Destiny

Photo: Kameleon Photography, Models: Luisa Weißflog, Selale, MUA: Artmission, (Hairstyle of Selale: Julian D), Designers: Sandra Scheer, Laura Bulla

I remember first time when I was in touch with Kameleon Photography. I didn't know her name, and background I only admired her outstanding work (www.kameleonphotography.jimdo.com). 
It was maybe one year ago, and in the end we didn't make anything together because K always have so much to do :) ! One month ago, she wrote me a small message if I would like to join to her team and make some magic. Answer in that cause was so obvious!:) 
When we finally met it find out that Kasia (Kameleon Ph.) comes from Poland... (like me).
It was so funny for me because for this all time we spoke in German - and I need to say even if I'm speaking in this language since almost one year- I still know how many mistakes I make during I'm using it, ( thats why in English it's always so easier for me to talk with people!) .
Make-up was simple, to keep girls in nice, smooth shape! It was really awesome day, and I love to work in team! It was with me another make-up Artist Julian Dobener. He came specialy for this one day to Berlin from Frankfurt and I need to say it was a pleasure to work with him. We share our roles, I prepared Luisa, he took care about Amelie, and we both prepared Selale - I did make-up he styled Hair. The most important job that make-up artist should do is to keep good atmosphere but also remember how to work with other people. I saw and I also experience on my own skin that if you work in one team with other make-up artist they really often avoid conversation with u, they treat this like a small competition who is better. It's so silly. Some really wise man said " Fact that you born as a human doesn't makes you a man. To be human u need act like one " it's simple philosophy but so true.
 
you can see all photos from this shoot here:
https://www.facebook.com/215159385174903/photos/pb.215159385174903.-2207520000.1417001953./869656776391824/?type=3&theater

Next step : FOUNDATION ( The biggest chalange ever ).

Since I was a teenager, and I was trying to hide my horrible red skin tone, I tested ...I will dare to say 10000000 different foundations. Starting from those cheap ones ends on those that price scared even more then the best horror movies!Before you will try to find good foundation, you need to remember few things!
Expensive it's not always means GOOD QUALITY, Good Tone you can find only if you will TRY OUT foundation on your hand (and in a second I will say how to do it), or even if you can to take small sample and check out on your face!
Before we will started, first try to ask yourself what kind of foundation you need - observe your face if it's dry, normal, oily, do you need good cover foundation or you don't have bigger skin problems and you want only smooth your skin and make make-up once in a while.
All foundations..or maybe more of them have sign on bottles like here

for what kind of skin this foundation it's good for. It's important to remember about it, because their components are slightly diffrent!
To check out which skin tone fits, you need to spread a little bit of foundation on your hand - and here are to Schools- one: bellow your thumb

or on your wrist
















At work I'm using foundations of MAC and INGLOT but for myself I use Revlon Colourstay. 
It's cover perfectly, it's easy to work with and have a lot of skin tones. It's easy to buy him on ebay, or allegro for really good price! I also recommend BeMinerals Foundations. 
But important rule is... don't be affraid to test diffrent companies, thanks to that you will know which stuff avoid and which one are perfect for you. It's so many people in this world all of us have something uniq, thats why one product can not be perfect for all of us! Remember about it!! 

As always I invite you to check out and like Artmission funpage
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Faces.

                     Photo: Cyb At Rainbow, Model: Ulrike Wächter, mua: Artmission 

It's strange how many faces, and names you can remember after time, and how many people you can meet in one, two years ... i love this moment when I'm starting new project and I see that there are people with who I worked with in past, or in your free time you go for a walk and just like that step by on someone ....

With Ulrike we always met on some bigger projects but finall results of photos normaly didn't blow our mind. One day Ulrike gave my contact to Sybille, and this is how we get this magical work. ;)

I have some new photos that I can share with you and as always I'm still waiting for bigger half of them ;) 

In next post, I will try to share with you another important step in make-up. Don't got anywhere ;) 

In love!!!

Hi guys,
today maybe I wont share with you some of my work, but I would like to betray my secrets with you
about the most incredible experience I ever had! :D
I bought few days ago new brush, with totally crazy shape.

Here you can see three typical brushes to apply foundation. All of them have great shape and they work out on their way! But this little innocent brush in the middle it's the most awesome one!!!
It maybe sounds funny if I say that I discover Nude make-up in a totally new way thanks to this one make-up tool! but it's true! It's not important from which company you will buy it untill hair quality it's good!!
By this brush you can apply as much foundation as you want and cosmetic it's not getting between hair. This shape it's cut in this way,  that only the first line of hair it's holding foundation. So you can use really small drop of foundation and cover bigger space on your face!!

All those who need fast, natural make-up - for sure you can reach for this brush!!!

Correctors - yes or no?

                                     Photo: Lucy Alcorn, Model: Fania Fuchsia F. , MUA: Artmission

Before I will Start New Make-up topic, first I would like to present you effects of my cooperation with amazing Lucy A. and Fania. Lucy it's from Australia but she is based Photographer in Berlin :) Fania - you should know her from my old post, after 2 years we meet once again on a set to make something really smooth! I hope you like it and I want to invite you for my funpage webside and Lucys!:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agata-Karaś-mission/215159385174903#
http://www.lucyalcorn.com


                                                     Correctors - yes or no ?
Many girls asked me: " Foundation is enough or should  I invest in Correctors? Make-up is better thanks to that or not? etc.
For many years I avoid correctors. When I started work as a MUA on market there were only few products to use as a correctors it wasn't to big variety (like right now you can choose correctors for dry/normal skin ..) So I decided durning summertime to give once again chance to this type of product!
I was suprised that it's so many kinds of them... in cream, tube for dry, normal, oily completions.
I think right not it's not so hard to choose good company with set that it will be perfect for you. But chalanging it could be:
- matching colour for your skin tone... (with Correctors the most important part is to choose colours that they fit exactly to our skin - that we wont make any stains!). Why? Not all companies who make correctors make huge variety of colours, of course in MAC, INGLOT etc you shouldn't have problem with that
- buy good enough powder which will matt your face for all day or wont dry out your skin!
(many correctors are really oily so it's good to use base before you will use product on your face! but because they are oily it's hard to find a powder which will matt your face all day or after few ours you can see that your skin it's to dry because powder you bought to mat corretors it's to strong for your face. )
Thats why....my finall answer is... "NO for Correctors if you want to keep good, fresh and not oily look for ALL DAY!". Corretors are maybe fun during Summer, and for those people who don't have bigger complaction problems. But those ones that need good make-up product I can for sure say  "Keep your attention on good Foundation!" and what I mean by that? Foundation needs to cover and match to your type and skin tone! If you will choose wisly perfect product for yourself believe me you don't need Correctors in your life at all!

Brush. Perfect Choice?

Perfect Brush?

From Experience I know that the most difficult challenge is to find good Brush that will fit to our desires and needs. As a first step to prepare yourself, before you will even start to search tools and visit every available place to make it happen is to ask yourself what you looking for exactly, Powder Brush, Rouge Brush etc.  It’s right now on a market a lot of shapes and different brushes so many of you feel confused what you should buy.  What you should know in the beginning? They are many kinds of hair that they use for brushes: Natural / Fake  / Synthetic . Avoid Fake and Natural. Fake it’s quite obvious why – who didn’t even once bought a brush that after one week looked like brushes to oil painting?! Why you should avoid Natural? First reason is that many people are alergic for them and they don’t work out so oft on face so it’s hard to make smooth make-up when your tools start to stuck in one position! If you asked me – my first set that I ever bought was from Natural hair and I need to say they used pretty fast, it wasn’t comfortable to work with them and after 3 years I had only 2 in good shape from 30 …

So why Synthetic one are better? Really often they have good shape and you can feel that hair on this brush is soft, nice and nothing should stuck on them!  

Another misteake that people make quite often when they are buying new tools is… that they are buying sets with 30… 40…..24 Brushes from one Company… believe me not every one of them is for you…not all of them are for your hand and they for sure not satisfy you like they should! Probably even half of them you wont never use!  So my advice for you is to find some time to visit shops with good tools – they really often have a samples of brushes that you can touch and see if they soft, good prepared to work with!

My set? Like you see below they come from different shops and companies.

Inglot, Bobby Brown, Eco Tools, Sephora, Kryolan, Kiko, Bare Minerals, Da Vinci. 

So few words about each of them:

1. Kiko – eyeliner brush / Kiko it’s maybe not the best cosmetic company. They have more trash stuff then some good one products but some of they brushes are quite good and price it’s quite cheap!

2/ 13/ 14 Pupa – eyeliner. lip brush / It’s one of those 2 Brushes from my first set that I ever bought. It’s maybe not the best brush I ever had but in emergency situations he is quite helpful!

3/ 11/ 16/ 18 Bare Minerals - eyeliner /lip brush / it’s one of my new tools, and I need to say they have amazing brushes but more about them later…

5. Bobby Brown – lip brush. For sure they have expensive brushes! But I need to say for now I’m satisfy how he is working out and in the future I’m pretty sure I will buy some other shape!

4. Inglot – lip brush. Comfy, good price but the only problem is that the black farb get off quite quick, and head is falling out from wood stick. I repare him by myself and it’s still work as it should but when you buy a brush you have hope you don’t need to replace him after 4 month…

6/ 7/ 19 Sephora – eyeliner brush, Powder Brush. Good price maybe not super cheap but when you compare prices with MAC / Make-up Forever you know you are in heaven! I love brushes from them but you need to be carefull – not all of them have good quality of hair!

8/ 9/ 10  Kryolan – Eyeshadow Brush, Eyeliner brush.  First brush that I bought was from Kryolan in my make-up school! To this day I have it in my set  and few new ones– they are Awesome! Maybe after few years colour from wood part fell down but it’s the smallest problem ever . they are medium expensive and not all shapes are good for me but I choose those once that I needed and …it was the best choice ever!

17. Eco tools – Rouge Brush. Something cheap that you can reach in Polish Rossman … in Germany I need to say I had problems to find it in any shop and it’s a pity but you can awlays try on Internet to reach it- really good brushes, nice hair quality!

15. Da vinci  - foundation Brush.  I bought it in German Douglas and …I didn’t know what to expect because they didn’t had sample to check it out if it’s good enough but… I have this brush since 2 years, it’s commfy to use, it’s soft ..price was not to hight and not super cheap!

Summer Break.

http://issuu.com/moobmagazine/docs/moobmagazineissuen3
Photo: Lynn Theisen
Model: Marilen Meyhoff- Mua: Artmission
Model: Olivier Spreer - Mua/ Stylist: Liza Filthit

Durning summer break I'm waiting for all photos from projects I was working on since few last months. 

This break is a great time for me to get new eye and fresh energy to share with you in future! 

But for now....

This shoot for Moob magazine I had to chance make thanks to Giuseppe Morales Volpe - Great Photographer from Italy ( we made together Asian mood photo shoot) that he is right now working for Moob magazine. He give us a topic of Reborn - He get me in touch with two Girls : Me and Liz new each other from other projects but Lynn was a fresh man on a board! Of course she have great experience and outstanding PF but it was the first time we had chance to work together. 

We didn't had to much time to prepare, only one week, so we decided to focus on make-up. We had so many ideas. In the end I suggest we can play with latex and try to show that a couple or just 2 strangers try to reap of their old skin to reborn in new light. Like you cam see here

I think it's quite freak and great that Marilen and Olivier got so easy to their roles and tried to had fun from it as much they could! I hope you love this project as much I am! 

More photos from this mood you can see on my funpage! 

Search for Agata Karaś Mission!;) 

Refresh

After 4 years I realise it's time to refresh my tools! 

I had durning that time new brushes but after time ... You realise nothing is last for ever! 

It's always hard for me to buy new tools because I'm really picky and it's not easy to fool me. 

It's so many brands that they have awesome cosmetics but their brushes...- seriously who made this cheap made in xxx stikcs with some few pair of hair?! 

After small research I bought those babys;) maybe not all of them are popular - like bareminerals but always when you prepare yourself to buying new brushes check out how soft they are, what kind of hair it is if it is commfy to hold them in hand if they are not to small to big to thick.. Etc. 

I just try them yesterday, to check out how they work and I need to say I can't wait to use them the first time on photo shoot - and maybe on Monday it will be the first chance!;) 

Photo: Iva Krakan ( www.blass-studio.com) Deisgner: Milla Lintila (www.millalintila.com) 

Model: Kristen, Mua: Artmission

It was few weeks ago, when I started my conversation with Milla about this photo shoot. We changed date probabably 3-4 times. She had so big problems to find a model, everyone didn't had time, canceled in last moment ... And finally Milla met Kristen one day before our shoot on street. 

I think sometimes it's good to wait for sign from universe, because I think no one fit so good to Milla style so mich as Krtisen! She made perfect job, we looked like she was born to wear this style! 

With Iva we were searching for golden tips to match make- up that will catch the mood. I think that this team work shows how much we rock this planet!;) 

Perfect Day

                   Photo: Matevz Kosterov, Model/Stylist: Jessica W., MUA: Artmission

It was one of those first days when in March was really warm weather!:) 
I meet with Jessica after one year. It was really nice of her that she thought about me to work once again. I know it wasn't easy day for her. We had both looking for a moodboard that we would like to make it happen. With make-up everything went well... the problem was to make perfect different than normal hairstyle for her. She have beautyful long straight hair, they are really heavy and we were planing to make them big puffy and wavy! Well...I didn't had enough time to make it happen and we made some contr propositions and I know that it makes her a little bit sad, but thanks to stylization good poses and great eye of Matevz I really love the finall effect!
Why I named post Perfect day even if not everything went well to the end?
Sometimes you need to be able imporvies and find good parts of bad situation and learn for future!

I'm waiting for better months, days ...or just more positiv energy - I have strange situation in my life right now and I think with time when I will organise all one step by another soon everything will go in good direction!:)

So stay tuned and observ whats new in Artmission world
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Tell me something that I don't know! / Sag mir, was weiß ich nicht! ....

                             Photo: Ainsley Rose, Model: Maria Kn Knofe, MUA: Artmission

We made that shoot last year. I think  in those last warm days of 2013. Ainsley came from Canda to check out Berlin and as a bonus she was trying to make a photo shoot. I get chance to work with her thanks to Maria. We made last year with Maria so many projects together that I need to say this " she is my number 1 model in Berlin "  ;) I have cool memories from this shoot, because we made photos during walk from Ostkreuz by Warchauer str. to pass by all Berliner Wall! So we make a deal as a tour guides and profesionall shoot team! So just for future guys, you need MUA and a Tour Guide? I have experience!:);p

So getting to the point. I called this post "tell me something that I don't know!"  because in last few weeks, I was searching for a job adds...I had get in touch with many diffrent people and as always... I found those Golden.. Gold winners who just killed my.
As a MUA you need to know how to make any kind of make-up. Of course you can like one type more than another but still you need to be prepare for anything. I wont discuss about hair topic - because I think thats why God create Hairstylist to make that job... - but if you want to work in this business you need to be sure u are able to handle diffrent kind of work. Because I don't know any other make-up artist who is living only thanks to making one mood/part of look.
So.. Dear Beloved... who will ever need MUA or searching that kind of person for their company... belive me... "fashion make-up artist" "bridal make-up artist" "special effects make-up artists" they also know how to make those other make-up! Because THEY NEED TO, AND THEY LEARNED TO!!!

As always I invite you to check out whats going on in Artmission world on my funpage
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Black and White.

It was nice to got yesterday a message that someone appreciate my blog!
I'm happy if you like to read and observe what I'm thinking and doing lately:)

I had in last few weeks a lot of work and I didn't had time to write anything but I'm trying to catch up this right now!:)

Photo:Fabienne Karmann, Model:Sarah, MUA:Artmission, Stylisation: thanks to Fabienne wardrobe!

It was 2 weeks ago, first days when in the Berliner air you could feel spring :) (I know what you are thinking,  feel spring in Fabruary it's crazy!) Sun was playing with us...one time he shined in other time he just got hide and took from us hope. In the end I think Fabienne capture few really good shots, and I'm quite satisfy about it. This make-up was a chalange for me because I use two colours of pencils and I was searching for Sarahs face shape. We in purpose choose clothes that they will play with structure and from the begining we knew we will make black and white shoot:)

                          Photo: Agnieszka Talarska, Model: Marta B., MUA: Artmission

It was..I think 2 or even 3 years ago, it was sunny Summer day. Marta specialy came to Poznań from other city to made this shoot with me and Agnieszka. It was strange atmosphere at that day and I didn't quite sure about my work... but with time when I look on this shoot, I'm quite impress about those lines I made (and it's so rare for me to feel satisfy about anything!;p ).

it's so amazing durning those few years I had chance to work with so many amazing models... so many diffrent faces... I love my job!:)

I'm waiting right now for many photos... I had few shoots that I can't publish yet... I can't wait to show you more amazing think... but one part of my job is to know how to be patience... but maybe about this next time ;)

As always I invite you to check out my funpage:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agata-Karaś-mission/215159385174903

Story to tell.

                                Movie by Prince William E. Morris, MUA: Artmission
                                           (https://www.facebook.com/unnoticedfilm)

It was one year ago in April. I saw William add on Craiglist and we stay in touch. We made not only this project together. We made one social short movie together and then after few months I had chance to met with him once again on photo shoot:) I really like to work with him. It's always good to cooperate with Creative people who have vision and they know how they want to make it happen.
I really like this spot. When I saw it first time I cried, because at that time I felt really lonely and un-Noticed. If you want to see what kind of story we all tried to say just check it out this link
http://www.gofundme.com/unnoticed

It's always fun and really hard to work on film set. Some of them are short other more longer but more or less you need to know how to keep your energy and stay positiv.
In last two days I had chance to work with really friendly people in short movie set. Right now I don't know if I can tell you more details but let's say that after few months I will be able to show you finall results of it!:) And here small backstage :)

                            Photo : be me ;p;) / Actors: Simon and Marie, Director:Linda/Alex

As always I invite you to visit my funpage! Check out and like it!:)
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Comfort. So where is the Happines?

                          Photo: Torben Averkorn, Model: Alida Allegra, MUA: Artmission

With Alida first time I was talking about shoot last year in November. We had specyfic idea... but in the end for few months we didn't contact at all. It was few weeks ago when we finally get in touch once again. Alida found diffrent Photographer and she really needed some natural shots of her new hairstyle. I was glad to finally met her and Torben, who by the way made really nice shots! 
It was a little test for my German skills because they both spoke most of the time in Deutsch. But like always... my German just loose this fight:) 
But a small progress I made in last shot in Wednesday when I use half and half English and German... I was preparing models from Mercedes Benz advertisement and right now we need to wait if we will get approve for publishing this! So cross your finges guys!
and here small backstage  (I didn't had so much time to make more shots so... I have only this small example ;p) 

Like always you can check out whats more it's going on in Artmission world... I hope with next few months it will be more and more to tell about ;)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agata-Karaś-mission/215159385174903

Asian Silence // World Rule

Photo: Giuseppe Morales (https://www.facebook.com/giuseppemoralesph) , Model: Cane Nguyen, Stylist: Elisa Colombera, MUA: Artmission, Hairstyle: Jessica Karas (https://www.facebook.com/jessicakarasstyling?fref=ts)

 It was in July 2013. Few people meet in Jessica house to prepare Cane. I made make-up, Jessica made amazing hairstyle. I remember that it was such a shame for me to paint Cane face by white farb because she have so amazing natural beauty. Giuseppe was all the time so full of energy that we couldn't wait to get to finall place and start shooting! Of course we had a little problem, the place we choose to shoot is not so open and friendly for fashion teams but by brave behavior of Giuseppe we sneak in and did what we had to do! Because... when you check out all shoot...you know it was mean to be! :) 
Elisa prepared so outstanding clothes... just all together make-up, hair and outfits....they bild something uniq!
We were waiting for a long time to post, and publish this shoot. But we didn't loose our hope that someone will see how Awesome is this work!!! So... enjoy!:)

Photo: Giuseppe Morales (https://www.facebook.com/giuseppemoralesph) , Model: Cane Nguyen, Stylist: Elisa Colombera, MUA: Artmission, Hairstyle: Jessica Karas (https://www.facebook.com/jessicakarasstyling?fref=ts)



 World Rule. 

I decided to make two topics in one post because few days ago I had some conversation that it gives me so many thoughts that I ...need to share this with you.  
TFP/TLC/Photos for Photos ...whatever you want to call that it's always brings a lot of discussion and different points of view. When I was fresh, young and not so experienced MUA I made a lot of TFP shoots. Why? To bild my portfolio... to learn which stuff I need and don't.. how to work good!
Then one day after 3,5 years of this mode I realized that nothing will change if I wont make strict rules. It's good for fresh and not experienced people to work on TFP base and no matter if it's photographer, mua or hairstylist...model but not for people who treat this professions as a work... 
All hobbyists killed real professions and TFP starts to be a big enemy of people who tried or still trying to be Professional. Why I'm saying this? Because some people get use to it so much to TFP that they don't even respect other people asnwers. What I mean? Assume that someone ask you for coperation on TFP mode. You polite answer, not thank you I don't work like that and then you get answer that you are full of crap. I don't judge people who work on this mode ... I don't coment if someone don't wont to work with me because all of us have their own mind, their own oppinion and you have right to say NO or Yes. Why I share this stuff with you? Because it's sad to observe where artistic life is going to and how people treat each other. I hope one day someone will say loud and clear, in every professions needs to be some rules, world is full of creative people and all of them deserve for respect and chance! I know... I'm a dreamer... but liked John Lennon said.. "I just want to be happy" even if people think is crazy. 

So like always I invite you to check out my funpage: 
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Funny Games.

Photo: Vincent Barker, Stylist: Cristina Chirila, Model: Maite right side (mua: Artmission), Deborah left side (mua: Mirja Mueller)

Something new from old shoot. It was quite strange day, some sun and a little bit of rain in October 2013.. it seems it was so long ago..
But I think we all had some fun there:) I had chance to talk a little bit with Mirja about make-ups stuff, Cristina was fighting with all possibilities that we could use durning the shoot and Vincent was fighting with perfect light! All idea was created in Cristina head, I know she was searching a little bit of diffrent results but in the end I think everything still is interesting:) All shoot you can check out on my funpage or on VICE where we have publicasion of this shoot!

http://www.vice.com/ro/read/the-after-party?Contentpage=1

Why I want to talk about Funny games? Life...
Liked I told you I had good start in 2014... then I needed to make little break (sickness... it's so hard to be healty when everywhere all people are sick...) and in this weekend I planed to go to Amsterdam just for few days...to chill, check out old places and spend some time with my B. which is going home in Faburary and I will see him...hmmm maybe in next 2,3 months... So like always I'm happy about this huge trip....and what Life is doing to me!? I needed to refuse to 7 project.... it's so funny that everybody decided to do something in this weekend...not in next one...or previous one.... :) So I hope that so many people will remainds about me next time... or even in next few weeks...when I will have planty of free time... :)
Good positive mind...is the best way to survive in this crazy world:)

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New Year, New dreams

              Photo: Artmission, Model: Sarah, Designer: Giorgia Z., MUA: Artmission

New Dreams for this Year? Is so many of them that I won't even know from which part I should start.
I can't complain. This Year starts for me very good. Two photo shoots, preparing models for Catwalk… I had chances to work even in this weekend but as always…something destroys my plans….sickness.
I can't wait to present you after 31.01 shoot rom last year which will publish in L.A magazine.

Like you see I have really lucky time that I can share with person I adore.

I hope you have as much love and positive energy as I had in last few days. Guys as always I ask you to cross your fingers for me in next few weeks…I hope I will have  as much work that I could share this with you ;)

As always keep your eye on Artmission fun page!
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