Deanna Nickel - How to Start a Home-based Makeup Artist Business

d.d. Nickel has been working in the beauty industry as a professional makeup artist, educator, and beauty expert for over fifteen years. Her real interest in makeup began after a chance meeting with a renowned makeup artist shortly after her move to New York City. She spent the early years of her career assisting him on celebrity and industry shoots, and was instrumental in growing his retail business as national makeup artist and director of education. In the latter position, d.d. conceptualized and wrote the educational materials used in training makeup artists across the country in stores like Barneys New York, Nordstrom, and Sephora.

She has spent the last dozen years as a successful freelance makeup artist, working on popular television shows, commercials, print, Broadway, red carpets, New York Fashion Week, and with countless celebrities. One of her first freelance opportunities was with E! Entertainment, where she spent several seasons working on the hit TLC show, What Not to Wear. She created the look for the Tony Awardwinning lead of the Broadway show, Wonderful Town, and has helped countless celebrities look their best on screen and on red carpets from Cannes to Los Angeles. In addition to launching a successful freelance career, she also continued to write and create training materials for Victorias Secret Beauty, used in stores across the country.

In 2006, d.d. opened a makeup studio near her home in New Haven, Connecticut, offering private lessons and her signature line of makeup, d.d.Nickel, now available online at www.ddnickel.com. In early 2007, she began offering on-location services for the bride and bridal party. Her studio and bridal beauty business has more than doubled each year and continues to grow.

Many thanks to Tracee Williams and Globe Pequot Press for giving me the opportunity to share everything I know about makeup artistry and for having the confidence in me to deliver. To my dear friend and fellow makeup artist, Renee Fisher, for giving me opportunities that led me here. And to my mentor, Vincent Longo, who is not only a master of his craft but also a generous teacher. Many thanks.

The Makeup Designory

New York

375 West Broadway

New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212) 925-9250

www.mud.edu

Los Angeles

129 S. San Fernando Boulevard

Burbank, CA 91502

Phone: (818) 729-9420

www.mud.edu

Europe

Rimska cesta 13, 1000

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: 386 (0) 1 6200 348

www.mud.edu

Cinema Makeup School

3780 Wilshire Boulevard,

Suite 202

Los Angeles, CA 90010

Phone: (213) 368-1234

www.cinemamakeup.com

Joe Blasco Makeup Artist Training Center

Hollywood

1670 Hillhurst Avenue

Hollywood, CA 90027

Phone: (323) 467-4949

www.joeblasco.com

Orlando

5422 Carrier Drive, Suite 304

Orlando, FL 32819

Phone: (407) 363-1234

www.joeblasco.com

Cosmix School of Makeup Artistry

2635 East Oakland Park Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

Toll-Free: (800) 908-0544

Phone: (954) 564-4181

www.cosmixinc.com

CAMMUACouture Academy of Modern Makeup Artistry

4500 Campus Drive,

Suite 650

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Phone: (949) 798-0010

www.cammua.com

Academy of Freelance Makeup, New York

318 W. 39th Street

New York, NY 10018

Phone: (212) 710-1334

www.aofmakeup.com

Boca Beauty Academy

7820 Glades Road

Boca Raton, FL 33434

Phone: (561) 487-1191

www.bocabeauty.com

Vancouver Film School

200198 W. Hastings Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada V6B 1H2

Phone: (800) 661-4101

www.vfs.com/makeupdesign

EI School of Professional Makeup

1622 N. Highland Avenue

Hollywood, CA 90028

Phone: (323) 871-8318

www.ei.edu

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Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown has become an iconic makeup artist and the voice of the everyday woman. You can purchase her books at www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com.

Bobbi Brown Beauty Rules: Fabulous Looks, Beauty Essentials, and Life Lessons. Chronicle Books, 2010.

Bobbi Browns sixth book, Beauty Rules, is a fresh, energetic beauty bible for young women. Bobbi Browns goal is to help women look and feel like themselves, only prettier and more confident. And true to this philosophy, Beauty Rules was written to help young women learn the beauty basics and then ultimately find their own style.

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro, reprint edition. Grand Central Life & Style, 2011.

Bobbis twenty-five-plus years of makeup artist experience is distilled into one volume that includes full-color photos and step-by-step instructions, as well as a Ten-Step Guide to Perfect Makeup that teaches you how to apply your makeup in ten minutes or less. Packed with all the tricks of the trade, this book also offers a unique guide for aspiring makeup artists: how to break into the business, put together a portfolio, book work, and work with photographers, magazine editors, fashion designers, and celebrities.

Bobbi Brown Living Beauty, reprint edition. Springboard Press, 2009.

Bobbi Brown has written this book for women over forty. Bobbi shows how skin care and makeup can instantly make you look fresher and better. With step-by-step makeup instructions, nutrition and fitness tips, and inspiring quotes from celebrities and countless beautiful women, this book is a celebration of beauty at any age.

Bobbi Brown Beauty: The Ultimate Beauty Resource. Collins Living, 1998.

Bobbi has taken all of her beauty knowledge, experience, and philosophy and incorporated it into a beauty guide for women of all ages. The book addresses important beauty concerns about tools, makeup elements, bad beauty days, how to wear foundation, beauty during pregnancy, and skin care, as well as easy-to-follow makeup routines.

Bobbi Brown Beauty Evolution: A Guide to a Lifetime of Beauty. No publisher listed.

This book is a celebration of beauty across the generations. It was written to help women feel good about themselves at any age. This important guide covers it all, with Bobbi devoting chapters on beauty from the age of twenty to seventy and beyond, discussing issues that matter most to women, and sharing the lessons she herself has learned from her own personal evolution.

Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty: Everything You Need to Look Pretty, Natural, Sexy and Awesome