Is There Such A Thing As A Consulting Makeup Artist

Trish Alkaitis met with celebrity makeup artist, hair stylist and image consultant, Alejandra. She has been using Dr. Alkaitis Organics since day one, and her fascinating career has taken her from high fashion around the world to the South of France where she lives close to nature and specializes in bridal makeup for luxury weddings. This conversation is filled with pearls of wisdom and pro-tips from Alejandra, a true expert in her field. Enjoy! (Please scroll to the end for data on how to contact Alejandra for bridal makeup or personal image consultations.)

Trish: Alejandra, I am then excited to accept y'all with the states hither today!

You lot and I go 'mode back' to Miami days, and then later to NYC. You found usa right at the start of our visitor and have worked with our brand ever since. You are one of the reasons why I started this department on the blog.

Many people exercise not know that our products accept had a strong presence in the creative industries over the years. Dr. Alkaitis Organics is used past professionals in the motion-picture show and style industries, and they are the go-to products for makeup artists from both sides of the pond.

Nosotros are in the digital age and everyone seems to be an 'expert' or an influencer, simply to me, you are not simply the ultimate true expert in your field, simply your knowledge of nutrition, health and wellness puts you in a completely dissimilar league! I am excited to hear all about your new adventures in France and to share your wisdom with our readers.

Alejandra, I desire to spring right in and get to the skin & makeup questions that I think all women over 45 desire to know. For example, what kind of makeup do you think brings out the natural beauty of a woman? We seem to have so many more challenges. For instance, I know 'less is more,' simply if it's too calorie-free, I don't feel like my face has presence.

Makeup After 45

Trish: Can you give us your peak 3 things we can easily exercise every solar day equally nosotros historic period, and your top 3 things to allow go of?

Alejandra: Hi Trish, Cheers for the kind introduction. We do get 'way' back and ever since I found Alkaitis Skincare information technology's e'er been number one on my list. I judge you could say I'thousand a diehard fan.

Let'due south leap right in and start with makeup for women over 45. I know we've all heard the 'less is more' speech communication but the thing is that's it'south really true. I've noticed many times that equally we historic period nosotros endeavour to "encompass upwards" what nosotros think doesn't await adept with ample amounts of makeup when in fact you are merely making everything stand out even more.

There are a few things we tin can exercise to brand information technology experience similar we made a difference in our appearance but as well not become carried abroad past adding too much.

For example: the get-go step to starting our daily routine when applying makeup to look natural is peel training. There are many reasons why it is  of import to ready your skin, and I can't stress this enough:

1. Prepping your pare before makeup will hydrate it.
2. Protect information technology from the makeup you lot volition have on all twenty-four hour period.
3. Give information technology illumination through the foundation which can otherwise take a mattifying effect.

Every bit we historic period our peel loses its natural ability to retain moisture unlike when we were xx years sometime.

Therefore we don't want a matte look on the skin as nosotros age, we desire the pare to appear hydrated and dewy.

• Try using a semi-sheer foundation instead of a highly pigmented foundation. This will give a more than natural expect but still take some coverage.

• Utilise a popular of color on your lips to brand that the focal point. You don't have to exist going to a fancy result or dinner to clothing lipstick in the morning or afternoon.

• If yous're not into using eyeliner or eye shadow, mascara is the secret weapon to making your optics pop without too much fuss.

• Let get of frosty eyeshadow, sparkly lipstick, and the abundance of dusty quondam makeup that sits in our makeup drawers and hasn't been used in years. I know, when we were younger nosotros loved irresolute our makeup style and colors all the time, merely equally we age it's better to keep information technology simple and refine our makeup to a few things we should use daily that can also be versatile for an evening wait.

Alejandra's Skin Journeying

Trish: You and I met when you were having some skin challenges of your own. Really now that I retrieve about it we both were! I would beloved for you to tell us a petty about your path and what you did that helped you get your skin dorsum into balance?

Alejandra: This story is a rather long story that I will shorten for you. I will beginning it off where information technology all began which was me working as a hairstylist 26 years ago. Ten years into working as a salon hairstylist I was introduced to the freelance mode world of hair and makeup and I knew this was what I had wanted to pursue as a career. Working similar a bedlamite to building my career, I started to observe I was having random outbreaks of eczema on my pare and didn't know why this was happening. I ignored information technology at offset, but after a year I realized that this wasn't normal.

At first I attributed information technology to the stress and pressure of my job, always working with no fourth dimension off. I as well idea that my nutrition had a lot to do with it. I dove deep into nutrition and tried to educate myself on every possible aspect of it to heal myself without taking a pill, shot, or steroid creme. This helped a little, only it wasn't enough. At times it would go away and I would take some relief, but then information technology would come back fifty-fifty worse than before.

I started to change all of my personal skin care products, toiletries, home cleaning products, everything. I saw a slight improvement, just the condition was yet bad at times. Then after all the years I suffered with this problem, I somewhen found out that there was an allergy test I could accept to test for sensitivity to chemicals and substances that are in our daily surround.

I scrap the bullet and decided to pay to get information technology washed and sure plenty I was EXTREMELY allergic to two component chemicals that are in every single hair product and makeup make I had been using every day for the last twenty years. This explained everything. It was why I could never fully heal no matter what I was doing for myself in my dwelling environment or to ameliorate my nutrition. I was exhilarant myself at work every single day.

Four years ago I decided to movement and accept a small intermission from doing pilus and makeup. Of form, as before long every bit I stopped working, my skin cleared up after a month and information technology really proved right that it was the products that I was using for work that were effecting me. Today, I'yard able to manage this by trying, as much as possible, to merely use clean skincare, makeup and pilus products.

I still utilise gloves when using hair products so they don't bear on my skin. I've kept all my personal intendance products the same every bit they've always been expert for me, and I've found that the Dr. Alkaitis Nourishing Handling Oil has been extremely soothing on my skin throughout this whole process.

It seriously was a long journey, but I've finally figured it out and can say that using natural ingredients on our pare and in our surroundings actually makes a deviation in so many means.

Trouble & Mature Pare

Trish: Do y'all accept any pro tips & tricks to share with someone who may be struggling with skin bug pre-shoot or before a milestone event, such equally a wedding or special occasion where photoshop & filters aren't an pick?

Alejandra: Many times I've seen a model walk in to start their work twenty-four hours and they are suffering from some kind of acne or peel rash on their face. I would say a majority of the time this is from working with different makeup artists every solar day who employ different skin intendance products.

Irresolute your skin care routine every month, let alone every 24-hour interval or every other day, is very confusing and stressful to the skin. The skin doesn't have time to rebalance and acclimate to what is beingness used on it.

• My pro tip for the models would exist to bring your own skin cleanser and facial moisturizer with yous every time you have to exercise a shoot. Ask the makeup creative person to use only your products on your confront and this should assist reduce inflammation of the peel.

• For brides or anyone attention a special effect, I would recommend they exist very mindful of the foods they swallow before the special occasion. Sugary foods and dairy can exist big triggers for peel issues.

• Besides, try to do a facial mask once a week for a month prior to your consequence and always hydrate the skin, my favorites for this are the Dr. Alkaitis Universal mask and the Dr. Alkaitis Nourishing Treatment Oil.

Dr. Alkaitis Organics

Trish: Please tell us what your favorite Dr. Alkaitis' products are and how you similar to utilize them, both personally and at work?

Alejandra: As I explained before, I've been using Dr. Alkaitis since the brand first started. I honestly beloved the entire line! Mainly for its simplicity in what we really need to use on our face daily. For me personally, I cannot live without the Nourishing Treatment Oil. This is definitely a staple for my everyday skincare routine. It'south excellent at balancing the skin'south natural oils and hydrates at the same time. The Treatment oil dissipates into the pare very well, unlike other facial oils I've tried that tend to sit on the peel.

I also beloved the Purifying Facial Cleanser for its delicate cleansing and hydrating abilities. Information technology does all of this without stripping abroad our natural oils which is why I think it works and then well.

For work, using the Organic Soothing Gel is a must.

I employ a generous corporeality on clean skin before I use any foundation or makeup. The Organic Soothing Gel really grabs onto the makeup and helps requite information technology a lasting effect while hydrating the skin. I must also add that the smell of the Soothing Gel is divine and has a somewhat calming effect.

Clean Makeup

Trish: I have seen clean make-upward brands gaining popularity over the last 10 years or then. Tin you share  some of your absolute favorite brands with us and tell united states of america why you honey them? I think more and more women are open to trying clean makeup simply have a difficult time knowing how to observe that perfect blush or mascara.

Alejandra:  There are plenty of clean makeup brands right now but not all are great. Often they don't have loftier pigments to maintain long-lasting wear. I have two good brands that pop out immediately for me.

Kjaer Weis  is a cute line of organic makeup developed by a swain makeup creative person named Kirsten Weis. I think when she was offset developing this line of makeup and how beautiful I thought it all was; the product and the packaging. The creme blushes are amazing, you tin can utilise one coat for a sheer natural pinched cheek look or you tin can hands build upwards the colour to make information technology more intense.

• A pro tip for blushes:  creme blushes give a more natural appearance dissimilar a powder chroma can wait more intentional which is not a bad thing. Especially for aging skin, creme blushes are the way to go.

Kjaer Weis also has a generous array of colors in her liquid foundation which I take yet to try but I've heard they have splendid coverage without the caked-on appearance. One last thing I have to mention about KW makeup is the packaging, It'due south probably the best packaging that I've seen. It'due south top-notch luxury in its appearance, functionality, and experience every bit well as being sustainable. You can't crush that.

W3ll People is another make that I like using. I ever used the same brand of mascara, from my teen years until well into my 30's and and then I started to observe that my middle lids were itching around the eyelash line whenever I would accept mascara on. I believe the mascara make I had been using for the past twenty years might take changed their formula (which happens often,) and I was allergic to the new one. I searched and searched for a new brand to use that wouldn't give me this reaction and finally I found the W3ll People mascara. The mineral pigment is a rich black or brownish colour, it's also buildable, giving you extra length for your lashes without clumping, and its clean beauty.

2020

Trish: How has the pandemic changed the way you work now?

Alejandra:  I would say that the pandemic hasn't changed the way I work likewise much. I've always been kind of OCD nigh my work station and keep things VERY make clean, sanitized and organized. I have separate brushes for each model if I take several models that day and ever clean downwardly everything after each job. I take, however, added two new practices to working and that is a mask and/or face shield (plain,) and a UV light wand that I use over everything to kill any leaner or virus that doesn't get cleaned abroad with soap and h2o or alcohol spray. So I experience pretty confident with my daily routine for work.

A Memorable Feel

Trish: Do you accept an amazing, one time-in-a-lifetime on-prepare feel that y'all want to share with us?

Alejandra:  Ane in detail that stands out for me was when I had the gamble to work with Barack Obama for Glamour magazine. That was definitely a memorable experience and one I will never forget.

Luxury Weddings in the S of France

Trish: You lot are now specializing in luxury weddings in the s of France. Nosotros want to know more than! Tell us all almost it.

Alejandra: In France there are hundreds of beautiful destinations and Chateaux to get married in. With all of the lavender fields, poppy fields, vast countryside landscapes and beautiful seascapes, who wouldn't want to get married here!?

I decided in January 2020 that if I was going to keep doing hair and make-upwards, I wanted to apply my talents to a different type of use, which would be the luxury wedding industry hither in France. Women are always searching for that one person to make them feel and expect cute on their special twenty-four hours. I find it very satisfying to make someone experience so skillful about themselves on their wedding 24-hour interval. It's something that I dabbled in when I was living in New York Urban center but I was then busy with all of my fashion piece of work that I couldn't commit to a wedding a yr out on the calendar. Later on living in France a few years, I knew that this was what I wanted to practice. Working close and personal with the bride to create her await is so rewarding in the end.

A New You lot

Becoming an Image Consultant

Trish: We touched base a little chip nigh how you are at present living in the remote countryside of France (which all sounds and so dreamy.) Can you tell us about your new epitome consulting business? How does that work and what does it entail? Do y'all take a few style tips to share? I know for a fact many people put on weight staying dwelling during the pandemic! What fashion advice would you offering while nosotros are working towards 'getting our body back,' or annihilation else you can recommend as a neat confidence booster?

Alejandra:  I've always had a love for way forth with hairstyling and makeup artistry. Working in the fashion manufacture and beingness function of a beauty squad was perfect for me to become my fix of the latest styles and inspiration, not only in hair and makeup but as well in vesture. I never considered beingness be a article of clothing stylist just once I moved to France, I realized in that location was something that I was missing. I had spoken in the by nigh how fun it would be to style real women and help them figure out new looks for themselves and kind of reinvent themselves. Once I was here in French republic, I realized that I could contain all of my knowledge in the style manufacture to help someone learn what looks all-time on them, what colors look great on them, what hairstyle they should exist wearing and how to apply their makeup. It's not almost telling someone what to vesture, \ it'south about making them feel good virtually themselves.

For example, How many of us have wearable sitting in our closets that we haven't touched for months or years because we don't know how to style them on ourselves to expect good?

How much makeup do we have in our makeup depict that never gets used and is collecting dust? How near the plethora of skin care products that we don't even know if they piece of work for our skin, and all the hair products that we tried merely they don't piece of work and nosotros go on anyway?

This is why I decided to start this business organization of Image consulting in France along with my wedding business. I give my proficient opinion on all these points to help women encounter that it's not then hard to practice this on their own. I lend a hand to help women get started in cleaning out their closet, seeing what looks best on them and what doesn't. They go a makeup lesson from me to larn how to apply makeup with the right colors for their complexion, larn most pare treat their pare types and what hair styles look best.

Trish: Can you share with us how this works and what a customer can wait during the engagement?

Alejandra: My Image consultations include a fashion and hair consultation and a pare & demi brand-up lesson.

• A client can await to spend 3-4 hours with me on their initial visit.

• Nosotros will either work on your spring/summer or autumn/wintertime wardrobe and commencement to work out new outfit combinations with what you already ain. We'll take your measurements, document the new outfits and also come across what yous might be missing from your wardrobe that yous can add in from a listing I will send you lot subsequently your consultation.

• We find the nearly flattering color story, best fit and shape for your trunk blazon. The goal is to build confidence and use what you lot already ain but re-fashion information technology in a way that maybe you didn't know how to earlier

• Every bit we age we sometimes lose our own personal style and go lost or confused nigh what to wearable. Or bodies may become through transformations and we may no longer exist certain what looks practiced on us. Information technology can be extremely helpful to have someone aid u.s.a. reinvent ourselves or fifty-fifty just requite us a new sense of fashion direction.

• We will also talk skin care and makeup and you will learn how to employ your ain makeup for an everyday look and/or evening look. At the cease of our visit we will do a brief hair consultation and discuss pilus colour and styles that look best on you lot.

• After our consultation, you'll receive a detailed electronic mail form me and a wait book with everything we went through that day including images of the outfits we styled together along with whatever recommendations of missing key items y'all might need to add into your wardrobe. Information for  stores and shopping links volition be included.

From and then on if you want to schedule another engagement to assist pack for a trip, shop an outfit for a special result, or work on the adjacent season, I'll have all your measurements and info on file for the following meeting. It is truly a very satisfying adventure for me to be able to offering this exclusive  one-on-one experience to women in need of some personal, creative help.

Your Tips for 2021

Trish: Practice you have whatever tips for going forrad into the new year?

Alejandra: A few tips I can requite would be: don't exist afraid of color; e'er take at least 1 proficient pair of jeans in your wardrobe; skilful quality undergarments are extremely important, and get rid of anything you oasis't used in over a year including wear, makeup, peel care, and hair products.

Fashion & Manner

Trish: Practice you have any links of favorite designers that yous would similar to share?

Alejandra: There are so many designers to choose from and and then many that I love which makes it hard to name only a few just here are iv of my favorites:

1: Raquel Allergra

2: Mara Hoffman

3: Isabelle Marant

four: Thierry Colson

Looking Forward

Trish: Alejandra, what are you looking forward to and would like to manifest personally and professionally for 2021?

Alejandra:  I'm definitely looking frontwards to this new year's day, to see what it will bring.  I am personally working on manifesting patience and growth. I'chiliad happy with what I have at present and will be patient for what 's to come, whenever it comes. Professionally, I'1000 manifesting to come across and work with positive, creative people. In order to movement forward we need to not only stay positive but also surround ourselves with challenges in life that keep us moving forwards.

The Cherry on Meridian

Trish: What inspires you today?

Alejandra: When I lived in New York Urban center I was inspired by the people I saw every day. Seeing everyone's artistic individual way, merely walking down the street was then inspiring. Now that I've relocated to the remote countryside of Provence at that place are beautiful landscapes all around me. Information technology'south no wonder all of the famous artists would come here. There's definitely a much slower stride here. During each season of the twelvemonth I go foraging for all of the wild ingredients bachelor and I use them in my cooking. I dry herbal flowers and plants for teas and tinctures, and I preserve the wild fruit that I've collected for the coming months when they are not available. I have establish that being here creates more balance in my life, and to exist surrounded past the beautiful colors of nature, the fine art and history of Provence, inspires me every day. It's extremely uplifting to be encompassed by such natural beauty.

Cheers Alejandra for sharing your wisdom with u.s. today and letting us have a peek into your new life in France. I can't expect to visit and run through the poppy fields with you!

Alejandra is bachelor for exclusive private consultations for fashion, pilus, skin, and make-up.

You may ask ALEJANDRANYC@ME.COM for her services in both South of French republic & Usa

For more eye candy, visit her Bridal & Fashion websites & social media below.

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