2009 IMATS Los Angeles Now Accepting Student Entries

2009 IMATS Los Angeles Now Accepting Student Entries
ABOVE: Gothic theme example. LEFT: 'X-Men' theme example - The Beast (Kelsey Grammer).
ABOVE: Photo by Dany Sanz/Courtesy of MAKE UP FOR EVER. LEFT: Courtesy of Spectral Motion

Posted: Friday 30 January, 2009

Make-Up Artist magazine is now accepting student competition applications for the 2009 Los Angeles International Make-Up Artist Trade Show. For this year's beauty/fantasy competition, the Gothic theme refers to the gothic beauty palettes that appeared in recent runway shows (the emphasis is on creating a pretty, rather than scary, gothic look). (continued below)



The character/prosthetic competition theme, X-Men Mutants, pays tribute to Mike Elizalde, a keynote speaker for this year's London IMATS and a Los Angeles-based make-up designer who worked on X-Men: The Last Stand.

The competition is open to students of a recognized make-up school and to those who graduated 12 months prior to the competition. Make-Up Artist will only accept competition entries postmarked by May 22, 2009.

Eight competitors will be selected for each competition. Cash and/or prizes will be awarded to first-, second- and third-place winners for each competition.

Go to www.makeupartistshow.com/competitions.html for complete information and a link to the form that must be filled out in order to compete