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Kit fee is just an amateur makeup artist's way of charging you a fee because your work is not worth trading for. It's a way for them to try and lessen the blow by making it sound like you are getting a wholesale rate. Ignore what people label in front of the word fee. Just read it as a fee. It’s simple as that. What it means is that your work or project is not beneficial enough for them to do it without charging that fee. If it makes you feel better, consider it a discounted day rate. If you want it to make you feel worse, consider it a "I'm not good enough" surcharge.
There are valid kit fees in film production but it's not used is testing. Professional MUA charge a fee.
