What does it take to be a good makeup artist? There really are no formal qualifications. It's not like training to be a doctor or a pilot, where you're not able to work without hard-earned certificates and by passing rigorous exams.
Sure, there are various diplomas, degrees, and certificates you can get from the numerous schools and colleges worldwide that state that you've passed some sort of test of their devising to “qualify” you as a makeup artist, but, in my opinion, those bits of paper are all fairly meaningless.
My wife has a joke about this. She points out to me that she's put on makeup every single day for the past 20-some years, so this ...
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