Zuca Packing Condensed for Hair & Makeup

Here is how I have my Zuca packed with BOTH hair and makeup and NO backpack.  I've pretty much condensed to what I KNOW I always use.  Please note that this is not what I own as a whole.  I pack for the job and only take what I need and what I know I always reach for.  Also, please note that I do mostly commercial hair so I don't need to carry lots of hair products with me.

What's in my Zuca you ask?  Well, let's take a closer look:

1. Sponges, Cotton Swabs, Powder Puffs, Q-Tips, Mascara Wands

2. Eyeshadow Singles and Palettes wrapped in a towel 

3. Right: Concealers

Center: Blushes, Highlighers and Bronzers

Left: Foundations

All folded up neatly into the pouch (bottom pic)

4. Liners, Mascaras, Lash Curler, Sharpener, Brow Pencils

5. Cozzette Vessel: Lipglosses

6. Body Effects for glowing skin and/or body bronzing

7. Hair Stuff such as: Blower, Brushes, Hair Products, Hair Irons

8. More Hair Stuff such as: Bobby Pins, Hair clips and more hair brushes

9. Brush Roll

10. Outside Right Pocket: Hair Straightner (brought when needed)

11. Outside Left Pocket of Zuca: Skincare stuff, brush cleaner, alcohol etc.

12. Outside Right Pocket of Zuca: Curling Iron #2

13. And deep within the Zuca (unseen by just opening): Japonesque Lipstick Palette

 

And here is my Zuca, all packed up and ready to go!

Inside pockets on the left side have: Makeup Remover wipes, Lashes, Lip Moisturizers, Spatula and Mixing Palette.

Body

New Body Shots.  Created a new BODY section on my website as well.

Miz Mooz

Miz Mooz Shoes Spring 2011

Facebook

For all those who are my friends on Facebook, please be aware that I am closing that account.  I've created a new page so if you haven't done so already, please follow me here.

Thank you all!

Rates and How to Charge Them

I keep encountering this problem where I see our lovely newbie aspiring MUA's not really knowing (and even being totally misinformed) how to charge rates.  I very well know that it depends on what sort of medium you are giving a rate for.  Giving a rate for Bridal and giving a rate for Commercial are two completely different things.

Bridal/Personal Client Rates:
Bridal rates are usually done by the number of people or looks (ie: Bride $XXX, Brides Maids $XXX) or you might even offer a package deal (ie: 5 people for $XXXX).

TV, Film, Print, Advertising, Commercial etc.:
A professional working Makeup Artist who does this for a living (pays rent, feeds family) charges rates by Half Day Rates and Full Day Rates.  Half day hours are 1 - 4.5 hours and Full day hours are 5 - 9 hours.  This means that you stay for the whole shoot doing touch up's and changing looks as needed or as per discussed with the client.

Charging per look, per face or hourly will make you look unprofessional and green.  Think of it like this, if you leave your home, charge $75 and you only do one look/face....then all you made was $75?  Now that's not right is it?  How are you to make a living off that?

Another thing I wanted to touch on really quickly is KIT FEE's.  Please understand that a kit fee is something that is used ONLY in the world of Film.  There is no such thing as charging a "kit fee" for a test.  If it's a test, then its a test and no one gets any money.  If you want to charge for a test then call it a TESTING RATE.  Usually testing rates are half of what you would normally charge for a half/full day.

Please charge and set your rates accordingly and don't undercut your peers.

I hope to have cleared this up for some people.  Any questions, fire away.  I'm always happy to pay it forward.

Mixing it up

New Work!!

All colors mixed by yours truly.

Halloween

I'm not much of a special effects artist but when Halloween comes around I can't help but get super creative.  Many who know me personally know that I'm obsessed with Zombies (and those who don't, well now you know haha), so when my husband told me that he wanted to be a Zombie for Halloween, I thought I had died and gone to Zombie heaven.

I didn't take any pictures of the process due to the time crunch (we were heading to a get together and haunted houses) but here is a picture of the final product.  Enjoy!