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Amanda Kent Beauty, LLC: Combining my passion for all things beauty with my business experience!
The Perfect Face Certified Makeup Artist
Owner of Mississippi Wedding Stylists
Wife to Jonathan Kent and Mom to 2 beautiful daughters!
A graduate of Mississippi State University with a Bachelors in Communication, I am a former marketing professional turned professionally trained make-up artist specializing in bridal and pageant makeup, and makeup for photography. For almost 17 years I worked in a corporate setting as a marketing and public relations professional.
Artistry Education
My artistry education includes The Perfect Face Cosmetics professional certification course in Houston, TX, an intensive pageant hair class with Mathis Makeup, makeup artist training with Asia Nicole and a ridiculous amount of watching YouTube videos, Instagram Reels and TikToks. 🤣 All jokes aside, I believe in continuing education. Every year I set aside TIME and MONEY to train with artists whose work I admire most.
My Story
As a young girl learning to apply makeup, I wanted nothing more than to look like my beautiful mother who had gorgeous even tanned skin without makeup. But as a freckled, fair skinned child, this would never happen without the help of makeup (Fake Tan was NOT the same then!) Ha! This was a driving force in my passion for learning how to do makeup. Plus, it was fun and filled a creative outlet for me.
to My Daughters...
Then when my own daughters developed an interest in makeup, my love for painting their faces (and really anyone who would let me) catapulted my makeup career!
to painting a lot of faces...
I began “working” as a makeup artist in my free time and on the weekends because it was a fun creative outlet! As my “side hustle” continued to grow, the need for additional artists and stylists to service my clients grew, especially brides!
to a business...
While cultivating relationships with both aspiring and established hair and makeup artists, I formed Team Mississippi Wedding Stylists to be able to offer brides the convenience of having a team of talented, professional hair and makeup artists on their wedding day. The bride is able to book and communicate with one person instead of multiple artists and hair stylists.
AK Beauty
Makeup artistry quickly became more than a “side hustle”, and at age 47, empowered by the support of my husband, family, friends, other artists, and my clients, God gave me the courage to step away from my full time marketing career and pursue my dream of working as a make-up artist full time.
Business and Artistry Education
One of the goals of my business and Team MS Wedding Stylists is to empower, educate and encourage other artists. Helping artists grow their business by sharing the knowledge I gained while working in a corporate setting, along with teaching the art of painting a face, is a huge part of what I do in my everyday work. In my studio, I offer personal, individual makeup lessons and classes for professional Makeup Artists.