when you do makeup for people do you provide Foundation for them? I'm working on my kit and i wasn't sure if im suppose to buy like a foundation of every shade…or if the customer provides it…

i pretty much have foundation for every skin tone and every skin type! keep in mind i said pretty much…i still have to “wing it” sometimes lol. as a professional freelancer you are expected to be prepared for everything. now i am well aware of how hard that is….. because my entire 1st year of doing this professionally….i didnt have any where near the shades of foundations i needed…. but i never turned a job down and i always made it work some how…but between me and u… i used to be intimidated on some jobs because i knew i wasnt prepared…or i knew i didnt have the models right tone… i never said anything to the models or photographers… i just mixed sum stuff up at times and prayed it worked…. sometimes it worked out better than others lol…but i never completely dropped the ball…. it just made me think harder on how to make things work and my use of color theory… because sometimes when you have every foundation shade imaginable you can get a little lazy, it takes away from the artistry part because when u mix and build a foundation the ending result is sometimes if not all the times better than straight out of the bottle lol…straight out of the bottle is just easier. But put some brainpower into what you are doing…you will shock yourself and be sooo proud that you were capable of creating something out of nothing! I even used to buy one really light, med and dark foundation from Mac or bobbi brown and then buy Revlon, Maybelline, etc in more shades to mix with with…( i was being slick lol) but it worked…or i would have a decent foundation. and have cheaper loose powders so if the foundation wasnt exactly he right color…i would take those powders and make it the right color (ie, a shade darker, pinker, a little more yellow, etc) 

my advice to you would be to buy one foundation or concealer everytime u have an extra 20, or everytime u get paid…and before u know it…you’re gonna have what you need. The canvas(skin) is the most important part if u ask me…so thats where most of my money is invested in..(foundation, concealer, primers, and skincare)…the color stuff eyeshadow, lipsticks, eyeliners, etc is a little easier play with and some cheap products are actually amazing!!! So later this week im gonna put together a list of the cheaper products that are absolutely AMAZING!!!! that should really help! In the meantime check out the BOBBI BROWN counter…thats my favorite brand for foundations and concealers…like every line has great products…but for foundations for black, white, asian, indian, oily, dry, combo,etc…bobbi is the best overall to me! (foundation wise) they also have great skincare too…but for foundation, eyeliners,eyeshadows,lipsticks,blush, etc Make-up Forever is a beast!!!! and my favorite blush hands down is made by NARS…it took me a min…and I was buyin em one by one…but I think i have em all now lol

hope that helped… sorry for being so longwinded lol