Make Up Is Art
Posted by Rebekah Roy on October 9th, 2009
A little dream of mine has always been to work on a makeup book, so when last year AOFM approached me to help collaborate on their book- Makeup is Art - I jumped at the chance. It was put together by creative directors - Lan Nquyen (William Tempest’s makeup artist) and Jana Ririnui (Head of education of AOFM) .. It’s more of a creative insight on how a makeup artist works and gets their ideas rather than a step by step how to manual on makeup. I think it’s a great resource for anyone interested in becoming a makeup artists or who is just interested in what we do.
It was fun but challenging coming up with a few concepts for the book. I tried to add a little interesting twist on each idea: for the 1950’s look I used the original Barbie Doll as a reference - making the model look almost plastic and over emphasising her top lip like the original Barbie’s. I added a splash of I Love Lucy into it too.
It only has been out a few short weeks but it’s doing really well. It’s available to buy at Charles Fox and Soho book store in London or at AOFM.
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Tags: AOFM, Lan Nquyen, Rachel Wood
2 responses so far ↓
1 Jessica Teas // Oct 14, 2009 at 20:20
So cool. Congratulations.
2 GlassOfVenice // Jan 13, 2010 at 12:12
Gorgeous and very creative!very nice! It’s cute make-up.I like it.
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Glass Of Venice