Pro Tip – How to Be A Great Makeup Assistant! Part 1
I receive calls and emails every week from aspiring artists (and fashion stylists too) who have recently started or are trying to break into the business and want to learn/assist. And though most profess to be passionate about success and willing to do whatever is needed to be my assistant, when the moment of truth...
Pro Tip – Kit Focus Bridal Part 2
One of the most challenging things for a newer artist is to navigate which colors and formulas they need in their makeup kits. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard an artist say ”I buy all these things but I always seem to be missing something!” I remember feeling the exact same...
When To Toss Your Old Cosmetics
Now I don’t know about you, but doesn’t Spring just feel like the right time to un- clutter and purge the unnecessary tid- bits hanging out in your closets and drawers? Something about the newness of the season just makes me want to feel carefree and unencumbered by junk. So, I am starting with the...
Pro Tip – Positive Networking
One of the things I encounter on almost a daily basis are eager newbies who are trying to make their mark as freelance artists. Talking to these fabulous young lovelies and hearing their stories over the years is what put me on the path to coaching and mentoring. I can relate to having an immense...
The Confidence of Carine Roitfeld
The former Editor of French Vogue and style muse to legions of industry insiders (including me) and Vogue coffee table readers will be launching a new magazine soon called CR Yes. Surprise! Those two little initials that appeared at the end of every French Vogue Editor’s letter for a decade will now grace the matte...
Pro Tip – Kit Focus Bridal Part 1
New artists come to me often for advice wanting to know what they should have in their kits. There are usually two directions a new artist will take either A) starting out with “safe” basics so they feel like they covered the bases but haven’t invested too much money. Or B) buying every color of...
Vogue and Verushka
Every time I see an image of Verushka from that iconic desert shoot by Franco Rubartelli I become estatic all over again. Diana Vreeland the uber famous Vogue Editor who reined from 1963-71 sent Rubartelli, Verushka and designer Giorgio Saint Angelo to the desert with bolts of fabric and fur and asked them to create...
Bridgitte Bardot – esque
I’ve always been a fan of Brigitte Bardot and recently as I was going through a stash of old magazines. I rediscovered this fabulous editorial from 2009 featuring Lara Stone styled in a very Bardot-esque way called “From Here to Eternity”. The brilliant makeup was done by the incredible Peter Philips/Chanel, Hair by Luigi Murenu for...
