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3 Makeup Artist Tricks You Should Know

3 Makeup Artists Tricks You Should Know with Pixi Beauty
It’s not a secret that Tarah and I are both makeup artists. Its basically why we created this blog, to share makeup artist tricks, products, preferences, reviews, etc. Our hope is to provide honest opinions about what works for us and also how we use certain products in our daily lives and on our jobs. Makeup artist tricks of the trade are some of the best kept secrets around.

With so many makeup enthusiasts all over social media, getting the low down on how to use certain products properly is considered gold. We’ve come across many videos of enthusiasts who share what they like and how it works for them but as makeup artists, we’re able share help you with some tricks that maybe you wouldn’t have considered before.

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Make Up Forever Must Haves

– one wishes for things at times such as the holidays or birthdays and sometimes when the stars align a package is left on ones door step containing an abundance of Make Up Forever products! such is the case with me this past holiday season, and to be fair i do offer my makeup application services to those lovely people at Make Up Forever during such times as special events and new product launches. they were courteous enough to send over a sparkling selection of some of my favorite pieces along with a few new things i had yet to try such as lashes from their newly relaunched lash line and the Artist Shadows #1 palette.  a box containing this brands products can send anyone into spasms of glee, especially a makeup artist and beauty junkie so it was hard to pick just 2 pieces to talk about but i narrowed it down to these two just for you guys! check out what i think below:

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Makeup Bag Diaries: Katie Elwood

– welcome back to #MakeupMonday and our Makeup Bag Diaries series! we loved peering into our favorite bloggers makeup bags in our last edition and discovered so many cool new products to try that we thought we would get back to that by bringing you a Makeup Artist Edition. each monday we will delve into a local makeup artist’s bag and see what treasure’s we find, and as we get asked all the time what our favorite products are or what we use on ourselves we hope you find some new pieces to try.

– this week we asked makeup artist and founder of Katie Elwood Makeup and Hair to show us what’s in her bag and Katie did not disappoint. this local artist got her start at Blanche MacDonald over 10 years ago and since then has worked with brands like Laura Mercier, Giorgio Armani Cosmetics, Shu Uemura and Smashbox, before starting her own company specializing in bridal and beauty makeup.  she’s known for her natural beauty look but loves to add a pop of color to keep things interesting, and as of recently can be seen in the pages of FASHION magazine and on their blog dolling out beauty tips as a freelance beauty editor! we think that makes her a great candidate for a peek into her makeup bag, check out her feature below:

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