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From Makeup to Movie Star! Makeup Artists Who Get Discovered!

I am not the first makeup artist who started out acting or played in a band. And I hardly think I’m the only makeup artist ...

Watch The Digits!

About a year ago I started working with The Digits, an online educational web series that teaches elementary and middle school age kids math. The ...

Alternative inspiration: The Oregon Country Fair

Now here’s body makeup inspiration: The Oregon Country Fair…and no deodorant required! Or so many seem to think. Or maybe it’s the patchouli. No offense, ...

I fought the law…and I won! Makeup Artistry Bill Passed

I am proud to be a working makeup artist in Oregon. Before yesterday, I wasn’t allowed to charge for  makeup services in Oregon without an ...

Seattle, Doughnuts and the Challenges of Makeup!

I’m home! I just want to express the number one challenge of working on a set are all those dang doughnuts that keep showing up! ...

Alaska Girl

Since I started Art of Makeup, a school that teaches makeup application for every media including fashion, editorial, bridal, film and television, stage, airbrush and ...

Backstage for Ballet Makeup

Having grown up doing theater from the age of four all the way into my twenties, I spent a lot of time on the stage. ...

Makeup Artists…In Front of the Camera!

Having just returned from the International Makeup Artist Tradeshow, I look back at the flurry of crowds, noise, amazing talent, and a tremendous variety of ...

Easy come…easy go…

Carly Rae Jepsen won the Canadian Idol and hit the #1 US Billboard Charts with her hit song “Call Me Maybe” along with the #1 ...

Models, Heartache, and Sauvie Island

    I was on Sauvie Island Tuesday for a creative test photo shoot. I decided I’m in love with Sauvie Island. It’s beautiful out ...

See what its like in Portland

Portland is an inspiring, diverse, colorful and unique city, and a perfect backdrop to a creative career such as makeup artistry.

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