“No bride wants to look like a kabuki doll.”
Can a Toronto-based makeup artist find business in the destination wedding market? Does a makeup artist need to manage client expectations? What are brides looking for when they’re shopping for makeup artists?
Fiona Man knows makeup. Her entry into this competitive industry began with a YouTube channel called Product Wars where she compared different beauty products against each other. She began assisting for an established makeup artist who she had been following in a blog and her business evolved from there. Now she’s dolling up brides all across Toronto and the GTA.
If you’d like to skip to a specific part in our conversation, here’s a quick guide:
01:25 – Tell me about your business and what you do?
02:06 – So you also teach makeup?
02:12 – How many brides prefer a makeup tutorial vs. your makeup service?
02:53 – Do you have a makeup studio or mainly travel?
03:10 – Is it important for makeup artists to be mobile?
03:34 – Is choosing a makeup artist a crucial decision for a bride?
04:10 – On the morning of a wedding day, how do you set the right tone?
04:45 – Does playing music help on the morning of a wedding?
05:12 – What are the various makeup styles a bride can choose from?
06:15 – Do you ever get clients that have unrealistic makeup expectations?
06:55 – Have you ever been in a stressful situation on the wedding day?
07:32 – How did you learn makeup?
09:22 – Is YouTube your favourite social media site?
10:52 – Do you prefer a specific makeup brand?
12:02 – What kind of relationship do you have with wedding photographers?
12:39 – Do photographers share their photos with you?
13:40 – Do you ever do more than one wedding in a day?
14:42 – What do you think about the “no makeup selfie” trend on Facebook?
15:31 – What’s trendy in makeup right now?
16:37 – Are you comfortable having a niche market?
17:50 – How does a makeup trail work?
18:26 – What do you think about Pinterest?
18:51 – How do bride’s compare makeup artists when they’re shopping around?
19:44 – Do you do all of the bridesmaids?
19:57 – Does a person’s age influence how you approach their makeup?
20:48 – Are you always looking around at girl’s faces to get ideas of different styles?
21:25 – Do you have a favourite makeup artist that you look up to?
Be sure to check out Fiona Man’s website at: http://www.fionaman.com. Fiona has an excellent YouTube channel, and you anastrozole review provado juiz que prendeu temer can also check her out on: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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