VLCC institute KOHL IT UP!!!

 Kohl has always been like the cherry on top when it comes to makeup; it defines the eyes beautifully and gives a strong structure to the face too.

From Ancient Egypt to India, kajal /kohl has always been used by both men and women. It has been centuries that people have been using kohl to look presentable and beautiful. Kajal is especially capable of enhancing warm tones beautifully well.

 

From Cleopatra to all the renowned Queens of India, used to put on kajal every day, the only difference is earlier people used to make it at home and now we have all different types and colours of Kohl pencils available.

Believe it or not, kohl takes the makeup look to another level altogether; it has always been a major part of Indian tradition too. Kajal ceremony is also a part of wedding rituals in some religions.

 

Even when you don’t feel like concealing your face and putting on layers of makeup, just put on some kajal, a little blush and gloss and you are good to go.

So, KOHL is one product that you must make a part of your vanity as it will never let you and your makeup down.

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Start Your Career as a Freelance Makeup Artist

 Makeup industry is thriving and how. Every creative person who doesn’t want to continue doing a desk job sees an opportunity in this industry. People from all different professions and backgrounds want to become a makeup artist.

 

But how important is it to own all the expensive, luxurious makeup brands and products in your vanity? The answer to that is ‘not important at all’. You must only buy branded products from stores but they don’t necessarily have to be ultra-expensive.

Making a vanity for makeup is no joke. Not only it involves decent investment but also a lot of thought and effort goes into deciding all different types of products you want to buy according to your target customers. Not every budding makeup artist has a huge budget to invent in brands like Mac, Chanel, and Huda Beauty etc. But it is more than possible to make a vanity with limited budget.

 

It is extremely important for you to first set a budget and then decide the brands you want to buy. Now the challenge for an MUA with a limited budget for vanity is to buy branded products without making a hole in their pocket, for that you must keep some points in mind:

 

Invest on palettes and not on individual products, for example, buying a base or a lipstick palette will be more economical than buying one single foundation, lipstick or blush. Palettes not only provide you with different colours but also look more professional in a vanity.

 

Buy reasonable brands and not over expensive ones. Brands like Makeup revolution, Wet & Wild, Nyx etc. offer a variety of products at a comparatively reasonable price, without compromising on the quality. There are many such similar brands that you can invest on with a limited budget.

 

You must always remember to not compromise on the quality of products, buying cheap and local products might help you make a vanity at a very less price but it won’t ever improve the quality of your business and services and that’s the last thing you would want.

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Start Your Career as a Freelance Makeup Artist

 Starting your own business as a freelance makeup artist is easier said than done but there is no end to how much you get to learn. Working as a freelance makeup artist has its own perks; you can choose your own hours, set your own rates, choose your clients and maybe start your own brand. But it can be a tough job too. It requires a lot of passion, great communication skills and self-motivation.

Here are a few need to know tips and tricks for start your career as a freelance artist.

Learn How to Do Makeup

In today’s era, there’s nothing that can’t be learnt through the internet. People contemplate the reason to join a beauty school when they apply makeup every day. But little do they know that joining a beauty school will help them learn a lot. Doing makeup on different people gives you an advantage as you gain experience to deal with different face shapes and various skin conditions.

 

A formal education is not necessary, but it gives you an upper hand against the artists who lack a professional training. A certification or some experience is indispensable to kick start your career as a freelance makeup artist. Refine your skills as much as possible. Make sure your certificates and portfolio speak for themselves.

 

Build Your Vanity

Starting off your career as a professional makeup artist, you will need at least a basic kit of the products and tools. When beginning your career as a freelance makeup artist, you don’t necessarily need to spend thousands on your kit. Build a vanity on a budget. There is no end to adding to your vanity. You will find innumerable drugstore products that are of great quality. Do your research and get knowledge of where to splurge and when to save!

 

Know Your Boundaries

As a freelance makeup artist, you should not make the mistake of promising to deliver something you do not excel at. Just because you want to earn money, does not mean that you should take up clients demanding a look that is not your strength. Instead, take clients that you want to work with and concentrate more on your area of expertise. This will help build your reputation among potential clients.

 

Build Your Client Base

The key to start your career as a freelance makeup artist is advertising yourself. Freelancers are barely advertised. Start off by doing makeup for clients at a lower price. This way you’ll get promoted through word of mouth. And as you build a reputation, start increasing your prices steadily.

 

Another way of promoting yourself is through social media. Spend a little on those paid advertisements. There are people looking for makeup artists pretty much every day and this will make it easier for them to find you.

 

Keep Yourself Updated with the Current Trends

Keep evolving as a makeup artist and brief yourself with the current makeup trends. It’ll make an impression, on your clients, of commitment to improve as an artist and, you’ll find yourself way ahead in the competition. So, keep refining your skills!

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VLCC Institute Corrective Makeup

 We all love to look beautiful with flawless skin. Women feel confident if she is looking beautiful this is the reason we all love makeup. Makeup helps us to hide our skin problems and enhance our facial features. Many of us have a lot of skin problems like acne, scars, blemishes, pigmentation, covering us imperfections of skin with precision and a lot of blending techniques is known as corrective makeup.

 

Corrective makeup is a technique that covers our skin imperfections and uses light and dark shades for better contouring our face structure. Corrective makeup helps us to enhance our facial features and balances our face by providing corrections to our face.

In corrective makeup we use dark and light shades to show the depth less and sharpness to our face. Dark colors always appear deeper and far away whereas light color always appears more enhanced and closer. By using dark and light shades we can create a perfect illusion of shape. Contouring always creates a shadow which helps to show depth less at certain areas.  

Contouring cheekbones, jaw lines will provide an illusion of a slimmer facial structure and highlighting the T-Zone of the face helps to attract the attention of everyone. We use neutralizers and concealer to cover problems like acne marks, pigmentation, dark circles, tanning and after covering all our skin problems we work with lighter and darker shades of foundation to give the face desirable corrections. Sharp nose and bendable contouring will give you a more realistic look.

Corrective makeup is not a theme-based makeup that you can carry only on some special occasions; we can carry the corrective makeup anywhere we want. The model can carry corrective makeup with a nude look or a heavy eye makeup; it is completely your choice what kind of eye makeup you would love to carry. Makeup plays a very important part in women's life and so it is also important for you to know it uses for better results.

 

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How an IDM-CIDESCO Diploma Can Take Your Career to Heights

 IDM stands for International Diploma in Makeup; CIDESCO (Comité International d'Esthétique ET de Cosmetology) on the other hand is an international certifying body based in Switzerland, valid in over 35 countries. VLCC is an institution giving a wonderful opportunity to all the budding Make-Up Artists to pursue, IDM (course designed by VLCC) along with CIDESCO certification.

 

The reasons this wonderful combination of two programmes is capable of making you succesful are listed below:

 

1. International Accreditation: One of the most important and valuable benefits of pursuing IDM CIDESCO is the international accreditation it gives. The Diploma being valid in some major developed countries not only brings you once in a lifetime opportunities but also adds a star to your resume.

 

2.Boosts Confidence & Creativity: Well, a diploma coming with so much value and importance wouldn’t be easy to achieve. The examination process of the course is a tough nut to crack and includes an international examiner judging your work. The students have to show their best, with themes like Catwalk, Fantasy, Black&White etc, which not only boosts their confirdence but brings out the creativity too.

 

3.Swearing by hygiene: Another word for IDM CIDESCO could be MAKEUP WITH HYGIENE. The course inculcates hygienic practices among students so well that they continue the same while working professionally too and always stand out because of this quality. Be it using diposable mascara wands or sterilising the brushes before use, the course teaches you everything you need to know.

 

4.Comprehensive Knowledge: Another factor that makes this course stand out is the fact that it not only teaches every aspect(practical & theoretical) of make-up but gives you and overall knowledge of hair, skin & nutrition too. There aren’t very many MUAs possessing a detailed knowledge of skin and nutrition, so this weapon would always help you crack toughest interviews and opportunities.

 

So, if you are looking to be a successful make-up artist, then IDM-CIDESCO is the answer to all your questions.

PURSUE IDM AND ADD A STAR TO YOUR CAREER

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VLCC Institute Ombre Lips

 The Ombre lips are the latest trend to our makeup industry. Ombre is a French word meaning fade and Ombré lips are blending of two or more lipstick colours or shades blended so that they fade into one another.

 

Ombre Lips look absolutely beautiful and outstanding and provide a very bold look to our lips. You can wear this trend at any occasion. Ombre lips are created by contrasting two colors, using a darker shade of lip liner blended inwards to a lighter shade of lipstick inside. It is easy to create ombre lips but choosing the right shades and right blend is must.

 

There are various ways to create ombre lips and let's learn some of the techniques and steps to achieve the ombre pouts.

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED:

STEP 1: Create a blank canvas by applying the concealer or foundation on your lips to work with it. Don’t forget to moisturize your lips before you apply concealer or foundation on your lips to avoid cracks and bleeding.

 

STEP 2: Get any darker lip liner of your choice to outline your lip edges. You can also create bigger lips using your lip liner to have an illusion of fuller and bigger lips.

 

STEP 3: Now, apply lipstick of your choice to the inner corner of your pout.

 

STEP 4: Now blend, blend and blend! Blend inwards with the help of lipstick brush until your lip liner and lipstick are blended well creating an ombre look.

 

STEP 5: Now use a concealer/foundation to give clean and sharp edges to your lips. Now you are done with your beautiful ombre pouts.

 

Hope, it will help you to create your pouts to be sexier and bolder!!

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