WHY LIFTING TONES MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE A GOOD IDEA ?

We often hear and share quotes saying “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”, “BROWN AND PROUD” and many more. But somehow we tend to forget the same while doing make-up. Make-up has never meant becoming fair or white and changing your natural tone completely, NO, make-up is a beautiful, powerful weapon and must be used to accentuate your natural tone and features.

A make-up artist must know that he/she is supposed to ask clients with wheatish or dusky complexions, if they want one shade lighter foundation or not, it must be a part of their consultation and analysis process. A lot of MUAs don’t even carry foundations and bases that cover darker tones, in their vanity, which is highly unprofessional, as an artist we must be efficient in catering to clients of all different tones and colours. However, there are times when the clients themselves ask the MUA for a lighter base, which is a different case altogether, because ‘the client is always right’ (ALWAYS REMEMBER).

There’s no harm in lifting the tone once in a while through baking or highlighting with a lighter foundation but maintaining your client’s natural tone even after make-up transformation will do wonders, some of them are mentioned below:-

1.Natural look: Make-up trends keep changing from time to time, most people, be it for their wedding or a party, prefer natural base these days that matches their tone perfectly, which looks flawless not only in real but turns out amazing in photos too.

2. No oxidisation:  Tone-to-tone make-up is highly unlikely to get oxidised, as it doesn’t involve using lighter foundations and also doesn’t create a disastrous contrast between the face and the neck.

3.Boosts confidence: You have no idea what wonders you (as an MUA) can do to someone’s confidence by giving them the transformation that doesn’t involve changing their tone 360 degrees and just working on their natural tones & features, thus, making the best out of it.

So, all those budding make-up artists out there, remember, not every dusky girl wants to look fair or white after make-up, some are just too much in love with their colour to ever want to change it  with or without make-up.

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Importance of Personal Appearance

Why we think personal appearance is importance to us it’s all because appearance is your own image that you reflected to other people. Personal appearance is undeniably significant to what people think about you. so let’s take an example for better understanding its importance, Let’s take two people standing in front of you one is in very clean attractive formal attire and the other one is in dirty clothes with un-cleaned shaved, whom you are attracted to talk to? Whom you want to know more? It’s a clear understanding that mostly are attracted towards a person with clean and formally attired personality it’s all because our personal appearance reflect far more of our attitude and gratitude towards other and If we dress well and keep a fresh look, it would definitely leave a good impression in others' minds.

In our personal appearance factors physical appearance plays a far important role as Physical appearance basically involves your body language in totality: your head movement, feet movements, hand movements, legs shaking, postures, gestures, facial features, and all other physical elements of your personality. These communicate a lot more than your personal outward appearances that are determined by clothing, attire, and make-ups.

Let’s understand what all are included in our personal appearance factors:

Hair

Regardless of your hairstyle, all hair should be clean and brushed/combed in the back as well as the front.

Face and Skin

Your face and neck is addressed first during your judgment of personal appearance. Men should be clean shaved or have their beards and mustaches trimmed and noticeable blemishes

Can be covered using makeup and women’s should wear a nude and no make-up look make-up, they don't need to carry a heavy coverage of base and loud eye makeup.

Hands

Men’s nails should be trimmed and cleaned and for ladies, shorter nails are always more appropriate than long ones, any nail polish that’s applied should be of a light or nude shade.

Mouth

Obviously, it’s important to brush and floss your teeth before going in front of your client. Always carry mints and mouthwash for an extra level of fresh breath confidence; however, never treat a client with anything in your mouth such as gum or mints.

Clothing

You should always be in formal attire in front of your client and should not be in loud disc style clothing as it presents a very bad and unprofessional behavior in front of your client.

Footwear

Your choice of footwear should be flat-soled closed toe shoes neither too bland nor too bold; just be sure to polish them before you step in front of your client.

Accessories

Simple accessories such as watches, small earrings, and modest necklaces are completely acceptable and shouldn’t create any problem during your work. However, if you wear loud heavy accessories it would be more difficult to focus on your client and work.

It is also important to maintain your personal hygiene such as always clean your hands with sanitizer before and after working on your client, your trolly arrangement and brushes should always be clean and properly arranged and you should always work in a hygienic way. These all things reflect your personality and professionalism towards your work and hence very important to maintain your personal appearance.

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