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Susie Chhuor

Posts: 33

Los Angeles, California, US

As stated in the thread. Do you scrape out a bit of foundation or do you use it direct from the palette/pan?

Dec 27 07 02:18 am Link

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Kimberly Pletz

Posts: 950

Los Angeles, California, US

scrape girl... start of small & add if needed so you don't waste... You cant dip your brush into the palette because GERMS.... From the brush...

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Kimmie

Dec 27 07 02:29 am Link

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ROSHAR

Posts: 3791

Los Angeles, California, US

Maycuplover wrote:
scrape girl... start of small & add if needed so you don't waste... You cant dip your brush into the palette because GERMS.... From the brush...

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Kimmie

Ditto.

Dec 27 07 02:32 am Link

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Ashley Elizabeth

Posts: 1127

Miami Beach, Florida, US

scoop/scrape always

eta: unless I'm on a show where I have a foundation that is specifically for use on one actress/actor

Dec 27 07 02:33 am Link

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liz yu

Posts: 1902

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

100% always scrape out of the container with a clean spatula on to a working palette.. same goes with anything else creamy, gel or liquid  --  concealer, lip color, gloss, brow gel, gel liner, mascara, cream/liquid base of any type.


all of yaby's palettes are made with a mirror finished stainless steel panel instead of a plastic or glass mirror for this reason.. you can close it and take it with you on set or on location for touchup.  and can be cleaned with brush cleaner and alcohol.. sanitation should always be the #1 priority when working.


exception is when i have specific set palette made for someone that i work with continuously, then they get a dedicated palette of products which is fine as the products in their palette will never be used on anyone else.

Dec 27 07 02:42 am Link

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Rachel MC

Posts: 142

Dinuba, California, US

liz yu wrote:
100% always scrape out of the container with a clean spatula on to a working palette.. same goes with anything else creamy, gel or liquid  --  concealer, lip color, gloss, brow gel, gel liner, mascara, cream/liquid base of any type.

sanitation should always be the #1 priority when working. 

Well Said!

Dec 27 07 03:44 am Link

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A N G

Posts: 908

Los Angeles, California, US

Yep, what they said!  You may see other new artists not do this, but ignore them...I did a charity fashion show for a local designer friend of mine once and a fellow mua had her kit opened and I saw all types of attrocities (i.e., UNNATURALLY dirty brushes, which looked to me like they had been used on more than just one model, and they were strewn about in her kit randomly at that)...others can do that, but it does not make it OK. 

Think of this way, doctors wash their hands before touching us, and they always use clean/sanitary tools when poking and proding us, so it's definitely not for nothin' big_smile

Dec 27 07 11:45 am Link

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War Paint

Posts: 385

Los Angeles, California, US

I scrape a bit out then I can add more or mix it with another on the palate

Dec 27 07 12:42 pm Link

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David Klasfeld

Posts: 2665

New York, New York, US

liz yu wrote:
sanitation should always be the #1 priority when working.

Let me be the second to underscore this. It's so important. If a client you worked with got an infection from your makeup, what would you do? How would you handle it? Do you have insurance to handle it? Is there a licensing requirement for you to be applying it in the first place and if so do you have it?  You can never be too careful.

Dec 27 07 12:52 pm Link