Customer Reviews

The Technique of the Professional Make-Up Artist

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Mr.Kehoe presents his work in a pricise format. He covers just about anything you want to know in the art of make-up application, not just the trend in fashion/beauty. All the topics are covered: Lighting, character make-up, age, period, monster, bald caps, lab techniques, special effects, hair and beard laying, just to name a few. This book contains lots of illustrations and photos. Even for the make-up artist who only wants to persue a career in the fashion industry this book is a must read.

This book is recommended in several pro makeup sites [...] and for a good reason. This book is a must-have for all the professional makeup artists. The book talks about all aspects of makeup- from straight beauty makeup, to special effects, appliances and hair techniques (applying moustaches and beards). The appendix itself is worth the price of the book. It talks about what should be in a makeup kit, product recommendations and comparisons, and what to expect when trying to get into a union. I love, love, love this book. I can't say enough good things about it, and have constantly relied on it for accurate information regarding makeup applications.
For those who are cosmetic addicts and are only interested in beauty makeup, this book might be a bit too technical though. I would recommend to you the Bobbi Brown Beauty book, and of course, Kevyn Aucoin's works. But for those who are really into all aspects of makeup, this book should be in your library.

You would think that a book on makeup -- especially at this price -- would contain many more color photographs. After all, successful makeup is dependent upon illusions of color as well as light and shadow.

That said, I did learn a great deal from the book, particularly the chapter on human aging. This is a good book if you are as interested in makeup theory as you are technique.

The book makes doing eyebrow shaping look easy...and it not only looks easy- by following a few steps it turns out it IS easy. If you want to learn the basics- buy this book. If you want to do a home makeover- go glamorous, sensual, then fun later on - buy this book. If you want to tune your look a bit- get it! I guess I don't have to go on, but if you are like me and need a bit of instruction and cant afford a makeup artist to be at your beckon call- buy this book.

This book had excellent tips on lighting and the angles of the face, but I didn't find enough information on application of makeup for daily wear. I was looking for a book that would help me with tips - much like a professional makeup artist that was doing your makeup for a special event. The book contained period makeup and total transformation character makeup information. I liked Kevin Aucoin's Face Forward and Making Faces better.

This was a good book and gave a lot of technical advice and illustration but it didn't help me as much as I was hoping. It's dated-- now we're having to deal with changes in makeup due to Hi-Def, etc. These are not addressed... nor are many other things that I think are relevant to doing makeup for film/tv in 2007.

This book is definately geared towards the professional makeup artist. I'm an avid Halloween costumer and wanted to try special effects makeup but this book was over my head. The author assumes that you have some basic knowledge of makeup technique and the lack of color photos makes it impossible for the novice to figure out what he's talking about. I'm thinking of purchasing Laura Thudium's makeup book to learn the basics and then hopefully this book will be more useful.

Extremely informative book, but definitely NOT for a novice. If you do not have experience in photography, television and an expansive knowledge of the different types of make-up, the types of make-up may sound foreign. There are no specific name brands mentioned, just color codes (ie: RCMA). The flow of the book is much like that of a textbook and is reminiscent of being in school (which isn't a horrible thing). For some reason I was expecting picture tutorials and step-by-step examples, but the entire book is in black and white (the only color picture is on the back of the book) so you can't get a full appreciation of what they are talking about without reading. If you are buying this book for information purposes, it will be an excellent buy; however, if you are a visual learner and not big on reading and you are expecting a book full of color and step by step tutorials, you will be sorely disappointed.

Just because this is a book for makeup professionals (and a good one at that) and doesn't give enough "tips" on how to wear your eyeliner doesn't make it a bad book. I find these less than stellar reviews to be irrelevant.

The version I have was last published in 1995. The author is still talking about black and white TV as if it's still in vogue. This book is not highly comprehensive and has very poor direction. There are a lot of words in this book and not enough step by step directions with pictures. Also, this book is in black and white, so it's hard to see what colors he's talking about.

I'm glad I've enrolled in make up school and am not going to rely solely on this book. I will use this book as a guide though.