Jennifer James Beauty: Brow Boot Camp

Sunday June 10, 2011 in Detroit, I had a fabulous opportunity to be a model for Brow Boot Camp.  Jennifer James is a fabulous global makeup artist who loves to teach the knowledge she has gained throughout her career.  She loves teaching industry standards to those who are willing to learn and want to improve their makeup skills.  Too many tend to think local, but she teaches with a global outlook. 

The goal of Brow Boot Camp is to create brows that obey facial anatomy, learn and know beauty industry aesthetic and to look at the whole picture(face).  Even as a model I picked up so many tips that will help me as an artist.   Symmetry, precision and obeying facial anatomy are stressed and looked at through a magnifying glass. 

Learning and practicing the basics is very important before moving on to more advanced skills.  This applies to all areas such as makeup, computers, etc. You can't learn to program a computer if you don't know the basics of how it works.  The same thing with makeup.  Jennifer teaches us that you have to study the whole face to create beautiful brows.  The class is very hands on and Jennifer is a caring but stern teacher.  She will "step on your toes", but when they heal you are a better artist and grow from the experience.

I also experienced what it was like to be a model.  Being in the model seat was a great experience.  Alia Moss was the makeup artist I modeled for and she did a great job on my brows. She treated me the way I hope I treat all models that I have done makeup on.  It was different for me because I couldn't always see what she was doing but I trusted that she was going a great job.  All models should feel that way when they sit back and let us work our magic.         


If being a global makeup artist is your goal or you just love makeup then this is the class to take.  Jennifer travels to different states and teaches a variety of hands on workshops including "Fashion Makeup For Runway and Print" and also hosted "The Industry Insider Pro Pods for The Makeup Show Chicago which was a great success.  The makeup world is constantly changing just like the IT world and as makeup artists it is our job to continue learning and growing. To learn more check out her blog, and take a class or two.


You can catch her on twitter, JenJamesBeauty  tweeting such great tips as below: 

★ #MUAs: Our goal is a body of work marketable in many places in the beauty world,not just where u happen 2 be. #GlobalAesthetic #MakeupChat

Below are links to her other pages and sites:

http://www.jenniferjamesbeauty.blogspot.com/  tips and more

http://www.jenniferjamesbeauty.com/  for classes and more

facebook -JenniferJamesBeauty