What's With The Airbrush Makeup?

I get asked alllll the time "What is airbrush makeup?" and "What's the big deal?" I get it, I mean it's not your every day makeup routine (unless you really are that high maintenance). There are some cheaper and smaller contraptions out there, but the one pictured on the left is what I use. For someone who has never seen, heard or experienced airbrush makeup, it looks and sounds like the thing could give your car an oil change, but it's anything but that!

The results that airbrush makeup can give you are fantastic! Especially for a bride. For one, it provides full coverage that lasts all day long through all the tears and sweat that come with being a bride, and it is completely weightless. It feels like you have nothing on! Really! It's great for people who don't normally wear face makeup (ie. foundation, powder, etc.). Instead of being pressed into the pores of the skin and causing break outs and redness, it lays on top of the skin, which is what gives it that flawless, poreless look. The spray dot pattern it leaves is great for HD photos and video because it falls in a sheer dispersed manner that is nondetectable on camera.   

Airbrush



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 The reason the airbrush makeup looks different on HD is because regular standard definition TVs display about 330 lines of resolution, while Hi-Def shows 720 to 1080 which is why makeup artists are challenged more in this arena with this added pressure to really even out skin tones and make it look like your not wearing a mask. The makeup shows up even more clearly than before, but because the airbrush makeup lays on the skin in a similar manner that the camera reads the face, it is less traceable and even-toned. 

Standard Definition



Hi Definition

The airbrush makeup that I use with my clients is water based and is 100% vegan making it a PETA-approved company (Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics http://www.occmakeup.com/)! Which means it has not been tested on animals, and doesn't use any animal-deriven ingredients making it safe for all skin types (oily, sensitive, acne prone, dry, etc.). It also doesn't contain silicone or DHA (a chemical that changes the skins color and is a common ingredient in sunless tanners and harmful to inhale).

You can see every pore! Too much matte makeup

It is not overly opaque and does not leave the skin looking matte, which on HD can expose wrinkles and lines more (I used Adam Lambert as an example left, but he shouldn't be wearing that much makeup ANYWAYS), but instead gives a wonderful balance between dewy and matte, which is what natural skin should look like, and helps aid in the anti-aging department as well. And who wouldn't want that??...It can also be used to cover up or fade out scars, tattoos, tan lines, veins, bruises, and uneven pigmentation any where on the body.

There is no real need for touch-ups giving it another reason to be used for weddings or all-day events. The only downside to airbrush makeup is that even though it can stand up to tears and sweat, it is not 100% waterproof.  So when you do cry, if you let the tears fall down your cheek, it will leave a line which is very difficult to touchup or fix. Imagine laying down some fresh concrete and then someone runs over it with their bike (the nerve... but it happens). You can't just re-touch the parts that were run over. You have to re-apply another coat to the whole area so that it's even. That's why when you have airbrush makeup, it is important to carry a touch up kit of powder with you or catch the tear before it falls down your cheek and dab, dab, dab.: ) Q-tips are great for attacking those tears ducts to make sure nothing falls onto your under eye area or cheeks.