Makeup Gourmet's Top Five Hot Tips for Unbelievable New Year's Eve Makeup

The Makeup Gourmet is ready to ring in the New Year in style with its top five hot tips on how women can look fabulous for the dawn of 2010.

According to The Makeup Gourmet, Chris Scott, if ever there was a night that women (or men for that matter) want to look gorgeous, New Years Eve is it.

“It is always good omen to start the upcoming year off right by looking beautiful. Though this is often easier said than done, there are a few simple guidelines that will help keep everyone looking and feeling their absolute best,” Mr Scott, added.

Here are the Makeup Gourmet’s Top Five Hot Tips for Unbelievable New Year’s Eve Makeup, along with a few helpful tips on what to avoid:

Go for the Glow
Do try to make the look of the skin a ‘glowy’ one. Adjust the look to the fact that New Year’s Eve means dancing and flirting and the skin will show it. This way the more fun one has, the more their body temperature will enhance the look.

Try to avoid matte looking skin as most people will be fighting it all night long. Having to powder and re-powder throughout the night to maintain the look is such a hassle. It is New Years Eve and one should liberate themselves from this burdensome task.

Monroe not Manson Mascara
If possible wear waterproof mascara or false lashes. For those who just can’t see yourself in false lashes, get a highly-rated waterproof mascara avoids the inevitable meltdown once the party kicks into high gear. For others, false lashes are the best way to glam up a look and avoid mascara altogether.

Remember – avoid standard mascara. New Year’s Eve is a night to look like Marilyn Monroe not Marilyn Manson.

Toss the Gloss
By all means do wear a high-sheen permanent lip color. The beauty of this formula is that there is no transfer or loss of color to regardless as to where individual lips happen to have been previously. Drugstores carry vibrant inexpensive colors so it’s a guilt free purchase even if only used for a night.

This of course means it’s a night to toss the lip gloss, so there will be no need for annoying touch ups. Plus it leaves a forensic trail of where and who anyone might have been playing with.

Damn the Glitter
Select a -like eye shadow and face brighteners. These products give the full effect of glitter without the hazard of getting anything in one’s eyes.

Avoid at all costs loose glittery products above the eyes. It is fun to be glittery all over, however, one small piece in the eye and the rest of New Year’s Eve could be spent hunched over the sink trying to flush it out.

Leave Luxury Behind
Avoid packing high end makeup with you for New Years Eve to touch up with. Chances are a prized lip liner will end up in a cab, a pressed powder case will shatter or a favorite discontinued lip-gloss will be lost forever.

Mr Scott, said: “I do hope that everyone follows these simple tips from The Makeup Gourmet, as it means there will be no need to carry luxury cosmetics when a cheaper version will do the job fine.

“It means everyone arrives at the party looking great, bring in the New Year looking even better, and feel their best as the clock strikes midnight for the dawn of 2010.”

Makeup Gourmet Finds Great Deals Happening Now At Sephora

These are gift sets so they can be heavily discounted, not like regular cosmetics. I urge you to click this link and see if anything appeals to you.



Have fun shopping!!!

Makeup Brushes: How To Use-What To Choose

When I show a client the brush set that will solve their makeup application challenges they always ask "How do I use all these brushes?".

Here is one of my first Makeup Gourmet episodes where I answer this question.



I hope this helps. Although there are so many brush sets to choose from, I still feel that my Makeup Gourmet 12-Piece Brush Set is one of the best for value and quality. Please let me know if you think so too.

Top 5 Bridal-Wedding Makeup Artist Skills To Master

Affordable School of Makeup Training Classes Shows You How

Chris Scott, the Makeup Gourmet shares these insights for any Makeup artist entering into the field of bridal-wedding makeup. Highest expectations are what every bride has of her wedding day. When it comes to choosing her makeup artist, she will hold you, the makeup artist, under great scrutiny. The specificity that a bride expects of all her vendors is the challenge that all wedding vendors face when offering wedding services.

That it is why it is imperative that as a makeup artist, you get the best training before marketing yourself to the bridal client. However being a great makeup artist is only part of the skill set you need to master. There is a whole other list besides your wedding makeup artist skills that are as equally important when providing services to a bridal client.

Wedding/Bridal Makeup Training School of Classes:
The key to a successful makeup artist training is the 100 little details that add up to the perfect look. It is crucial that your bridal/wedding makeup school focuses on small enrollment and individualized attention. Although live demonstrations during your training reveal what you need to know, actual application is where these lessons stick. Make sure that the class you sign up for is mostly about you applying makeup. Also, keep in mind that like any other artistic skill, every lesson gets you farther along your training. Accept each new idea as a tool you can put in your bag of tricks, to pullout when the opportunity presents itself.

Constant Clear Communication:
Always, and I mean always, return a communication from your client ASAP. The reason they are contacting you is they need a question answered. This is such a big part of being a great bridal/wedding makeup artist. Once you are in conversation with a bridal makeup client, make every effort to be as clear and forthcoming as possible. Remember that the client is juggling many more details than you, the more you can do the work for her, the happier everyone will be. Have a clear and precise style of how you do business so that there is no uncertainty on either end. Contact information is key. On the day of service, it is your job to find and service her. Do not rely on the fact that she may need you and it is in her best interest to find you. Make every effort to predict possible complications and address them before they do become actual obstacles.

Professional Promptness:
As the wedding season heats up, there is also a lot of juggling on the bridal/wedding makeup artist’s end. When possible, you want to book your Saturday’s solid. Some single bookings last all day but some only an hour. As your schedule comes into focus, pay careful mind to what you can realistically do. The minimum you want to arrive early for your scheduled appointment with the bridal party is 15 minutes. I always shoot for 30 minutes. There are always unforeseen obstacles that pop up unexpectedly with every job. Directions, traffic, parking, locating your client in the hotel etc. are just the obvious elements for which you need to budget time. Then factor the unexpected surprises along the way and it becomes clear, better 30 minutes early than 1 minute late.

Efficiency/Adaptability:
Generally speaking, wedding makeup jobs require doing more than one bridal makeup application. It is vital for you to be able to effectively apply consistently beautiful makeup on a series of people in a timely fashion. This goes back to clear communication with your client so that you both know who and when someone is in your makeup chair. As always, the best laid plans may always change very quickly due to some unforeseen circumstance. Learn to be patient and adapt to the situation. Try to calmly always have someone in your chair, even if that means you only finish half the job on one person, take another emergency person, and then get back to the unfinished makeup for completion.

Graciousness:
Please always keep this in mind. You are choosing to put yourself in this sometimes high-pressure situation. No matter how challenging your experience may be, it is imperative that you keep the bride and her wedding party’s experience a sublime one. It is called service for a reason. Luckily, I have found that the more you embrace the first four points in this communication, the easier this last one will be. Charge what you feel your time and talent is worth. Accept gratuities graciously however do not expect them.

My name is Chris Scott, the Makeup Gourmet, and I have been providing bridal/wedding makeup services for twenty years. It is my favorite makeup to do because of the heightened moment for the individuals involved. I always consider it an honor when some asks me to do their wedding makeup.

NEW MAKEUP ARTIST TRAINING REGISTRATION WEBSITE

Click here to see all upcoming Makeup Training seminars taught by Chris Scott/Makeup Gourmet.

Makeup Seminars A Success! Two New Offerings For October/November

Chris Scott's Makeup Artist Training One Day Intensives are proving to deliver a sorely needed training service for the San Francisco Bay Area. Here are links for the next two classes. Expect more to come.

Monday October 12, 2009. Click me for details!

Monday November 9, 2009. Click me for details!

Click here for a complete list of all upcoming Makeup Gourmet events!

Makeup Artist Training @ Going.com

Welcome all aspiring makeup artists.

VIDEO CALL MAKEUP LESSONS: How-to Get Yours

Personal makeup lessons anywhere. If you have Skype Video Call capabilities, I can connect with you to teach you whatever you want to learn about applying makeup. If you don’t have Skype: Get Skype now. It’s free!

Here is how it works:

1. Book an appointment time
2. I call you using Skype Video Call
3. You learn by my step-by-step Video Call Makeup Lesson
4. I can see everything you are doing and give you the best tips and techniques that are unique to your features and lifestyle.

Many have asked when I will be in your city next. Now I can be there today!

How to prepare for your Video Call Makeup Lesson.

Get your Makeup, a mirror and your brushes. Make sure you have good light in front of you so you are well lit. (a simple desk lamp facing you will do perfectly!)

The lesson may consist of the following components:

• Makeup interview- So I may assess your needs
• Makeup Lesson- Step-by-step beauty
• Special requests- What is on your mind about Makeup
• Product Recommendations- This list will create itself as we do your lesson

How to book your appointment:

Email me at chris@makeupgourmet.com with this info:

• Best days and times for your Video Call Makeup Lesson
• How long do you want to meet (I suggest 2 hours for a productive lesson)
• Your area(s) of interest for your Video Call Makeup Lesson
• I will contact you directly to schedule your personal Video Call Makeup Lesson

Cost is $50/hour and the Skype Video Call is always free. I will be seeing you, and you me. Literally!

Video Call Makeup Lessons Makes Global House Calls

Personal Service Uses Skype Technology To Reach A Worldwide Beauty Market

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 18, 2009 – San Francisco, CA: Having your very own personal makeup artist use to be a privilege only for celebrities and the uber-wealthy. With the advent of Voice-Over-Internet-

Protocol (VOIP) and the ingenuity of San Francisco makeup artist Chris Scott, anyone in the world with Video Call capabilities can get instantaneous makeup lessons, no matter where they are in the world.

Web conferencing is a mainstay of modern business. It is a proven tool to bring parties together from great distances. Mr. Scott decided to extend this technology to his personal makeup clients. The result is short of pure genius as clients who used to feel isolated by place and resources now have access to the expertise they seek at the click of a mouse.

Mr. Scott is the creator and host of TV’s Makeup Gourmet where each episode he “cooks-a-look”. He is no stranger to demonstrating makeup looks and techniques for the camera. “Now, instead of showing how to do makeup on one of my models, I give specific instruction to the face I see on the video call”.

Besides this format being extremely productive and efficient, Mr. Scott loves the novelty of working with people around the globe. “This beats any social media I do by far”.

Each Video Call Makeup Lesson includes Mr. Scott’s exclusive Makeup Interview, Step-by-step instruction, answers any and all special requests, and generates a product recommendation list.

“I love helping women tackle their makeup fears. It is a great feeling to watch someone gain great confidence with their makeup skills”, says Scott. The only barrier left may be a language one. Though Mr. Scott claims to know a little of many languages, his strongest languages are English and French.

Makeup is very visual and Mr. Scott can communicate a lot through what his clients see as well as hear. This is one great advantage to teaching makeup.

Mr. Scott uses Skype as his VOIP of choice. It has proven reliable and accessible on most operating system platforms. This makes his service readily available to an extremely large pool of potential Video Call Makeup Lesson recipients worldwide.

Mr. Scott feels that VOIP technology has matured enough that now imaging has the resolution to deliver the necessary quality to communicate real-time visual ideas globally over the Internet. This is important to Scott, as his next web launch will use video as its main medium of communication.

Makeup Artist Intensive Training Seminar: Sunday September 20, 9 am-5 pm

Aspiring Makeup Artists: Here is my affordable all-day training seminar for you- Click me now!

"I am always pushing my creative limits" - Ash Kumar

All is fair in Creativity and Chocolate…

Check out this link for a great blog about Makeup Gourmet/Style Star by Megan Reilly.

MAKEUP GOURMET RETURNS TO TASTE TV’S CHOCOLATE SALON

Expanded Features Include Cocoa-Themed Looks For Makeup-Hair-Nails

San Francisco, March 12, 2009- Chris Scott, the Makeup Gourmet, voted “Best of San Francisco” by 7x7 magazine will be appearing live at the Chocolate Salon (www.sfchocolatesalon.com) at Fort Mason (www.fortmason.org) in the Herbst Pavilion Saturday March 21. This year, besides offering chocolate-inspired makeup looks that will melt in your mouth-not on your mouth, the chocolate inspired styling looks have expanded to include hair and nails.

Besides being delicious, chocolate provides a sense of well-being on the inside. The Makeup Gourmet extends that sensation to the exterior as his team of stylists gives attendees that chocolate-dipped appeal to wear throughout the day.

Billed as the “Emeril of Makeup” host Chris Scott will be featuring 3 mouth-watering chocolate inspired makeup looks. They are:

• Milk Chocolate- a subtle natural melt-in-your-mouth look.
• Dark Chocolate- a higher intensity more smoky finish look.
• Hot Fudge Sundae- a Red Carpet, glamorously delicious, look.

These three looks were taped at the Chocolate salon in 2007 and featured on an episode of Makeup Gourmet. To watch his chocolate makeup in action, go to: http://www.makeupgourmet.com/mgtv11.html

L’Oreal Portfolio Artist Scott Smith will be on hand creating chocolate-inspired hairstyles like “Tootsie Rolls” and “Chocolate Souffle”. Nail design is provided by Anrika Patton. She is creating looks just for this event such as “French Vanilla” and “Chocolate Stripe”.

Just as the Chocolate salon is all in good, ooey-gooey chocolaty fun, so will the styling be at the Makeup Gourmet booth. All for the price of admission, you get to feel, taste, and now look your chocolatyist best.

If you are covering this event, we encourage you to meet the Makeup Gourmet, and ask about his new makeup video tutorial website to launch July 1, 2009.


PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Available to attendees only will be discounted Makeup Gourmet Makeup brushes, Mr. Scott’s book, Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide, as well as a far-reaching list of makeup & hair services. For those who like a little limelight, reserve a Style Star where we make you star of your own makeover show-and you keep the DVD as a styling tutorial. Discount cards will be available at the booth and are free to any attendee.

CHRIS SCOTT TEACHING BEAUTY MAKEUP AT ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

New Course Matches Artistry and Business Skills For Makeup Artists

San Francisco, CA (January 27, 2009) : Makeup artist Chris Scott begins a new class of his design today at the acclaimed Academy of Art University in San Francisco. His class will teach not only how to be a great makeup artist, but how to apply a business sense to this skill in order to make revenue.

This is a rare opportunity for students to get hands-on artistry training and marketing skills at the same time. In an economic time of fewer jobs, this is one empowering way to be pro-active and create opportunity where once there was none. Often it is the criticism of education that it teaches one side of the brain and not the other. This new course is designed to get both sides of the brain functioning harmoniously.

This new course is found in the fashion department. It is a perfect ft for Chris as a major impact on his makeup training has been through Chanel, and he always considers fashion first before applying makeup.

Chris created the Makeup Interview first in his book, Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide. In this interview, the client learns to factor in all their pre-set choices (such as clothes, shoes, accessories, handbag etc.) before deciding on what makeup to wear and how to wear it. The Interview simplifies the choices and makes creating the right makeup look a true artistic expression to enjoy.

This new course goes through the month of May 2009. If all goes well, you may see it on the Fall 2009 course catalog.

Video Makeovers: Changing The Face Of Faces Forever

I love video. This new concept of showing people how to do their makeup and hair on video has proven to be of more worth than anticipated. Every recipient has been overwhelmed by how much information they will never forget. As far as remembering EVERYTHING your makeup and hair stylist does, it is flawless because you are the model.

I have had requests for people who want to host their own video makeover party with their friends. The concept is simple. get at least 5 friends to attend and participate in the video makeover and the host receives their video makeover FREE! Everyone wins because your friends will adore you for even more than ever for inviting them and you get your video makeover free.

Too much fun. If you want to know more about this service, please contact me now at chris@makeupgourmet.com. Thank you.