Real talk about a natural look makeup.

As a makeup artist, we all have our "thing". Our niche, or specialist look. Mine, is natural, with a flushed cheek of colour. But when I say 'natural', I don't mean wearing next to nothing. I mean making it look like you're wearing next to no makeup, like the famous 'No Makeup Makeup' look, as penned by the Queen Bobbi Brown herself. Carefully shadowed, subtly contoured, cleverly highlighted. Essentially leaving you with what I can only describe as a healthy looking finish.

When I first stepped into this industry, I was completely clueless. blagging my way from job to job. I dabbled in everything: fashion, celebrity, brand gigs, TV, bridal, shoot production, creative direction... you name it. It didn’t take long to see the glaring differences between glamming up a bride and landing a commercial or fashion gig. Of course, my journey wasn’t without error. So many unanswered questions, blindly feeling my way from one job to the next with so much gu

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