How does someone go about becoming a make-up artist?
Well, here is the long and short of it. There is no general rule that says you need to have a degree to work in the makeup industry and often times having a strong portfolio is the most important factor in getting hired for a job. However, many states require that anyone who applies makeup as a business have some sort of license. That means going to beauty school. In New York City, where I live, I had to get a degree in either Cosmetology (hairdressing) or Esthetics (skincare) to be state licensed and work. That sucks as most of these programs will spend no more than 30hrs out of 600 learning hours on makeup. Unfortunately it is what you have to do in order to practice legally in most states. I personally got my degree in esthetics as I felt if would be more helpful than getting a degree in Cosmetology as I had no plans to cut hair EVER and it is a much longer course required for state license in hair. I did find the experience in skincare to be very useful as a makeup artist and it ce
