23
Aug
By Kevin
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Alumni Spotlight: Char Braden

Since my time at AMUA, I have been working in all areas of makeup from Tv/Film, production, weddings, and teaching. My dream is to do big advertisement campaigns and commercial shoots, as well as major editorials. My advice that I would give to a new artist is that when you first get started, maintain a main income. There is so much to learn about this industry and blowing up overnight probably will not happen. So take your time, figure out which direction you want to go in, and stay educated. Website: www.charbraden.com
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12
Jun
By Kevin
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Alumni Spotlight: Raelynn Stephens

Tell us a little about what you've been doing since your time and AMUA Since my time at AMUA I have been busy working with local modeling agencies. It has been incredibly fun building relationships in an industry that I could not have imagined being a part of a year ago. Being relatively new to the makeup world, it has been extremely gratifying to see my work in the portfolios of models and photographers that I truly respect and even a few small publications. While the majority of my work has been fashion shoots and shows, I have also had…
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14
Jan
By admin
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Clear your mind- write it down!

I assume many of you entrepreneurs and freelancers probably wake up feeling overwhelmed by your constantly-growing to-do-list most days, just like me! So I'm going to share with you this invaluable tool that I borrowed from the book 'Organizing Your Day' by Sandra Felton.  I read this book several years ago as a beginner business owner and several of the techniques I still incorporate in my day-to-day operations today, including this one. The idea here is that you take a piece of paper, and separate it into 4 quadrants: 1) Urgent/Important (time sensitive and needs to be done), 2) Not Urgent/Important…
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