Professional characteristics of makeup artists

Professional characteristics of makeup artists

basic requirement

First, to be an excellent makeup artist, you must have some innate talent and potential; This is very important. Makeup artists belong to the art industry, and there is no innate potential that can't be done.

Second, to be an excellent makeup artist is inseparable from the efforts of the day after tomorrow, which is more important than the point.

Third, we should have a sense of fashion, touch the trend and be avant-garde.

Fourth, we must have certain adaptability and interpersonal relationships. As a makeup artist, interpersonal network is also very important. Everyone you come into contact with in your work and daily life, including clients of advertising production companies, artists managers, magazine editors, journalists, photographers, backstage staff, the bride and groom, their relatives and friends, etc. It may become a "Bole" that will bring you new opportunities for work and career development.

5. It is also important to have personal character, style and integrity. Let everyone see your professional skills, work enthusiasm, personality, honesty and sincere attitude towards others, and people will naturally appreciate it and the customer network will continue to expand.

6. Only those who are far-sighted, know how to seize and create opportunities and keep learning and making progress can succeed.

operating duty

1, design different makeup shapes according to the requirements of different shooting schemes.

2, can complete the overall image design of makeup, hairstyle, clothing, accessories and so on.

3. Assist the photographer to complete the shooting.

4. Assist beautician to provide skin care and beauty services for customers.

5. Keep the working environment clean and tidy.

6, learn product knowledge and professional technology, and constantly improve their professional quality and skills.

Prepare information

Makeup artists need textual research. Makeup artists are divided into five grades: primary (grade 5), intermediate (grade 4), advanced (grade 3), technician (grade 2) and advanced technician (1 grade). They need to study in a formal makeup artist training school and pass a formal exam before they can get a certificate.

Makeup artists need to take the makeup artist qualification examination. The makeup artist qualification certificate is a kind of grade examination, which is issued by a unified organization.

The assessment content is theory and practical operation. Preparation of examination documents: two small 2-inch blue background photos, two 1 inch blue background photos and two copies of ID cards. The makeup artist qualification certificate is universal in China and internationally recognized.

Strictly speaking, you should take the primary certificate first, then the intermediate certificate, and finally the advanced certificate. You don't have to take the exam, but some schools can take the intermediate and advanced makeup artist qualification certificates directly without taking the primary makeup artist qualification certificate.

salary

1, average annual salary: the average annual salary of makeup artists in China is about 10 1.998.

2. Annual income interval distribution: 72% is below 654.38+10,000; 10-200,000, accounting for 22%; More than 200 thousand accounts for 6%

3. Annual salary distribution of different seniority: 65438+85 within 0 years,162; 1-3 years ￥ 89460; RMB 93,296 for 3-5 years; 5- 10 year111.672; 10 years or more ￥ 128.656.

Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai are the regions with the largest demand for makeup artists.

For the highest-paid makeup artist, the most common skill requirements are makeup artist, stylist and makeup training.

6. The industries that need makeup artists most are professional technical services, wholesale/retail, and daily chemicals.

Career prospects

The reason why so many people choose to learn makeup is because the makeup artist industry has a great attraction, that is, the entry threshold is low, and they can enter the industry with professional qualifications such as senior makeup artist certificate and intermediate makeup artist certificate.

After graduation, makeup interns are widely distributed in various fields of society, cosmetics companies, major wedding photography institutions, crews, TV stations, fashion, entertainment, advertising companies and so on.

There are also some makeup artists who have been in the industry for many years and have excellent skills. They have entered makeup training institutions and shouldered the heavy responsibility of cultivating new people. There are many high-paying people among them.

Full-time makeup artists: mainly professional makeup artists in different fields, such as studio makeup artists, bride makeup artists and crew makeup artists. Post-employment is a field that focuses on your own study courses.

Freelance makeup artist: It involves a wide range of fields, and people of different occupations, ages and consumption levels will come into contact with it, which requires high technology. But as a freelance makeup artist, I can meet many people and learn or understand some cultural knowledge of other industries.