Interview Review

Monica Alessio

October 9 2013

Interview Review

                The person I interviewed is a woman named Serenity. I met Serenity by total accident at Ulta when I went to look around for some products for my project. She took me by the hand and did my makeup while giving step by step instructions on what she was doing. After her doing my makeup I knew I wanted her to be my mentor; there was something about her personality and the way she produced information that I knew she would be perfect. Serenity works in the makeup department in Ulta, and has been involved with makeup for about 30 years. She gave me her personal contact information and a couple days later we conducted an over the phone interview. She provided very detailed answers and even branched out into topics I wouldn’t even consider thinking about.

                The first question that came to mind was just a basic question, “how to get into the makeup business?” For the state of Ohio it is actually not necessary to have a makeup artist license, meaning that anyone can say they are a makeup artist and charge people for doing their makeup (Serenity).  However most places like Sephora require a skin care license (Serenity). Just because a license isn’t mandatory doesn’t give an excuse for the artist to do a poor job on their client. The next question I had was “what should a makeup artist do to be successful?” The main three things are come prepared, practice and listen (Serenity). In a typical makeup kit there is about six foundation brushes, six to five different types of eye shadow brushes and a couple of blush brushes (Serenity). While doing peoples’ makeup it is important to bring  along a brush cleanser to clean brushes as you use them (Serenity). Next  is practice, practice, practice! Practice anything and everything , it is good to be caught up on new trends and also good to be fresh on how to do classic looks (Serenity). Lastly, listen to your clients before doing their makeup (Serenity). Make sure you know exactly what they want and ask any questions you have about the look they want (Serenity).

                After talking with Serenity I felt like before I knew nothing about makeup, or whatever I knew was wrong. I absolutely feel more comfortable now with doing my project. Her information that she gave me was extremely helpful and went into full detail. I only talked about two questions but all the questions I asked was answered with as much information as possible. The most important thing I learned is to listen. I feel like its something everyone should know, but it is something I never thought about while doing someone’s makeup. Overall, all the information given to me is great for my product