Author Archives: Linda

Jene

We love Jene! She always finds time in her busy actress/ singer schedule to come along and brighten up our classes. We have so many different interpretations, here are two of them from the latest class. The one on the … Continue reading

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Nac Kids Can Auction

I love this piece “Astray on Seaburn beach, In the shadow of things long gone”. This was inspired by the Lighthouse that I remembered as a child where my father, brother and I used to go fishing very early on … Continue reading

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Jasmine

We were very fortunate for the class photo shoot to be able to have Jasmine from Basic Model Management back again. Momoko, her artist, did such a beautiful, sensitive job on the makeup. And, I have discovered that one of … Continue reading

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Halloween at The Art of Beauty

We had another great class with the New York Makeup Academy Japan. The graduate students of the school in Japan were all very talented with a strong style of their own. We had lots of fun, especially at the Halloween … Continue reading

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Makeup for Ageless Beauty

Makeup for Ageless Beauty was such a great experience to write and to be able to photographer the women in the book. Take a look at the preface photos and pick up the book if you haven’t already!

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Products Used for Thalita’s Film Noir Makeup

These are the colors that Laura used in the makeup she did on Thalita in the previous post. With the exception of the “Purple Impact” they are all from the Night Lights line- which are available on our website lindamason.com. … Continue reading

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Film Noir Makeup

Last Tuesday I was back in the shop and got the opportunity to do Thalita’s makeup which was so much fun! Linda directed me to create a look with a strong eye. The photo shoot had a kind of Film … Continue reading

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Express your Personality with Color

Today at The Art of Beauty, Erin, Thalita and Zoe were all here. I had them practice making up mini masterpieces for each other. Look at the results – Isn’t it amazing how color really is an expression of your … Continue reading

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Russian Vogue

This is my birthday week. On my birthday I had breakfast with two of my dearest friends. Lots of  phone calls with Birthday wishes all day, some beautiful gifts  and a delicious dinner “en famille” up in Harlem . One … Continue reading

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Makeup products in Russia

One day a few years ago a very beautiful young woman with a great sense of humour walked into my shop and asked if I would sell her my line for her new boutique in Russia. Natalia Vlasova already had … Continue reading

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