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Educational Books for Makeup Artists
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items My favorite books I have used to perfect my craft as a makeup artist and wig maker. Including, fx makeup books, beauty and color theory books, and wig fabricating books! Using these books as a learning tool or a referencing tool will surely help you ...
This book is a great place to start if you are wanting to learn more about color theory and how to apply it to your artistry. I got this book to better my craft as an artist and have loved what I learned from this literature. It has great photos and ...
Color Theory for the Make-up Artist: Understanding Color and Light for Beauty and Special Effects
If you are interested in special effects makeup or are a veteran of special effects makeup- you will benefit from reading this book! It has everything you need to know about creating looks, building prosthetics and character makeups from scratch. Eve...
Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen: Making and Applying Prosthetics
This is a great book if you are looking for something to have great reference photos for hairstyles that are typically hard to find on google. Working on wigs in the theatre space, we are constantly having to do styles that aren't easy or relevant in...
Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film
Being a wig maker, this book has helped me so much! Since I am an artist in many crafts these days, I get my information mixed up- a lot. So having a book to reference back to is so necessary! This is very detailed and walks you through the stages of...
A Practical Guide to Wig Making and Wig Dressing (Crowood Theatre Companions)
I love to have this book around in case I need a reference from a certain time-frame in history! The internet is such a mess of bad reference photos and this book takes all of that stress away. It does a great job at explaining all of the details of ...
Timeless: Recreate the Classic Makeup and Hairstyles from 100 Years of Beauty
This is a great book to have if you are a beginner! It goes over, in detail, about beauty makeup, airbrush, set etiquette and so much more skills you'll need to be a successful makeup artist! Price: (varies)
The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre