1) What makes you love the Beauty Industry?
I love the idea of helping someone feel/look their best! It’s such a simple answer, but truly, this is the best part.

2) What are your top three products you can’t live without?
I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I didn’t have my moisturizer, my mascara and some blush! Without moisturizer our skin just can’t look or feel its best. Without mascara and blush, even with very minimal usage, I don’t feel I look alive!

3) Which regular beauty tips do you offer your clients?
I will always suggest to clients a good skin care routine. It doesn’t have to be many steps or even be expensive products; however, you do need to take care of your skin! I also suggest a lot to my clients to be playful and at least try a new look if they really want to. I try to remind my clients that the worst that could happen if they don’t like a new look is to take it off and start again.

4) What are the most common beauty mistakes that you think people make?
On one hand I could list off so many, but on the other hand, I maintain that since makeup is such a creative and expressive industry, people should be able to do as they please. If it makes you happy, go for it!

5) What trends do you think are here to stay?
I think the cat eye and playful eyeliner looks as well as the lip focus trend will stay a while. However I wouldn’t mind seeing how long the radiant glowing skin trend stays around. It’s such a beautiful look.

6) What is your main go-to beauty product? Why?
I would say any type of primer whether it be eye, face or lip. Without a good base, there is almost no point in wearing makeup if it’s not going to stay on the way you want it to.

7) Do you have any special signature tips or beauty secrets that set you apart?
When I work with my clients, I always like to demonstrate a makeup technique on one side and after get them to try it for themselves on the other side. The way I see it, I already know how to apply makeup on someone. If they are trying to learn how to recreate the look, they need to be able to do it for themselves. This way I can lead them along as they go so they can feel comfortable on their own.

8) When you are out on the town, what beauty products are staples in your purse?
A moisturizer is a must! My mascara, a blush and at least one lip product.

9) Who is your dream client that you would love to work with?
As of right now, I can’t say I have a dream client. A dream client for me would be anybody that is thankful and appreciative and nice while in my chair. I don’t ask for much in that respect.

10) Describe the most daring look you have created on a client or yourself.
I recently got the chance to help out a friend of mine that was getting ready for a Drag performance. This was such a new experience for me as Drag makeup is doing almost everything you are taught not to do in school. I loved it!

11) What was your most disastrous makeup experience? And how did you fix it?
Shortly after I got out into the industry, I was doing this makeover for a client. I thought I was doing a good job, but when she looked at it she was very unhappy! She told me so and asked if she could have another artist redo it. This was rather hurtful for me. But I told her that no, this was my job and that I would do my best to fix it! She let me restart and in the end was happy. This experience showed me that not everybody might like your work all the time, the best you can do is give it your all every time you go out!

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Learn more about Tahlia and see her work at: fancyface.ca

Ariela Adout

1) What makes you love the Beauty Industry?
I love the excitement I get when a new product comes out. I also love what Makeup can
do for women’s self esteem.

2) What are your top three products you can’t live without?

• Philosophy Primer (Present)
• Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer
• Dior Lip Glow

3) Which regular beauty tips do you offer your clients?

• I let them know the importance of taking care of their skin. Makeup wont go on as well if the skin isn’t healthy.
• Make sure to smile and apply blush on apples of your cheeks to get a natural look.
• Maintain eyebrows- this frames your face. Use a pencil and apply brow color to brow. Then brush it through with a brow brush to get a very natural look.
• Make sure to prime your eyelid to ensure your makeup stays for the entire day. (Urban Decay eye primer)

4) What are the most common beauty mistakes that you think people make?

• Woman blush across their cheekbones to give a very 80′s and unnatural look.
• Dark lip liner and a pale lipsticks gives off a very harsh look.
• Forgetting to maintain eyebrows thinking they are not important.
• Woman with dark circle’s applying a large amount of black eyeliner under their eyes. Very unflattering and brings the attention down towards the circles.
• Ignoring maintenance of the skin ie: Exfoliating and moisturizing. Nothing is worse then putting makeup on a dry face with tons of dead skin.

5) What trends do you think are here to stay?

I think that wearing fake eyelashes is a trend that will definitely stay. It gives the effect of opening the eye and is very feminine. Dewy Bronze skin is another trend that is so flattering I believe will be here a long time. Lastly, the cat eye is a trend that I believe will stay, as it elongates the eye. But I do believe it may be toned down.

6) What is your main go-to beauty product? Why?
 I love my tinted moisturizer! This product evens out my skin without looking cakey or giving the impression that I am wearing a ton of makeup. It evens out the skin and gives a fresh youthful look. I also love this product for a more mature skin as it does not crape into lines and leaves the skin looking youthful and even.

7) Do you have any special signature tips or beauty secrets that set you apart?

I like to add a bit of a glitter liquid liner right on the lash line the give the impression that the eye is sparkling. Brightens up the eye and face but isn’t overwhelming.

I also like to build eyelashes on a client from scratch. I get short lashes, mediums as well as long. I use this to build the lashes by layer and size to fit the clients eye shape perfectly. This gives a very natural whimsical look because the lashes are coming straight from the lid not attached to a band.

8) When you are out on the town, what beauty products are staples in your purse?

• I need my lipsticks and Dior lip glow. I use this as a primer for my lips before I apply my lipsticks or wear them alone.
• I also need my Mac Oil blotting powder as well. This product takes away oil and shine without giving the appearance of adding more makeup.
• Finally, I carry my Nars Orgasm blush and a portable brush brush. This blush gives a beautiful natural glow to the skin that is build-able.

9) Who is your dream client that you would love to work with?

My dream client is Jennifer Aniston. She has such a class about her and always struts a very natural polished look. I would love to step that up a notch and give her a more sultry dramatic look to really open her eyes.

10) Describe the most daring look you have created on a client or yourself.

I recently did a photo shoot with an amazing model who has very dark long brown hair and blue eyes. I painted her skin to appear much more pale (almost white) and did a white shadow on her eye. I applied very large white fake eyelashes and gave her a red blush to give the appearance that she is cold. This went along with a red lip. The look was finished with a fur hat and coat and was shot outside in the snow. The looks was a Russian snow queen and turned out amazing!

11) What was your most disastrous makeup experience? And how did you fix it?

I was working on a client thinking she was attending a friends bridal shower. I gave her a simple smokey eye. I then clued in that it was her bridal shower and immediately realized the look had to be changed. I then added brighter color’s to the eye to make the look softer. I also added single eyelashes to open the eye. She was very happy and looked perfect for her event.