Marie Le - Makeup Artist

Dewy, cutesy, blushy, unedited, the transformation at Melbourne Bridal Hair & Makeup Team | Academy 🤍

Work done by Master Artist Marie 🤍

Transformation at Melbourne Bridal Hair & Makeup Team | Academy 🤍

My icks as a Makeup Artist 🚩 (say it with your chest edition)
After doing 3,000+ faces, here’s what I can’t stand seeing in this industry — and yes, some of these are personal 😅

1️⃣ Using someone else’s work as your portfolio. This has happened to me and my team FIVE times — other artists reposting our work, calling it their “signature look.” Let’s call it what it is: it’s literally a scam to use someone else’s work to get clients. Everyone starts somewhere — work your way up the sustainable, ethical way. There is no shortcut. If you don’t have a portfolio yet, build one. Collect real experience. You might book a client off a stolen photo once, but if the quality doesn’t match, they’re not coming back.

2️⃣ Turning up looking messy. Controversial, I know — but this industry runs on trust. Imagine a chef prepping your food covered in stains. You wouldn’t feel confident eating there, and clients don’t feel confident in your chair either. And it’s not just about them — arriving looking and feeling your best gives you confidence too.

3️⃣ Only replicating the Pinterest photo instead of guiding your client. Most clients booking an MUA genuinely don’t know what suits their features — that’s not their job, it’s ours. We roll our eyes when they call full glam “natural,” but flip the script: I don’t understand car mechanics either, and I wouldn’t want to be mocked for it. Learn to read your client’s features and give them your professional opinion. They came to you to feel confident, not to become a photo.

4️⃣ Not knowing your own kit. Every product, every ingredient — learn what works with what. If a client has an allergy, “I’m not sure” is not an answer.

New artists — none of this is about raw talent. It’s about respect for the craft and for the person in your chair. 💛
Which one hit a nerve? Tell me below 👇 (fellow artists, be nice lol)

Save this for someone starting out in the industry.
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Key products

Cleanse
Dry skin and normal skin Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Hydrating Face Tonic
Oily skin ANUA Global Official Exfoliate Toner

Prep
토리든 (KR) Dive in Serum

Moist
Normal and dry skin Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Vitamin enriched face base
Combination leans oily and Oily skin Clinique Australia & NZ Markets Dramatically Moisturising Gel

Reduce the shin
Normal skin M·A·C Cosmetics Shine Control Mattifying primer
Oily skin MAKE UP FOR EVER Pore Minimizing Primer

Key tips
Spray a small amount of liquidy setting spray to your palm
Use a thin foundation brush, layer the spray over , just thin layer
Then go in with the foundation

Skip the cream contour and blush
Use powder contour (im using the Judydoll Official contour and highlight palette) and powder blush (Patrick Ta Beauty duo blush in shes blushing) to set directly onto the base

Spray a layer of the same setting spray

Then set your oily and sweating area with loose powder
Oily skin CHANEL BEAUTY natural finishi loose powder
Normal combination skin Laura Mercier loose powder
Dry skin NARS Cosmetics Crystal Light Reflecting powder

Finish with another layer of spray.

Save this and you will thank me later 🫶🏻

Have fun, i mean i have trying out this technique 😘