Make Up Kits

Hi
I am training as a hair professional but have booked myself onto a short course for make up.. In the future I hope to offer special occasion hair and make up.

I already have a very basic student kit (its a bit rubbish) but personally I use lily lolo mineral make up. My question is:

What should I start stocking my kit up with?
Obviously I like the mineral make up - I cannot afford silly prices and this would be my preference. I have heard of several makes Jane Iredale, Lily Lolo, Bare Minerals etc etc....What would be best to go with?

Would stocking up on only mineral make up be OK? Is there instances where I would need other make up?

Obviously, the make up has to work for photos (no reflection etc)... any help/advice appreciated!

I personally hate mineral make-up so wouldn't use a makeup artist who only offered mineral. I don't know of any working makeup artists who use minerals to be honest, but then I don't know that many anyway!

You could have a look for recommendations on Makeup Advice Forum and also IN MY KIT Professional Makeup & Cosmetic Product Reviews Kevin James (KJ) Bennett and Makeupalley - Street Smart Beauty - Homepage. ELF cosmetics get good reviews and their Studio range is high quality and very reasonably priced. You can also get discounts on other lines once you're qualified (including MAC and Illamasqua). MAC face & body is reasonably priced and photographs well - it comes in a big bottle so you can get 2 or 3 shades plus the white one (from the Pro shop) and mix to get what you need. Sleek also do nice eyeshadows that are highly pigmented.

Thanks for the feedback... thought mineral make up as it lasts so long... may be aa gd option... have heard mac is a good line... will look into the forums suggested, thx again

Hello, I've just been on a bridal course today (previously I did a VTCT course, so am looking to do something more specialist). I used a Screenface eye pallette which I loved, it's about £70 on the website but it's great and will last forever as the colours are really really pigmented and you need hardly any.

I asked the tutor (a makeup artist of 21 year's experience who normally does film & TV work) about minerals out of my own personal interest, and she said that she doesn't know any artists who use them and she wouldn't bother with them or recommend them - she said she thinks they are a gimmick and they don't really work. I tend to agree with her, I don't get on with them at all, but each to their own! There are lots of folk who love them.

She also doesn't recommend MAC for foundation or for matte eyeshadow, although the brushes and the pearlised eye colours are good she said. She recommends Lancome and Chanel for bridal work for foundation and eye colours. She used Bobbi Brown concealer and also Dermacolor (BB better for under eye shadows, but Dermacolor pallettes are very reasonably priced and I really liked the formula when I used it today). We used MAC blush creams and Illamasqua powder today, and Lancome juicy tubes for lips with a MAC Spice liner which she says all makeup artists have.

Hope that helps! She said that the expensive stuff is generally better tho not always, and really you need the best products and tools you can get as it makes a big difference to your final results. Having seen how much easier it was to get a lovely result today with the high end stuff (rather than the cheap kit we used on my VTCT course) I have to agree with her 101%.

I also wouldn't recommend mineral makeup, however I would recommend that you buy the best quality makeup you can afford

Buy product which best suit yours and your prospective clients needs only.

I would avoid mac foundations as mentioned by another poster on here