01
Foundation Matching Without a Tester Strip
How to read undertones in natural light and why most clients are wearing the wrong shade by at least 1 full step.
Podcast Transcripts
Conversations about makeup, technique, and craft
- 8 recorded episodes covering tools, skin prep, and colour theory
- Each transcript runs 2,400–3,800 words, fully readable and searchable
- Guests include working artists with 6–15 years of salon and set experience
All episodes Read at your own pace
8 transcripts available02
What Brush Shape Actually Changes in Application
A practical breakdown of 9 brush types, what each one does to product distribution, and which ones beginners can skip entirely.
03
Skin Prep: the 20 Minutes That Decide Everything
Why 3 specific prep steps consistently outperform expensive setting sprays, with a breakdown of the science behind adhesion.
04
Colour Theory on Real Skin, Not a Colour Wheel
Guest Orla Finnegan discusses how melanin concentration shifts colour behaviour — and why standard "warm/cool" rules break down at deeper shades.
05
Working Quickly in High-Pressure Environments
Set and event artists share how they structure a 15-minute call time, including which steps they cut first and which they never skip.
06
Teaching Makeup Versus Doing Makeup
The gap between personal technique and transferable instruction — what online educators get wrong, and how to close it in 4 structural changes.
Subjects covered across all episodes
Each episode was planned around gaps that students at intermediate level consistently hit. The topics below reflect how often a subject came up across the full series — not a ranking of importance, but a map of where the conversations kept returning.
Skin preparation 82%
Colour matching 74%
Tool selection 91%
Working under time pressure 67%
Teaching and instruction 78%
People behind the conversations
Véronique Harland
Host & Instructor12 years in editorial and bridal makeup. Runs the Domain curriculum and led every episode.
Orla Finnegan
Guest — Ep. 4Specialises in complexion work for deeper skin tones. Based in Montréal with 9 years on commercial sets.
Piotr Szymański
Guest — Ep. 5Event and fashion week artist. Contributed the segment on managing a full face in under 14 minutes.