When doing male to female makeup, there are two makeups that need to be done.

The first makeup is to neutralize the male, and the second makeup is to apply the female.

The Face with a Heart method works with the geometry of the face. This translates into softening the squares and rectangles of the male anatomy and sharpening the triangles of the female anatomy.

Cross dressers

Cross dresser is a general term for any person who wears clothing typical of another gender, regardless of their reasons for doing so.

In my experience when working with cross dressers, there is something highly charging, like an electricity, when posing as your opposite of sex.

For many of my clients, they discover aspects of themselves that were never allowed to surface otherwise.

They make new friends. They have new conversations. Their personality broadens.

Unfortunately for many, their secret passion of cross dressing is feared to be misconstrued. 

Confidentiality is a must. This is why I am asked to do makeup for high profile notables such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Vice President Al Gore and Paul McCartney. What is discussed in the makeup room stays in the makeup room!

Female identifiers

For those born in a male body yet identifying as female, there is a confirming experience to look in the mirror and see a female, not just in identification, but in appearance.

The emotional freedom of accepting your sexual identification is a liberation. For those who wish to transition physically, there is a long road ahead. Every step of the journey helps to transfer one physical aspect of their whole.

Makeup has proven to be a powerful step towards female identification fulfillment.

Universal questions

What clothes do I like? What hairstyle do I like

If I choose to wear makeup what style of makeup do I like?

None of these answers are vital to survival, thus we are not genetically pre-dispositioned to know these things. This is what we develop as a personal sense of style.

When working with any client it is most important for me to understand their lifestyle, their needs, how they see themselves in the world, and to allow the makeup that I share with them to reflect that.

Makeup is universal. How we use it is unique.

Your look

I work with everyone, inclusive of cross dressers and female identifiers.

I ask everyone the same series of questions before I start their makeup lesson.  The purpose is to create an appropriate look for each person.

No one is supposed to wear makeup and no one is not supposed to wear makeup. If you choose to wear makeup, you want to look your best.

Makeup is for everyone

I welcome everyone equally, including crossdressers and female identifiers.

A strength is my ability to translate and simplify how you want to see yourself with makeup.

If you want to wear makeup, wear makeup. Let me show you how.

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Thank you for reading.

Warmly,
Chris Scott

7th of February, 2018

Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.

Want to know more? My new book, Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup is available on Amazon now.

Makeup Gourmet Chris Scott’s new series of how-to video tutorials based on his
#1 international best seller Face with a Heart Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup

CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.

‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS

Referrals are tricky business. On one hand, we want to let others know about great things. On the other hand, what is great for one person may not be so great for another.

I used to jump at the chance to refer people that I thought did a great job. Problem is, a referral’s work becomes a reflection on you because you made the referral.

One of my only two negative Yelp reviews came from a bride who asked me online via Yelp for a last-minute hair stylist recommendation.

I never met the person who asked for the referral. Most of my regular hair peeps were booked so I made a first time referral with a hair stylist I had seen work once. I wanted to help.

Turns out this referral did not live up to the last-minute bride’s expectations. For this bride (who I never spoke to in person) there was no one to blame but me, obviously, since I was the one that made the referral.

Lesson learned.

Now when asked for a referral, I tell people I know someone whom I have hired in the past and would hire again, however please, use your own judgement on whether you want to hire them or not.

I preface all this because I have had a friend for many years who I first met one bridal hair & makeup morning. I was doing bridal makeup and she was doing hair.

The first time we were booked by the same bride, we only noticed each other.

The second time we were booked separately by another bride we said ‘hey I remember you from another wedding’ and we spoke favorably of each other’s work.

By the third time we were both booked coincidentally for another bridal hair and makeup morning, we took it as an omen and have been working together whenever possible ever since.

What I love about her work are so many things.

Here are the highlights:

• She’s on time.
• She works efficiently but not hurriedly, and every style she does is stunning.
• She communicates before styling someone’s hair to make sure that the results are what they want.
• When the result isn’t exactly what the client wants, she quickly and easily does something else. It is amazing to me how effortlessly she’s able to go from one look to another on the same head of hair in a matter of moments
• We work extremely well together, especially with larger bridal parties (10 or more), getting everyone feeling and looking their very best in a timely fashion.
• Another plus is that her pricing is similar to mine so we come across as equals in the client’s eyes as far as our value is concerned.

She is, without a doubt, the one person that I will refer unconditionally.

In your career life, think about the number of people who you may refer unconditionally, knowing that your referral puts your professional reputation on the line.

Freedom of Information on the internet rules. No one owns their own brand anymore. You are as good as what people say about you.

The best a brand owner can do is to put their best foot forward with everything they share.

This is my best foot forward. If you are looking for a bridal hair stylist, or any other event hair stylist, please look no further than Catherine Hackworth of Tulip Salon. My peer, my friend, my bridal hair and makeup morning buddy.

Cat working a 60’s theme private party City Hall SF

Catherine ‘Cat’ Hackworth
Tulip Salon
455 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 346-5685
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I know this post sounds like a paid advertisement. Nothing can be farther from the truth.
I was thinking about aspects of the bridal hair and makeup experience that gets the most positive feedback.
Hands down, the ease with which Cat and I work together to make the bridal morning go as smoothly as possible is always mentioned as a great memory of the wedding day (plus everyone looks ‘amazing’).

Thank you for reading.

Warmly,
Chris Scott

25th of January, 2018

Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.

Want to know more? My new book, Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup is available on Amazon now.

Makeup Gourmet Chris Scott’s new series of how-to video tutorials based on his
#1 international best seller Face with a Heart Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup

CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.

‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS

Makeup Gourmet Chris Scott Launches makeup artist training Laboratory for students of makeup to obtain highly needed advanced experience and training before entering the professional makeup artist work force.

January 16, 2018  – SAN FRANCISCO – Makeup Gourmet is proud to announce the launch of its new Mug Makeup Artist Lab in San Francisco, providing a highly creative and instructive environment for students of makeup to get the vital know-how necessary to succeed as a makeup artist.

According to Makeup Gourmet founder Chris Scott, “This is the missing link between a training makeup artist and being fully prepared to be highly effective in the makeup artist market”.

“Mastering an art requires continuous exploration and a repetition of skills until all aspects of this art form becomes second nature,” Mr Scott, said. In this new supervised environment, makeup artists have the expertise of #1 Best Seller, FACE WITH A HEART MASTERING AUTHENTIC BEAUTY MAKEUP author Chris Scott as their guide and mentor.

“Once trained every makeup artist says “What next?”. Mug Makeup Artist Lab provides artists the necessary on going real life experience to help guarantee success before they go out on their own,” Scott added.

Makeup Gourmet Studio has a comprehensive list of makeup artist training courses in its curriculum. This edition of The Mug Makeup Artist Lab is the safety net that students are looking for to confirm and grow their expertise. The confidence and advancement of their skill set is all that is needed to forge out and create a name for themselves.

The concept is simple. Practice your art and have a master of that art available to answer and demonstrate every question on the spot.

Mr. Scott believes that repetition is the best practice for being the best. “It is one thing to learn the scales on the piano, it is another thing to play the scales and make it sound like music. There is no substitute for the hours spent when becoming an artist”, Scott says.

The Mug Makeup Artist Lab is open every Monday 10am-6pm. This accommodates both the Beauty School student and hairstylist’s schedule who are often the demographic seeking makeup artist training.

Mr Scott finished with “As a successful Makeup Gourmet student once said in full earnest, ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’.”

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MUG Makeup Artist Lab

For the practicing makeup artist.

What:
MUG Makeup Artist Lab is a supervised environment where makeup artists/students work with each other to perfect their makeup skills.

Who:
Makeup artists/students looking for a structured practice environment with professional supervision.

Where:
Makeup Gourmet Studio

When:
Mondays 9 am–6 pm.

 Why:

• Practice makes perfect. Students work from their Look Book* to perfect looks to which they aspire.
• Emphasis is placed on advancing technique, broadening makeup vocabulary, artistic expression, originality, and consistency.
• Instructor Chris Scott monitors the Makeup Lab and answers/demonstrates all student questions during each Makeup Lab session.

 Bonus:

• Photography of finished makeup is provided for students to build their personal makeup artist book for use in securing future makeup jobs.
• Makeup and brushes are provided.
• 20% pro discount on all products for students to keep.

Cost:

• 20-hour ticket $400
• 40-hour ticket $700
• This applies to both student and models. **(ie. if you partner with another student, then you are only paying for your own spot in the MUG Makeup Lab. If you bring a model then you must pay hourly for the model’s spot in the MUG Makeup Lab as well which is no more than $20/hr.  No minimum hours required for your own model.
• 10% off if taken Jump Start Training, Advanced Training, or Focus Training.

Logistics:

• MUG Makeup Artist Lab Hours: 9 am–6 pm every Monday.
• MUG Makeup Artist Lab is held on Mondays to accommodate the Cosmetology/Esthetician Beauty School student and working hair stylist schedule.
• MUG Makeup Artist Lab is limited to eight makeup artists/students/models total at one time.
• Advanced sign-up is required to reserve your hours at MUG Makeup Lab.
• Hours are logged. There is no required amount of time a makeup artist student may use the MUG Makeup Lab.
• Students are encouraged to use each other as models. Having your makeup done is as instructive as applying makeup for the training makeup artist.
• Students may bring their own models if preferred.
• **Models are not provided except upon request with one week notice. Pricing for models is $20/hr. Minimum 4hrs.
• Students are encouraged to work from their makeup kit for consistency from inside to outside the MUG Makeup Artist Lab.

 *Look Book- An aspirational collection of makeup looks compiled by each makeup artist student. Makeup artist students uses these images as a reference to the looks they want to perfect.

Contact us
E: info@makeupgourmet.com
P: 415-702-9819

4 UNIQUE MAKEUP ARTIST TRAINING SELECTIONS

CLICK EACH TO LEARN MORE AND TO SELECT THE BEST COURSES FOR YOU.

• 20-Hour Jump Start Makeup Artist Certification Training 
  For the aspiring makeup artist.

• MUG Makeup Artist Lab 
  For the practicing makeup artist.

• 5-Hour Focus Makeup Artist Training 
  For makeup artists looking to advance their skill set.

• 20-Hour Advanced Makeup Artist Training: Airbrush & Design 
  For the accomplished makeup artist.

Policy:

• Payment is due in full in advance.
• Minimum 24 hour notice if going to be absent
• In case of unreported absence notice, payment is non-refundable.
• Rates subject to change
• Tuition is non-refundable

Credit card, check* and cash accepted for payment.
*Checks must be delivered one week before training to allow time for bank approval.

Location:
Makeup Gourmet Studio
111 Westmoorland Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94132

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Contact info
E: info@makeupgourmet.com
P: 415-702-9819

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Fail to prepare. Prepare to fail. (Thank you Gib Maudey)

Warmly,
Chris Scott

16th of January, 2018

Please let me know if this blog was of value to you and share your own Authentic Beauty Makeup tips in the comments box below. I would love to hear how you get on trying this new method of makeup application – tell me how useful you find the tutorials and how you found the results. You can also use the comments box to tell me what interests and concerns you when it comes to which makeup colors to choose. Please let me know so I can fashion future blogs that are relevant and interesting to you.

Want to know more? My new book, Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup is available on Amazon now.

Makeup Gourmet Chris Scott’s new series of how-to video tutorials based on his
#1 international best seller Face with a Heart Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup

CHRIS SCOTT, M.A. is the creator of San Francisco-based Makeup Gourmet®. Over his nearly 30-year career, in addition to doing makeup for top models from every corner of the planet, he also had the honor of working for legends like Paul McCartney, US Vice President Al Gore, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Temple Black, Maya Angelou and Olympic Gold medalists Oksana Baiul and Kristi Yamaguchi. He was the creator and host of the TV show ‘Makeup Gourmet’ from 2008 – 2010. He was a leading Chanel Beauté national artist for over two decades, and is also the creator and guest teacher of Fashion Makeup at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He created his unique Makeup Gourmet line to ensure his clients and the public could have access to high-quality, ethically produced, ‘green’ makeup and skincare with a low-carbon footprint. Chris is also the author of Cosmetic Counter Survival Guide: How to Buy the Right Skin Care and Makeup and the international #1 bestseller Face with a Heart: Mastering Authentic Beauty Makeup.

‘The grass is always greener where you water it.’
CS