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2021 Relaunch

 I started the beginning of 2020 blogging with the intention to educate, enlighten, and entertain our audience but as you know, 2020 became quite a dismal year.  Much of my creativity went deep underground, including the desire to blog, do any makeup, paint, etc.  It felt hopeless.

The Makeup Curio was closed and not providing services for almost 5 months last year.  I lost the biggest show season yet - 10 school productions.  Our summer line up of 4 camps went dark. I was selected to be an educator at the 2020 International Thespian Festival in Indiana, a week long event bringing thousands of students together to revel in all things theater.  I was looking forwarding to that experience but, as you can guess, it never happened.  Fortunately I was still asked to produce a virtual workshop.  And of course, our annual SFX Makeup Competition became an afterthought. Beauty clients became less and less...and less.  I am forever grateful for my devoted regulars and it was a hard decision to close the spa.  I miss seeing so many of them, giving them the hour of relaxation and skin love they very much deserved.  For that, I say THANK YOU for trusting me every month with your skin.

While I may have been dormant since October 2020, I haven't been sleeping.  The Makeup Curio was founded by the idea that curiosity transforms and self expression is the key to joyful self.  I've decided that my true passion, what's really worked creatively and financially is theater.  So let me re-introduce you to The Makeup Curio.


Creating Characters For Stage

The Makeup Curio's mission is to provide a creative, yet professional experience through education and design of hair and makeup in theater, allowing space for every person to explore their curiosity.

We're the complete package: education, design services and wig rentals. Our purpose is to enhance the professional look of a production by fulfilling a technical need that is often overlooked, whether it's teaching your crew or being hands-on backstage. Since 2016 we've designed 38 theater productions, taught 7 week-long summer camps for ages 12 and up, and created dozens of customized lectures/workshops about theatrical makeup, wigs, business, and more.  We are also an authorized retailer of Graftobian Makeup Company.

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Take a look at the new and improved website.  Follow along on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok (@themakeupcurio) and if you haven't already, sign up for our newsletter.

2021, let's go!


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Location: Schenectady, NY, USA

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