About this episode

Erin Parsons discusses her transition from makeup artist to makeup archivist and her work with The Makeup Archive.

Erin Parsons is not a makeup artist anymore. On this episode of Fat Mascara, she explains why she quit the business at the very top, making the leap into full-time content creation in her 40s. Her niche: deep-diving into beauty history and finding a completely new audience, from 13-year-olds to makeup artists to "guys who don't care about makeup at all." ("I figured out the algorithm," she says.) Her most important contribution may just be The Makeup Archive (themakeuparchive.org), a nonprofit Parsons spent years building to research, preserve, and share beauty history.     More from Fat Mascara Instagram: @fatmascara @jessicamatlin Shop the products mentioned on Fat Mascara: https://shopmy.us/shop/fatmascara Private Facebook Group: Fat Mascara Raising a Wand Submit a Raise a Wand product recommendation, guest suggestion, or just say hello: info@fatmascara.com     Production for this Podcast Provided by Redd Rock Music IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Matlin

Guest: Erin Parsons

Topics covered

• makeup artistry
• beauty history
• content creation
• nonprofit
• audience engagement

Keywords

• makeup artist
• beauty history
• content creation
• The Makeup Archive
• audience engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Makeup Archive, Fat Mascara, Redd Rock Music, Acast

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