Checked out IMAT (International Make-up Artist Tradeshow) this past Saturday at the Renaissance Hotel. IMAT takes place in 5 cities: Vancouver, Sydney, Toronto, London and LA. It’s an event that thousands of make up artists, vendors, special effects artists and enthusiasts attend.
I am neither of those things.
Didn’t know what to expect as I was just tagging along with my cousin Kim and her friend Daisy. I don’t wear a lot of make up nor buy a lot of it, so the ballroom full of make up vendors was kinda wasted on me.
But what did catch my interest was the beauty/fantasy make up competition. Eight make up students were given 2 hours to present something in the weirdly wonderful vein of Alice in Wonderland.
Package it up as fantastical and you’ll have my attention. The costumes, the accoutrements, the otherworldly make up, the behind-the-scenes backstage glimpses. Is it any wonder that I work in the performing arts?
View more photos of our day at IMAT on my Flickr album.
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Cool! I really like the one with the writing and what looks like branches.
@ dave – i totally did not know about this tradeshow until my cousin and her friend from san fran told me about it.
the make up and costumes were really amazing.