During quarantine: top 5 books about makeup for makeup artists

To be even more inspired by this wonderful profession, learn something new and simply get aesthetic pleasure from the most beautiful publications, we advise you to pay attention to the five best books about makeup . We promise they will become tabletop!

Lisa Eldridge "Paints. History of Makeup"

Lisa Elridge is a recognized guru in the world of makeup, so her book should not be ignored by a professional makeup artist. The creative director of Lancôme, a makeup artist with extensive experience working, including with stars, glossy publications and fashion designers, released her book “ Colors. History of Makeup " back in 2015. Lisa paid special attention to three basic colors in her makeup: red, white and black. The book will tell you how they were treated during different historical eras and how much they can transform every girl. After reading the book, you will not only learn many interesting facts from the history of makeup, but also understand how the beauty business works and what is the secret of the success of such popular cosmetics brands as Chanel, Dior and Bourjois.

Elena Krygina “Makeup”

Elena Krygina is a well-known top makeup artist in the CIS countries, as well as a popular video blogger, whose advice is listened to by thousands of girls. This book about makeup is a real practical guide for makeup artists of various levels of training, because here you can find both detailed lessons on how to apply a particular product, as well as useful recommendations from the author, gained through experience. How to choose the ideal brushes, what makeup bases exist, how to do contouring and what is the best way to apply foundation - Elena Krygina gives answers to all these questions in an accessible, clear and humorous way. The book is wonderfully illustrated, which helps to perceive the information and is simply pleasing to the eye.

Bobby Brown "Makeup" For beginners and professionals"

The founder of the Bobbi Brown Cosmetics brand and the famous makeup artist Bobbi Brown collected all her experience over 25 years in this book. Both beginners and amateurs, as well as true pros, will find inspiration in it! Step-by-step technologies, detailed diagrams, bright high-quality photos, useful tips and secrets - Bobby knows a lot about perfect harmonious makeup. From this book about makeup you will learn: how to properly care for your skin in order to prepare it for applying makeup, what tools you will need to create makeup, how to properly apply products to a particular area of the face, how to draw beautiful arrows, use eye shadow and blush... The author also dwells in detail on makeup for each of the special occasions: weddings, fashion shooting, dating and filming.

Francois Nars Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself

This book, written by NARS brand founder and renowned Makeup Artist François Nars, should be in every makeup artist's book arsenal. The pages of the publication depict girls of different ages and races before and after applying makeup. Francois has combined his background in makeup and photography to create a makeup guide that turns makeup application into the ultimate form of self-expression. Makeup Your Mind will be a wonderful practical guide to action for everyone interested in the topic of makeup. Moreover, the full variety of appearance types of models will allow you to master makeup for different face shapes, skin tones and appearance features.

Makeup Is Art: Professional Techniques for Creating Original Looks

Makeup is an art. If you agree wholeheartedly, this book is for you. In it you will find a huge number of incredible, creative, magical and simply crazy makeup options that will certainly inspire you to be creative. Bright colors, glitter, rhinestones, beads, feathers, bleached leather and spectacular false eyelashes - you can look at this book for hours. In Makeup Is Art: Professional Techniques for Creating Original Looks, makeup artists will also find useful tips on professional techniques for creating custom looks, which will definitely be useful to every artist who wants to develop in this direction.