I did add more mascara to her as well. Took me about 10 mins to do all of that. When he came back he went through like the first time and asked me what I used etc. After that I was asked to wait ousted the maces on the bench and he would come and give me feed back . He said he was thoroughly impressed for me not to have any cosmetic experience except a makeup artist certification which I recently received April 13 2012 it was a 6 week course at the Bennett career institute, I've been doing makeup for a while in myself and friends though. Well he said that my brush skill were great and u knew how to blend blend blend he said he was very happy to pass me on to the net round!!! We started discussing which stores I could work at and he could see me at pentagon city because I had the MAC look!!!! Pentagon city mall is the place to be!!! Or metro center in DC. I was happy and I'm still on a natural High! Just remember to stay focused and have fun if you want a job at MAC you better come correct look the part and have a passion for makeup! Here is what my friend looked like in the end
I hope this helps too just like everyone else helped me too!!! Thanks, Tiana
I will have to try the pics again tomorrow, I'm on my iPad so I'll try it from a computer tomorrow. I did forgot to mention to keep the look simple because your customer has to be able to go home and apply that makeup on themselves just keep that in mind too.
and that I passed this round! He's going to email Homa and let her know how I did. He said the next step will be an interview with the regional manager! Eeek! I'm so excited. I was nervous when I first got there but once I had that belt on, I felt right at home!
So I'm REALLY hoping I pass this last interview!! hahaha. I wonder why they are having so many career calls lately.
I'm SO excited more than anything! LOL
That sounds really intense. My demo was nothing like that. /: Let us know when you get the call!Hey everyone:
I had the demo interview today for a freelance position. I had 30 minutes to gather supplies and create a look of choice (I chose a day look for work). The only requirement or explanation i was given before the clock began to tick was that a winged liner was a requirement, that means no explanation of sanitation, cleanup, process or rules. I remember asking for alcohol to dip my brushes in. I dipped brushes, wiped lipstick, and used applicators to get liner and lipgloss out, the only thing i don't remember doing was cleaning eyeshadows or blush/powder compacts with a tissue first. I was given a 168, 134, 130, 195 and some eyeshadow brush, i think a 238 brush. i borrowed a 263 from a fellow employee mid makeup job in order to apply liquid liner, since the penultimate i had picked out ended up being too dry to use.
I asked the interviewing manager for a lip brush and I was given a 213. It took me a good 7 minutes to gather my products because it was a busy day and I couldn't find the foundation I had previously matched to my model before my interview. I couldn't find the shade lighter than it either, so i had to go one shade darker. the manager had come by for this and walked with me to go look for the NC44 prolongwear i was referring to, and told me it didnt come in that, so she suggested studio fix. I was confused about that until i realized when i got home that what i had matched my model with before was studio fix not pro.. ..Grrrr...nerves! Unfortunately, I completely bypassed any skin care, other than prep + prime brightening serum, for the sake of time. I pulled out amongst my products, a lip liner, that i didn't have time to apply. I applied NC45 Prolongwearr, mineralize powder medium dark, prolong wear NW25 concealer, very black false lashes, eyebrow pencil spiked, I'm the one glamour daze blush, viva glam VI ( i believe), and this is where it gets shady, tinted lip glass, 2 eyeshadows. Because I wanted to get them all done, I skipped so many things I wanted to use, e.g. moisturizer, paint pot, lip conditioner, lip liner. I noticed i didn't have any time to keep my area clean, it was messy with the tissues and the brushes and the applicators, etc.
In the entire 30 minutes, the manager maybe stopped by 3 times for a few seconds, to glance in or listen in. There was also no way for me to tell if she was there, because my back was turned so i relied on my model to tell me if she had come by at all. At the end, she came for the last time and i asked her how i was on time, she said I don't know you tell me. Then she said i was over 3 minutes. She asked me to explain myself and what i used and why. I did, but when i went to point out the brow pencil, i couldn't find it amongst my things. The critique I received was pretty much all negative from what I remember. One thing she said that was good was that I had filled in her brows. The rest, she said i should have taken a step back to make sure the winged liner was symmetrical and used a brush to get rid of fall out instead of a q tip, she said the foundation was a bit dark for her and that I should have chosen a moisturizer for her because her skin would have looked better. Asked me what I would fix, i agreed with her suggestions and added that the concealer was a bit light and that I might have combined two blushes for a more defined finish next time. she saw id borrowed a brush from someone and told me i wasn't supposed to because it was all about seeing how i could make do with what i had. she also said that I needed to interact more with the customer. She ended it by saying that she would call me within the week to let me know. i thanked her and the girl who helped me. I really hope I didnt blow it!
