Why counterfeit products are a big NO NO

 Buying cheap and reasonable products is great fun, but not at the cost of your well-being. Counterfeit products are fraudulent imitations of the real ones and are clearly a big success in the market too.

The most famous markets in Delhi and other places are openly selling these fake products, with huge customer demand. You can easily find imitations of the biggest and most expensive brands like Huda beauty, Kylie Jenner, too faced, etc. at a really cheap price.

 

ALL THAT GLISTERS IS NOT GOLD

Similarly, just because you see a similar packaging of a kylie lip kit or a benefit highlighter does in no way mean it’s real, it is 100% FAKE and extremely risky to use. Counterfeit make-up is not just a rip-off but a major health concern too. This industry has grown so aggressively in the last couple years that the FBI (Law enforcement agency of USA) has dedicated a department towards raiding the stores and confiscating all the fake products being sold. The FBI reports that its agents have found a human carcinogens (substance that promotes the formation of cancer), aluminium, dangerous levels of bacteria and even human urine and feces in the products they have seized and you do not want to put that on your face, do you?

 

POISON ISN’T PRETTY

Buying these toxic counterfeit products might make you look pretty for some time but may bring major health risks for you. So many women have suffered major eye and lip infections and severe bacterial infections. The issue has gotten so serious and worrisome that even Netflix has made a series called BROKEN to raise awareness about counterfeit products and their life threatening risks.

So, all of you already using or thinking of buying any counterfeit product and taking pride in getting it for a really good price remember that the only bargain you’re going to be getting is a BACTERIAL INFECTION or something worse and you for sure do not want it.

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VLCC HD MAKEUP Course

  

The time HD Cameras entered into the industry, it has affected the makeup industry as well. It is the makeup that every bride dreams of as HD Makeup manages to appear invisible and feel lightweight while also camouflaging the imperfections. While working with HD cameras the tiniest details like wrinkles, blemishes, creases and even the thick and unnatural cakey makeup are completely visible in front of the screen.

HD basically stands for High Definition and has a standardized resolution of 720p or 1080p. It exposes each and every thinnest flaw with better quality. After the high definition cameras entered it became difficult for the makeup artists to hide the small flaws on the brides’ and celebrities' faces as every minute detail got highlighted under the high definition lenses. HD makeup includes HD products which are different from the traditional one as HD products are finer and lightweight. It lends a very natural, non-cakey and a soft flawless look and blends seamlessly with the skin.

HD or High Definition makeup technique provides sheer makeup that hides lines and creases and does not crease over time and provides smooth, transparent yet flawless and blemish-free look. HD Makeup is what people usually wear over screens and TV’s. HD cameras can easily capture each and every flaw on the face, both natural and layered by makeup. Thus, making the skin look flawless and camera-ready for hours HD Makeup was introduced.

 

HD makeup always keeps your skin young and radiant and does not make your makeup feel heavy at all.  The best part about HD makeup is that it looks extremely natural both on and off camera.

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LIPSTICK – A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Lipstick is a woman’s favourite cosmetic. It’s a savior when we don’t feel like concealing our face, just put on a beautiful rich coloured lipstick and you’re good to go.

No makeup is complete without lipstick application; you can do without blush, shadow or even eyeliner sometimes, but not without lipstick.

 

 

 

The product is much more than just a colour for the lips and can be used in a lot of different ways:

Colour Corrector: Lipstick believe it or not serves as a great colour corrector. Many You Tubers, Fashion Bloggers, Make-up artists and DIY artists have promoted how amazingly lipstick can be used for colour correction. It is not only economical but makes makeup even more interesting and fun.

 

 

Blush: You do not have to buy any other cream based super expensive blush when you have such a lipstick with you. There is nothing better than a beautiful pink/peach creamy lipstick to blush up those cheeks.

 

 

Eye shadow: Want to go buy a creamy eye shadow this time? No need; just put that lipstick you have to extra use and get a beautiful shiny cream eye shadow, and get that NO MAKEUP LOOK.

 

So, ladies now you know what a magical product your lipstick is, put it to some good use and rock every makeup look.

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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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