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OK, sorry folks but this burns me up! I was talking to a friend/actress on the phone yesterday, and she asked me if I knew a make-up/hair/wardrobe stylist named _____ with the agency ____ . I said I...

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1) I agree with Margina 2500% . In my markets where I work, there are almost no just makeup artists, but it is makeup & hair only and we are not expected to do wardrobe and I intend to keep it...

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if you look back at how quickly hair was added to the "must do" list I think you can see the handwriting on the wall. It took a few makeup/hair people about 1 year to make it totally impossible in...

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To add my .02 cents, Makeup/ Hair or Hair/Makeup as the same discipline, exists more in certain markets, and certain day rate categories. Top artists, don't necessarily do both. Actually, most big...

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and I will add...I worked in a secondary market for several years and there are afew people who are doing a zillion jobs on set there. THEY ARE NOT CALLED FOR THE DECENT JOBS. And I will reinterate,...

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My agency won't book you unless you do both.

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kat, not the point....we know in smaller markets you are expected to do both...re-read the thread please :-)

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Kat, Please don't take offense but your market isn't even a secondary market and the work that is regularly booked and available there isn't comparable to any of the points that I was trying to...

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I totally understood. I was adding what goes on over here in this market but was on a job and short on time. I meant to come back and clarify and I was talking to the whole thread in general, not to...

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still missing what I have said Kat...I too do both on commercial jobs and lower end catalog...

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My agency won't book you unless you do both. tdrmaquillage wrote: 1) I agree with Margina 2500% . In my markets where I work, there are almost no just makeup artists, but it is makeup & hair only...

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Well F! I work in NYC right now but a few years down the road my family plans on moving to Denver....should I just start learning hair now? Would I need to go to full on hair school??? This stinks

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i wish i could always only do one or the other, and i do agree wholeheartedly that the insanity should stop. specializing is truly ideal. i've had a good run in my market, not an A market. I have...

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glad you stuck to your guns and this climate DON'T TURN DOWN ANYTHING...HAVE A person on hold for the double booking...and deal memos....that last minute cancellation should have had you being paid...

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I agree with you Mary... Its a cleansing.... survival of the fittest.... just like you see with realtors, the not so good and the hobbiests move on and that's how it is in this business. The economy...

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one of the problems in the freelance makeup industry is that there is little (if any) "barrier to entry" .. as they say in business lingo. No licensing (although rules may vary by state/country),...

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I wanted to share this with you... STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!! See a makeup artist/coffee runner isn't far is it? Makeup Artist / Craft Service Production JobTitle: Makeup Artist / Craft Service Employer:...

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Margina wrote: I wanted to share this with you... STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!! See a makeup artist/coffee runner isn't far is it? Makeup Artist / Craft Service Production JobTitle: Makeup Artist / Craft...

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WTF!!!!! That is REALLY insulting. Not that there is anything wrong with being a craft service person, but what the hell does that have to do with makeup!!! They'll be sorry when they find some...

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no way!!! that is insanity!!!!! total insanity...

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