Inspiring Makeup Artists: Max Factor

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To learn more about the lives of those artists who inspire us for our art, today I’ll bring you a little bit of the history of Max Factor, a make-up artist who revolutionized Hollywood with his makeup techniques and products.

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FX Masters: Rick Baker

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Rick Baker is actually one of the mostly known special effects makeup artist (SFX), because he uses techniques that allow him to achieve a realistic look at his characters. Some of the films where he has workedare: Men in Black, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars and An American Werewolf in London. Today you will learn a little bit of his history and some of his most representative works.

 Photo: Gizmodo

Contouring: novelty or a recycled technique?

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Currently the contouring is one of the makeup techniques most used in showbiz and a trend that more and more women wear daily, but despite its current fame this method isn’t new, and since the beginning of television contouring artist’s faces was a daily task of makeup artists. Today we will take a look at the history of contouring and its evolution until today.

 Photo: cosmeticsandskin