Makeup brands

what cosmetic brands are well-known to professional makeup artists?

MAC .. .and ....

You know, professional artists I usally see use Dior or smashbox.. and some stilla. I don't see a lot of MAC used.

MAC of course, Chanel, Dior, Smashbox to some degree.

what is the cheapest out of all of these?

Most artists that I have seen use a variety of brands. It depends on the type of look they are going for. MAC,of course,because of the great color pay off and variety of colors. But a lot of artists use so many different brands like Ben Nye, Kryolan,RCMA,

too many to mention!

Well, I know MAC is cheaper than Chanel... I believe Dior is about up there in price with Chanel... I think Armani is too...

MAC

Smashbox

thank you so much i figure MAC i have heard A LOT of great thing about MAC

every time i look through allure magazine, i like to see what they used on models and stuff because it always says, and a total of ONCE in the years i've been reading this mag, i've seen mac mentioned!

makeup411 dot com has a best of the best section.

oh I can post links now cool. This is supposed to be from polled makeup artists.

http://www.makeup411.com/best_of_best_contents.htm

hmm i think any high end brand to even maybelline lol

go here

www.makeup411.com

it has movies.. tv shows.. series and makeup they use on celebrities.

Originally Posted by noahlowryfan what cosmetic brands are well-known to professional makeup artists? Hi,
As a pro artist, I use quite a number of things. Some of the brands in my pro kit are Makeup Forever, Iman, Stila, MAC, Sephora Brand, Ben Nye, Kryolan, Mehron, Wolff Brothers, Temptu, Skin Illustrator, Smashbox, Lorac, Black Opal, Wet-n-Wild, Your Name Products (private label), Eve Pearl, Alcone, L'Oreal, Maybelline, Milani, Cover Girl, Urban Decay, NARS, Benefit, DermaDoctor, Cinema Secrets and a few others....

Other things that I don't have but are used by friends of mine are:

RCMA

Visiora

Shu Uemura (I just have their lash curler)

Kevyn Aucoin

Hope this helps.

thanks for sharing innerkitten and andrews_girl728.