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Makeup artistry

You do makeup for weddings, photoshoots, and events, often traveling to the client. Work clusters around weekends and event season.

4.5Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
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Median monthly earnings
$2,750
Middle 50%: $2,750 – $2,750
Effective hourly
$91.67
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
7 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$1,000–5,000
To get up and running
Time to first $100
Same day
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$600–1,000
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Rigid, on-demand — I work when the platform says
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
1 of 1 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 1 review.
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$250–500
$500–1,000
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$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
Instagram
1 reviewer
How it scores
Happiness9.0 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility1.0 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 1 review.
How much I could earn
1
How much time it takes
1
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
1
Unexpected expenses
1
How competitive the market is
1
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
Taxes — how much I owe
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Instagram· 5+ years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $2,000–3,500Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $91.67

My hours are extremely unpredictable. I work weekends holidays and it’s very difficult to take a vacation. It’s best to learn from someone in the industry and word-of-mouth is also the best form of marketing.

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