noahlowryfan
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what cosmetic brands are well-known to professional makeup artists?
makeup brands
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Whitney Costner
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From my experience...
In Movies & TV, the makeup artists I've worked with have used mainly Ben Nye, Joe Blasco & MAC.
For stage & live theatre, the brand I saw most was MAC & Makeup Forever.
It can vary greatly though. And makeup artists can use all kinds, but most are loyal to one or two specific brands.
Hope that helps!
In Movies & TV, the makeup artists I've worked with have used mainly Ben Nye, Joe Blasco & MAC.
For stage & live theatre, the brand I saw most was MAC & Makeup Forever.
It can vary greatly though. And makeup artists can use all kinds, but most are loyal to one or two specific brands.
Hope that helps!
kare31
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Here's a great link with brands used by professional makeup artists
http://makeup.kjbennett.com/SimplyTheBest.htm
http://makeup.kjbennett.com/SimplyTheBest.htm
lara
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Depends on the job. For professional work I use bits and pieces from Ben NYE, MUFE, Kryolan and MAC. For 'regular people', I mostly use MAC, NARS, Stila and Benefit. The average layperson likes to see a lot of high-end cult names - I suppose it gives the illusion/comfort of you being extra fancy and 'make-up artist'y, regardless of your real skill. On the flipside, using Christian Dior, Chanel or anything like that gives the reverse illusion - they can buy Chanel or Dior from the chemist or local department store, so there's no sense of specialness.
