Techniques for working artists and keen beginners

About

Our backstage

JumbClipBungalw started as a folder of notes we gave to assistants on their first day: the order we work in, the placements we rely on, the hygiene rules that are never optional. This site is that folder, opened up.

Backstage mirror station with bulbs, brushes in cups and a contour palette open on the counter in low light

Technique over products

We name product types and formulas, rarely brands. If a lesson only works with one specific product, it isn't a technique.

Ranked by skill

Every lesson carries a level and a step count so you know what to practise first and what can wait.

Independent

No sponsorships, affiliate links or free products in exchange for coverage. We are not affiliated with any brand, retailer or academy.

The tutors

Who writes the lessons

Portrait of makeup artist Mara Ellison holding a fan of brushes in a dim studio

Mara Ellison

Lead tutor · Base, skin & colour

Fourteen years across editorial shoots, regional theatre and bridal work. Obsessed with skin that looks like skin.

Portrait of makeup artist Dev Okafor drawing liner on a model under a ring light

Dev Okafor

Tutor · Eyes, brows & hygiene

Runway and commercial artist who has trained dozens of assistants. Writes the eyes lesson and enforces the kit rules.

How a lesson is made

Each lesson is drafted from real working practice, then tested on at least three different faces with different skin types, ages and depths before publishing. We rewrite any step that a beginner tester could not follow without help. Safety and hygiene guidance is checked against widely published public guidance, and where rules differ by country we say so instead of pretending there is one answer.

Spotted an error or have a better method? We genuinely want to hear it — send it through the chair.