Here are my 3 favorite beauty-related questions:
INDUSTRY BREAK: I started at MAC and eventually began freelancing and working on music videos, editorial shoots, and TV appearances for celebrities. I made connections and worked on the artist teams with Pat McGrath, Vincent Longo, and Charlie Green. Then I landed my first regular celebrity client — P.Diddy — which led to many others. My makeup philosophy is skin should glow and look flawless yet real. I love to accentuate eyes and make lips look lush and sexy. I am all for natural makeup too, but my favorite is glamming up my clients for major red carpet events.
5 MOST COVETED PRODUCTS:
- Mary Kay TimeWise Luminous Wear Foundation covers skin imperfections, leaving skin with a glow.
- Cover Girl Intense ShadowBlast is perfect on its own or used with eyeshadow to create super intense long wearing eye looks.
- MAC Ruby Woo lipstick works universally on everyone and is the perfect brick red for dressing up or down.
- L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara is my go-to mascara for intense, long and full lush lashes.
- Smashbox Photo Finish Primer helps keep makeup on for hours on end.
FAVORITE LOOK YOU’VE CREATED: Keri Hilson at the 2011 Grammy Awards. I love the smoky blue eyes with glowing skin and nude lip, plus the body shimmer made Keri pop! Alicia Keys at the 2008 Oscar Awards is a timeless look as well. I paired a heavy almost retro-style liner with a berry sheer lip. Marisa Tomei at the 2011 Ghetto film school event was a casual Charity event but we went for clean glowing skin with rosy cheeks and a bold red matte lip — ultra cool and sexy.
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