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An Assistant Orders a Sandwich…
Weasel in Cage © Stacy Lynn Baum Based on a true story. The names and sandwiches have been changed to protect the innocent. ——- An assistant to a customer...
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Embracing Change
Russian Writers - Ivan Goncharov, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Dimitri Vassilievich Grigorovich, Alexandre Vassilievich Drujinin, and Alexandr Nikolievich Ostrovsky...
Continue reading...Career & Self Promotion
Always the Pro: Maintaining Your Professionalism When Working with Celebrity Clients
Let’s face it. Being a makeup, hair or fashion stylist is considered a glamorous job. Of course, if you are in the trenches—busting your butt every day,...
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“It is Better to be a Bad Influence than No Influence at all.” 11 Questions for Alva Bernadine
Last year, Alva Bernadine friended D.A.Wagner on Facebook, starting an intriguing dialog with one of the world’s more notable erotic photographers. Alva is a polymath,...
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Photo Assistants — Are You On Top of Your Game?
Last week, I worked for five days in a row. Now, that hasn’t happened since June, when I was on location in Tennessee. I more or less spent all weekend recovering....
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A Photo Assistant’s Grip Kit
Do you have your own grip-kit? If not, you probably should. When I first started assisting, it seemed unnatural for me to just show up to a studio, or on location,...
Continue reading...Hair & Make Up
I remember that over a decade ago I knew what I wanted to do: I wanted to be a makeup...
It’s not as hard to get into the biz as it is to stay in the biz.
I always tell new people coming into the industry, whether it’s a hairstylist,...
Styling
It’s cold out there and we are hairless little freaks, not prepared in any way...
The Black List: Are you on it?
Talk to any stylist, freelance or otherwise, and they’ll all say the same thing:...
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