Muse
Makeup Artist · Editorial · Campaign · Film
I paint faces because skin is the only canvas that breathes back. Every commission begins with silence — I watch before I touch, read the architecture of a face the way a type-setter reads a proof, looking for where the light already wants to fall. I refuse foundation that erases. I refuse contouring that flattens. I refuse the brief that asks me to make someone look like someone else. What I offer is specificity: the precise depth of shadow that makes a jawline legible at f/2.8 and at ten metres on a runway; the shimmer calibrated for tungsten, not for phone screens; the lip colour that reads as conviction, not decoration. Beauty, to me, owes its allegiance to imperfection — to the asymmetry that makes a face unforgettable rather than merely correct.
"The camera sees what the eye overlooks. I work for the lens first — then the room."
Every texture I apply is tested under the exact light conditions of the shoot. Not approximated. Tested.
"I do not offer packages. I offer presence — for the duration of the brief, entirely."
From the first mood board call to the final frame, I am in the room. My rate reflects that commitment, not a menu.
"Imperfection is not a problem to be corrected. It is the signature."
The freckle you want to cover. The asymmetry you apologise for. I work with these — they are the reason a face is remembered.
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Selected Work
Editorial · Campaign · Film · Runway
Tell me about the work.
I take a limited number of commissions each season. If your project aligns with the work you see here, I would like to hear from you.