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Model Mayhem #:
2351791
Last Activity:
Aug 11, 2016
Experience:
Very Experienced
Compensation:
Paid Assignments Only
Joined:
Aug 27, 2011

About Me

AKUA AUSET (Ah-koo-wa Ah-set)
Beauty. Brains. Mystic.
Specialty: Celebrity & Dynamic Natural Beauty

• Michael Jordan • Jill Scott • India.Arie • Vivica A. Fox • Laila Ali • Blair Underwood • Natalie Cole • Pam Grier • Cheryl Tiegs • R. Kelly • Ludacris • Kid Rock • Mos Def

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ARTIST STATEMENT: "Your work should be so flawless that it never needs to be re-touched. Although I believe that "everyday is Halloween," my specialty is Dynamic Natural. I squeeze EVERY ounce of beauty out of your face. I'm not cheap but the results are so worth it."
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Akua Auset believes that everyone is extraordinary. Referred to as “The Queen of Transformation" & "LA's Best-Kept-Secret," noted celebrity makeup artist and author, Akua Auset, has groomed and transformed faces for hundreds of TV, film, music video and magazine projects.

Part artist, part healer Akua has been fairy-god-sister to luminaries for fifteen plus years. Akua, often a celebrity special request has worked on projects coast-to-coast with a 100 + celebrities & personalities (including: Michael Jordan, Jill Scott, India.Arie, Vivica A. Fox, Brad Pitt, Laila Ali, Blair Underwood, Natalie Cole, Pam Grier, Cheryl Tiegs, R. Kelly, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Kid Rock, 50 Cent and Mos Def ), 70+ corporations & companies, 50+ film, video & TV directors, 12+ magazines, photographers, TV shows, music videos and 3 major motion pictures.

She is the author of Superwomen & Goddesses: Workin’ Your Power & Magic and The Eight Elements of The Most Beautiful & Magnetic People On The Planet.

A holistic beauty advisor with a worldwide following, she has worked intimately with the planet’s most famous and talented celebrities in business, sports, entertainment and advertising specializing in a term she’s coined, “the healing beauty arts.”

Akua will debut a collection of holistic beauty products this fall and has joined Model Mayhem to expand the first-ever global holistic makeup artist team.

http://promakeupartists.blogspot.com/
(...still under construction but check them out! :)

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3 SUCCESS TIPS FOR MAKEUP ARTISTS
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1. SERVE!
It's all about how you can serve another. The makeup artist is one of the most powerful people on set or in an equation because it is the interaction with us that sets the tone or the mood of the talent/client. You can make or break the end result. Make sure that your energy and mood is positive and loving so that you will transmit that goodness to your subject.

2. CHOOSE!
Choose what part of the industry suits your personality and expression best.
As a young makeup artist it was more about expressing my artistic side as opposed to being a part of a team. When you're working on a Hanes TV spot the director just wants his/her talent quickly and camera-ready. A twenty-minute makeup job assaulted my artistic sensibility. I later realized I was probably working in the wrong part of the industry.

3. DOCUMENT!
Create a system of documentation. How do I know I've worked with 100+ celebrities and personalities, 70+ corporations & companies, 50+ film, 3 major motion pictures, numerous video and TV directors, magazines, photographers, TV shows and music videos? I have every call sheet from every commercial, film, video I've ever worked on. That becomes a precious resource of documentation and your credit list - which gives you the credibility to get more work. Also, I really wish I wouldv'e documented EVERY face with a before and after. It would be awesome to have that library of transformation. Document your work because you are building your history and legacy.

BONUS TIP!
"Creativity Means Not Copying." - Jacques Maximin

Hope that helps! Now go spread your love and beauty. ☺♥☀

* Akua Auset *

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Her work and advice has appeared in Real Simple, InStyle and JET magazines. She has been featured on ABC-7, The Chicago Tribune, Metromix and the popular blogs: Daily Candy & Vital Juice.

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