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AGEISM

As a child I  would put my head under the sheets on my bed  and know that I was totally protected from everything around me. I still do the same thing metaphorically I  cover myself up with an imaginary sheet … Continue reading

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Lend Us Your Face (if you are in NY the 23rd,24, or 25th of June)

Volunteers needed! The New York Makeup Academy of Japan has been bringing students to take a class with me since 2002 and they are bringing once again 6 students to take my advanced makeup course from the 23rd to the … Continue reading

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Flattering Highlighting shadows for older women

Flattering eye highlighter for older women. Continue reading

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“Doing our thing” Do we ever stop being Intimidated?

As most of you know there was a time when I did makeup everyday, all day. Some very creative jobs, others not so interesting creatively but interesting in other ways, the team of people working on them, maybe the dynamics … Continue reading

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A Conversation about haircolor

There are many questions that I have always wanted to ask my hairstylist but have not been able to when I am at the hair salon so I have invited my stylist Almog to my place to have this conversation. … Continue reading

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Shooting Photos for the Makeup Artist’s Portfolio

Just before I left for vacation at the beginning of July I finished another truly wonderful class  for The New York Makeup Academy of Japan. We were  fortunate to have the use of the  classroom at Temptu which gave us the … Continue reading

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Makeup class Photoshoot 6

The makeup of the model Kendall from Click http://clickmodel.com was done by Sayaka Sato. A fabulous fresh natural look (right) then an elegant classic with a cool twist acheived through applying a corn colored blush to the cheeks and green shadow to the brows. Hair by Almog and … Continue reading

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Makeup Class Photoshoot 5

When the artist Kimi Goto did the makeup on Rose from the agency Click www.clickmodelnyc.com , I was pretty amazed. Kimi had never done makeup on a darker skinned model before. She did a fabulous natural makeup ,which you can see … Continue reading

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Makeup class Photoshoot 4

Not all but many of the artists quickly add spontaneous “Freestyle” artistic touches to create a third and final makeup and this time it was amazing for me to  see how they all blended their own individual style with  the models personality (in this … Continue reading

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Desigual Fall 2016 clothes are fab

I just saw the Desigual Fall 2016 and just loved the clothes a great blend of different ethniticities, my favourite large shouldered silhouette and mixes of patterns. Some great pieces in velvet and the hats were fab. The makeup was pretty … Continue reading

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