I mean my philosophy behind makeup is
that the skin is what has to look great
first because the skin is only or the
makeup is only gonna look as good as the
skin that's underneath it so as the
makeup artist whether it's a photoshoot
or an event or you know something like
that I am the first person that's a
talent interacts with and so part of my
job is not only to make them look
beautiful and like the best version of
themselves but I feel a part of my job
is to like put them at ease and kind of
like create a relationship with them
it's the way that the day starts you
know so I feel like part of my job is to
kind of help set the tone for the day hi
I'm Ali conqueror and I am a
professional makeup artist I realized
that I first wanted to do this as a
career when I was working at ABC News
but my history with makeup goes back to
way before that I was gifted my first
makeup when I was 13 by my stepmom
Michelle and it was a Mary Kay palette
with two eyeshadow colors and a blush
and some mascara the reception that I
got when I put it on because my
eyelashes are blonde and so when I put
on the mascara and the eyeshadow colors
the way it made my eyes look I really
loved that and so I saw the
transformative power of makeup not only
to transform but to enhance what you
have this is one of the things where I
like started to geek out about makeup I
think it's so cool I think color theory
is very cool and so then when I got to
Chicago
instead of getting
nine-to-five type of desk job I decided
oh well I like makeup so I'll go to that
instead and I got a job as Benefit
Cosmetics and also at ABC News here in
Chicago in being a professional artist
that means that you need to be able to
do makeup other than your own you need
to be able to do makeup on people of
other skin tones and people that look
different than you and have different
face shape than you I feel this need
that I have to explain myself as to like
what I actually do at the makeup artist
because I think in this day and age with
YouTube and Instagram and all the beauty
bloggers everyone in their aunt as a
makeup artist right now and that's great
and I'm like really excited that people
are so into makeup and everything but
what sets me apart as a makeup artist is
that I get booked as a makeup inheritors
I get paid as a makeup and hair artist
and it is what I put as my career on my
taxes right now in my career I have like
three different types of consistent jobs
I work with a photographer who is here
in Chicago who runs a headshot
photography business I also do more
corporate and educational stuff you know
business people who are you know making
videos for their company just to look
clean and calm and collected not shiny
just to make sure that nothing is
distracting so that the viewer is paying
attention to the content and then the
other thing that I do is fashion which
is the opposite of those things
I love my job because I am my own boss I
mean that's the main reason I love it
that I can live the life that I want to
live the other reason is that it's
creative it's cool like I think about it
and I'm an artist I make money doing my
art and I don't know what else you can
ask for summer bronzy
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