Saturday, June 16, 2007

My Makeup Idols

As a young girl, I'd dream about being a famous singer like Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston. When I got seriously into makeup, my day dreams changed. Now I daydream about being a makeup assistant in a fashion show, or arriving on the set of a photo shoot ready to make someone beautiful. Like a goofy groupie I worship the following phenomenal makeup artists and hope to be like them very soon!

Pat McGrath - What can I say about her? She's the Michael Jordan of the beauty biz right now. She does practically every fashion show and probably has more makeup than Sephora. Her work is amazing, genius and it is my dream to assist her one day. Hey, Pat? Are you out there? Call me!

Kevyn Aucoin - A rockin' Saturday night to me is following the techniques from his books and trying to replicate the looks on my own face.
May he rest in peace and even though I never knew him, I hope to one day do him justice when I get my own career off the ground.

Sam Fine - I LOVE him. He made every black woman who ever appeared in a music video in the 90s look amazing. He's done more Essence Magazine covers than I can count. His look is so signature; clean and fresh, but polished, always with the lightened brow, that I am too chicken to try out on myself, but I admit looks awesome. He can pull off the dark lip liner, light lipstick thing and make it look classy and decidedly, un-ghetto.
A few years ago, when I found out he'd done a book I ran right out and bought it and just like Mr. Aucoin, I practice practice practice the techniques on my face...and sometimes my thigh just to get a feel for what it's like to work on another person.

Bobbi Brown - What list of favorite makeup artists would be complete without Bobbi Brown - the queen of invisible makeup. For my 9 to 5 job, I sometimes travel to schools to coordinate PD workshops for teachers. I recently went to one at Jane Addams High School in the Bronx. She has done so much for their cosmetology students, including actually coming to the school to teach master classes! She's also donated makeup chairs and equipment, and donated money. That is awesome, and I wish I could have been there on the days she comes there to teach.

All of these makeup artists inspire me and I can't wait until I'm telling people the story of how I got started and people are inspired by my own signature look...um...when I create one...

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