Thursday, 27 January 2011
Shooting at Monaco Studio
Hello and welcome to London advertising agency MEDIAREACH, for the still life shoot at MONACO STUDIO last week.. Photographer OLIVER ELLIOTT did a wonderful job, and made exotic spices and lentils look like a scene from the Namibian desert... . Thanks to our lovely hand model, a classical Indian dancer, whose fingers are amazingly dextrous, having trained from the age of five... It was a great shoot, with a warm atmosphere, infused with the beautiful smell of spices...come and shoot at MONACO STUDIO. We are not just a great space, but can also provide you with highly competent photographers, stylists and makeup artists.. We resolve your photographic problems into creative solutions..
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
BEAUTY MAGAZINE - Life as a make up artist...
What a lovely shoot yesterday with another fantastic photographer PHILIP SURBEY, for Beauty Magazine. 4 models all under 23, so needless to say already fantastic skin to give me a headstart..
Prepped skin with ID REVER UPPER, which makeup sits nicely on, then used DIOR FOREVER FOUNDATION, blended as nobody has the skin tone from a single bottle.. It was a fresh, clean look for all the girls, so after application of foundation I use my MAC cream blush, the best product to bring a natural glow to the cheeks and set with my all time favourite powder by GIVENCHY.. I love this powder, it makes the skin soooooo perfect, to die for...attention though, apply very lightly with a largish brush, to avoid to over powdery look....
Once the skin looks amazing, it was just a matter of defining the brows, eyes and lips... Those girls look fantastic...hair was all swept back into neat chignons or ponies... Chic.
For once there was no real styling involved as brief was clean and simple.. Just some little vest tops and headbands...
All in all a great day and what a bonus, Phil Surbey sent me home with a lovely bouquet of flowers.. Now how lucky am I???
All these skills, we are currently teaching at MONACO MAKEUP ACADEMY.. Who is next to sign up for a course????
Tina Young
Prepped skin with ID REVER UPPER, which makeup sits nicely on, then used DIOR FOREVER FOUNDATION, blended as nobody has the skin tone from a single bottle.. It was a fresh, clean look for all the girls, so after application of foundation I use my MAC cream blush, the best product to bring a natural glow to the cheeks and set with my all time favourite powder by GIVENCHY.. I love this powder, it makes the skin soooooo perfect, to die for...attention though, apply very lightly with a largish brush, to avoid to over powdery look....
Once the skin looks amazing, it was just a matter of defining the brows, eyes and lips... Those girls look fantastic...hair was all swept back into neat chignons or ponies... Chic.
For once there was no real styling involved as brief was clean and simple.. Just some little vest tops and headbands...
All in all a great day and what a bonus, Phil Surbey sent me home with a lovely bouquet of flowers.. Now how lucky am I???
All these skills, we are currently teaching at MONACO MAKEUP ACADEMY.. Who is next to sign up for a course????
Tina Young
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Happy New Year
Hello and welcome to 2011....
Its going to be an amazing year at Monaco Makeup Academy... Im feeling great after a Christmas spent in Bruxelles and New year in France...Always good to surround yourself with positivity....
Just a quick catch up on the last few shoots of 2010... It got so busy in the lead up to Christmas that there was no time for Blogging...The very last thing i did was a shoot for SKYPE...Which turned out to be a lot of fun... It was a super quick turn around time, and i was hardly meeting the director JUSTIN DICKEL for a pre production meeting, before styling the 5 charecters in the midst of snow and a million and one christmas shoppers.. Its a funny viral that i hope you all get to see at one point...and involved the cast in various stages of dress...All im going to say is that one young man was VERY BRAVE...And i felt more like Matron with him as i covered up a few pimples on his bottom....Discretion is all with an actor!!!
Did a super shoot with lovely director KEVIN MCKIERNAN .I have worked with Kevin on and off for many years and this shoot for LG was a great day...Had a whole team with me for this as the actors turnaround time was super fast.. Ruthie Maurice came and did all the makeup and we had a trainee to help with on set..LG brief was funky young people, cool family ( complete with cute, but diva ish 5 year old) and lovely attractive and sophisticated older couple...Look out for this ....
Finally, with my best mate TONY BRIGGS..a couple of fun days. A quick shot for TALK TALK that seemed on principal to be quite easy, but was very tricky on the lighting..And finally a super day with comedien REGINALD D HUNTER, shooting pics for his DVD covers and various publicity stuff...The art director was very pleased with the choice of styling...RESTORATION????sounds kooky but it really worked with Reg's frame...And also commented on the image we had worked on earlier in the year of TIM MINCHIN, in an abbotoir of instrumets...Very powerful stuff...Tim is currantly wowing audiences with the production of MATILDA, which he wrote music and/or lyrics on...
It was a great year, but this new decade is going to be even better...When are you coming to do a makeup course at MONACO MAKEUP ACADEMY the No 1 School for Short Make-up Training Courses... Look what a fun and creative career it can be....
Its going to be an amazing year at Monaco Makeup Academy... Im feeling great after a Christmas spent in Bruxelles and New year in France...Always good to surround yourself with positivity....
Just a quick catch up on the last few shoots of 2010... It got so busy in the lead up to Christmas that there was no time for Blogging...The very last thing i did was a shoot for SKYPE...Which turned out to be a lot of fun... It was a super quick turn around time, and i was hardly meeting the director JUSTIN DICKEL for a pre production meeting, before styling the 5 charecters in the midst of snow and a million and one christmas shoppers.. Its a funny viral that i hope you all get to see at one point...and involved the cast in various stages of dress...All im going to say is that one young man was VERY BRAVE...And i felt more like Matron with him as i covered up a few pimples on his bottom....Discretion is all with an actor!!!
Did a super shoot with lovely director KEVIN MCKIERNAN .I have worked with Kevin on and off for many years and this shoot for LG was a great day...Had a whole team with me for this as the actors turnaround time was super fast.. Ruthie Maurice came and did all the makeup and we had a trainee to help with on set..LG brief was funky young people, cool family ( complete with cute, but diva ish 5 year old) and lovely attractive and sophisticated older couple...Look out for this ....
Finally, with my best mate TONY BRIGGS..a couple of fun days. A quick shot for TALK TALK that seemed on principal to be quite easy, but was very tricky on the lighting..And finally a super day with comedien REGINALD D HUNTER, shooting pics for his DVD covers and various publicity stuff...The art director was very pleased with the choice of styling...RESTORATION????sounds kooky but it really worked with Reg's frame...And also commented on the image we had worked on earlier in the year of TIM MINCHIN, in an abbotoir of instrumets...Very powerful stuff...Tim is currantly wowing audiences with the production of MATILDA, which he wrote music and/or lyrics on...
It was a great year, but this new decade is going to be even better...When are you coming to do a makeup course at MONACO MAKEUP ACADEMY the No 1 School for Short Make-up Training Courses... Look what a fun and creative career it can be....
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Top Tips Makeup Artists need to know!
I often get makeup artists emailing me, looking for work experience..
Of course thats the thing about the makeup industry...you complete a course, you've got all the brushes and the kit..now where to find a job??? The best thing to do is to offer your services to a working Make Up designer.. Try and get experience in all fields..retail is the easiest as you can approach a manager on a counter or send a CV to one of the big makeup houses.. If you want to spend everyday doing something different you are probably looking to Freelance.. This can be tricky as a trainee may be expected to work for expenses or even just for the experience..How to pay the bills while you get your self established is something we all had to face...The other tricky thing is that shoots can be few and far between and you can lose your confidence waiting for the next one... believe in yourself and try and keep up the practise even on friends, its all going to help...
Now heres my top tip.. if a makeup artist calls you to offer experience, say yes immediatly.....say yes and grab the chance with both hands...Often that artist will bring you along for a few shoots and observe how you work..Then will come the day that some work comes in that they are unable to cover and guess who will the first person they call???? YOU!!!!
I couldn't believe it today when a trainee who had sent me a lovely mail, with all her CV and images etc, told me for the third time in a month, that she wouldn't be able to attend a shoot because she would need two weeks notice...! I would love two weeks notice before shooting.. sometimes i get calls for work the following day..that is the nature of the beast...Or you'll be all smug as your diary looks nice and busy, then guess what...? all the productions will swap dates around and evreything will clash, forcing you to choose work and lose work...Thats what happens..
You have to be ready to be flexible at all times. i'm afraid I wont be calling that certain assitant again...But thankyou to the second person I called, who cant wait to come and assist... guess what??? Its not for experience only but a proper paid job.....c'est la vie...
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Of course thats the thing about the makeup industry...you complete a course, you've got all the brushes and the kit..now where to find a job??? The best thing to do is to offer your services to a working Make Up designer.. Try and get experience in all fields..retail is the easiest as you can approach a manager on a counter or send a CV to one of the big makeup houses.. If you want to spend everyday doing something different you are probably looking to Freelance.. This can be tricky as a trainee may be expected to work for expenses or even just for the experience..How to pay the bills while you get your self established is something we all had to face...The other tricky thing is that shoots can be few and far between and you can lose your confidence waiting for the next one... believe in yourself and try and keep up the practise even on friends, its all going to help...
Now heres my top tip.. if a makeup artist calls you to offer experience, say yes immediatly.....say yes and grab the chance with both hands...Often that artist will bring you along for a few shoots and observe how you work..Then will come the day that some work comes in that they are unable to cover and guess who will the first person they call???? YOU!!!!
I couldn't believe it today when a trainee who had sent me a lovely mail, with all her CV and images etc, told me for the third time in a month, that she wouldn't be able to attend a shoot because she would need two weeks notice...! I would love two weeks notice before shooting.. sometimes i get calls for work the following day..that is the nature of the beast...Or you'll be all smug as your diary looks nice and busy, then guess what...? all the productions will swap dates around and evreything will clash, forcing you to choose work and lose work...Thats what happens..
You have to be ready to be flexible at all times. i'm afraid I wont be calling that certain assitant again...But thankyou to the second person I called, who cant wait to come and assist... guess what??? Its not for experience only but a proper paid job.....c'est la vie...
Don't forget to you can book on to any of our training courses just by filing in the form below.
Makeup Course Booking Form
Monaco Make-up School - Life as a make-u artist...
Working with a very funny man STEVE FURST... I've done several shoots with Steve and not only is he a brillant actor, he is very smart and funny.. I think you may recognise him from either the long running cinema campaign for ORANGE, or standup or his alta ego LENNIE BEIGE..
Another couple of hours spent outside freezing, for the first couple of shots...huummp makes the afternoon feel really toasty as film ing inside from lunchtime onwards...Fun day, shoot produced by DAB HAND MEDIA...great production company..
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This weeks shoot - Life as a Make Up Artist....
HHMMM, who would be a makeup artist in this weather???
Monday morning saw me off to a very early start.. I was shooting a little drama, set in a school, on location at the Lambeth Academy in Clapham.. Sounds easy enough, except that not only was there the threat of snow to disrupt the travelling, there was also a full tube strike.. Still the show must go on and theres no way you can arrive late on set.. Not only is that very unprofessional, but until the actors are ready, nobody can start filming.. Theres no way you can hold up the crew, so the answer is simply to leave earlier, whatever that takes..Alarm goes off at 5am to check snow condition...not too bad...Luckily for me there is a direct train from berkhamsted to Clapham and at 06.15 im on it with a large suitcase and backpack. It was possibly the most crowed train i've been on in the UK and all the commuters were squashed and grumpy.. from Clapham Jct, with the huge case and backpack one of the lovely production ladies from PUKKA FILMS met me and we managed to jump on a bus to get to the location... Phew, exhausting journey, but as soon as i arrive, theres a a quick coffee and straight down to work.. Today the lovely actress who is 23, needs to look like a school girl of 17..Minimal makeup then, striking the balance between how the director wants her to look and how the actress wants to look.. Very tricky so its just a very light base to even out the skin tone, a little cream blush to contour and add a little colour to winter skin and some mascara...Next move onto all the kids playing background artists, just check them over and put some Face to Face gel that instantly makes the skin matt...A great product for the kit, that comes in 3 shades...
Ok, now all the artists are ready and we start filming...outside...it must be -1 degrees.. Here is where your thermal underwear, cosy socks hats etc are very important.. standing outside, doing take after take the cold seeps right into your bones..Its FREEZING...But at least we've only got a couple of shots to do and in 2 hours we are done with the outside and back in the warm..All in all its a great day.. I love working with young people who are at the beginning of their career.....And bonus is an early finish, just got to struggle home with the kit...
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Monday morning saw me off to a very early start.. I was shooting a little drama, set in a school, on location at the Lambeth Academy in Clapham.. Sounds easy enough, except that not only was there the threat of snow to disrupt the travelling, there was also a full tube strike.. Still the show must go on and theres no way you can arrive late on set.. Not only is that very unprofessional, but until the actors are ready, nobody can start filming.. Theres no way you can hold up the crew, so the answer is simply to leave earlier, whatever that takes..Alarm goes off at 5am to check snow condition...not too bad...Luckily for me there is a direct train from berkhamsted to Clapham and at 06.15 im on it with a large suitcase and backpack. It was possibly the most crowed train i've been on in the UK and all the commuters were squashed and grumpy.. from Clapham Jct, with the huge case and backpack one of the lovely production ladies from PUKKA FILMS met me and we managed to jump on a bus to get to the location... Phew, exhausting journey, but as soon as i arrive, theres a a quick coffee and straight down to work.. Today the lovely actress who is 23, needs to look like a school girl of 17..Minimal makeup then, striking the balance between how the director wants her to look and how the actress wants to look.. Very tricky so its just a very light base to even out the skin tone, a little cream blush to contour and add a little colour to winter skin and some mascara...Next move onto all the kids playing background artists, just check them over and put some Face to Face gel that instantly makes the skin matt...A great product for the kit, that comes in 3 shades...
Ok, now all the artists are ready and we start filming...outside...it must be -1 degrees.. Here is where your thermal underwear, cosy socks hats etc are very important.. standing outside, doing take after take the cold seeps right into your bones..Its FREEZING...But at least we've only got a couple of shots to do and in 2 hours we are done with the outside and back in the warm..All in all its a great day.. I love working with young people who are at the beginning of their career.....And bonus is an early finish, just got to struggle home with the kit...
Want to learn to be a make-up artist? Why not book a short make-up course with Monaco Make-Up Academy. Click below to book!
Book a make-up artist course.
Monday, 22 November 2010
Uk mini tour - Life as a makeup artist...
At last, I'm feeling so much better and have finally shaken off this horrible cold. Luckily last week was spent having meetings with production companies about up coming shoots.. Not sure that I would have been able to do makeup while I was coughing everywhere... Not hygienic for models and actors... Not fair to spread germs, breathing in strangers faces is not on..happily I had plenty to do with prepping for this Thomas Cook commercial.
Here I am today, overlooking the River Thames, filming in the Thomas Cook online store.. The brief is to glam up the staff, adding some nice colours in an office usually filled with black clothes... Why, oh why do we so love to wear black in the UK?? Makeup will be simple, ladies looking glossy and groomed.. Will put the guys in some nice ties, maybe some fitted, coloured shirt.. Grey might be nice???
The crew all seem very nice, though I've only met the producer once before.. Guess by wed night, when we have all traveled to Manchester and Peterborough together, I'm sure we will be best friends!!! Or avoiding one and other in the future!! Just heard that some crew are flying onto Tenerife for the last 2 days this week.. Shame all I'm providing is the costume for this part of the shoot..
Can you imagine all the work that goes into a 90 second commercial???
Here I am today, overlooking the River Thames, filming in the Thomas Cook online store.. The brief is to glam up the staff, adding some nice colours in an office usually filled with black clothes... Why, oh why do we so love to wear black in the UK?? Makeup will be simple, ladies looking glossy and groomed.. Will put the guys in some nice ties, maybe some fitted, coloured shirt.. Grey might be nice???
The crew all seem very nice, though I've only met the producer once before.. Guess by wed night, when we have all traveled to Manchester and Peterborough together, I'm sure we will be best friends!!! Or avoiding one and other in the future!! Just heard that some crew are flying onto Tenerife for the last 2 days this week.. Shame all I'm providing is the costume for this part of the shoot..
Can you imagine all the work that goes into a 90 second commercial???
Want to learn to be a make-up artist? Why not book a short make-up course with Monaco Make-Up Academy. Click below to book!
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