The Gwynnis Mosby Professional Makeup Artist Conference was such a treat. The 3 day conference/expo was held this past weekend at the 200 Peachtree Building in Atlanta, GA. Many great companies and tons of great artists, professional and aspiring gathered together to profess their love for makeup artistry. Companies such as Inglot Miami, Alcone, The Look by Joi, Norcostco, BlushBaby Studio, Nigel's Beauty Emporium, A.J. Crimson and so many others were in attendance. One great highlight of the conference, for me was the "Celebrity Makeup Artist" panel discussion, where artists such as the amazing Reggie Wells (who has done the faces of Oprah and Beyonce), Day Hill (who is known for her work on the emering Nicki Minaj and who recently did an interview for the Be Simply Stunning Blog-check that out), Quintessence Patterson (Tyler Perry movies/shows, Sunday Best, BET), Jeremy Dell (LHHATL, RHOA, BET), Manny Davila (LHHATL), and Alexis Fagan (Angela Simmons, Mike Epps, Wale). The panel guests answered the questions most aspiring and even established makeup artists always wanted to know like, How do you get your foot in the door?, How do you determine your rates? and even What has been some of their biggest challenges starting off? There was instruction on how to start a portfolio, Airbrushing demonstrations, shopping with wonderful discounts and so much more. It was just so amazing. A lot of people ask me after seeing my social media page, "Joyua, do you really attend all of the events you post about?"My answer is YES! I try my best to support as many people or projects as possible. I believe, your netWORK is your netWORTH and once you support others, they will support you!
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