Make Up Muse | Ve Neill

Todays Make up Muse blog post is on three time Oscar winning make up artist Ve Neill . Ve Neill was born in California in 1951 as Mary Flores . Her next-door neighbour growing up was a Make Up Artist . He used to create amazing Halloween looks & she always said to him that she wanted to do what he does when she got older .

In the early 70s it was a very male dominated industry & Ve Neill was one of the first woman to join the Union & paved the way for other woman . She actually studied Fashion Merchandising in College & at 18 owned her own vintage clothes shop . She learned how to do make up by a man she met at a science fiction convention . She then began to work on some small independent films before getting into the union for make up artists .

She has won Oscars for the make up in Beetlejuice , Mrs. Doubtfire & Ed Wood but she has been nominated for eight Oscars , which makes her the female make up artist with the most Academy Awards/Nominations .

The other make up artists I have written about so far are Fashion/Editorial/Beauty Make up Artists . Ve Neill is a able to create both Beauty & Special Effects Make up but specialises in extreme fantasy looks . She is also a judge on the TV show Face Off , where make up artists compete for $100,000.

She has created some of the most iconic looks in television & film that are recreated year in and year out at Halloween . She worked along director Tim Burton & Actor Johnny Depp quite frequently . Other successful movies she has worked on are 'The Hunger Games' , 'Austin Powers' , 'Hook' , 'The Amazing Spider Man 2 ' , 'X Men :Days Of Future Past ' along with many many more .

This woman is a huge inspiration of mine , she is just an absolute genius & the things she has achieved as a female make up artist in the film industry really inspire me and a lot of other make up artists.

I feel like Make up is a lot different now then when Ve begun her career  , now social media plays a big role in the career of a Make up Artist where as when she begun , her talent, personality & work ethic is what got her to where she is today .

Thanks For Reading !
Alannah x

MAKE UP MUSE | LISA ELDRIGDE

One of my biggest & first inspirations in Makeup , Lisa Eldridge . She was the make up artist on the TV show 10 years younger  , has an amazing YouTube channel & Blog , countless celebrities clients & is global creative director of Lancôme . She has previously lived & worked in Paris , New York , LA & now lives in London . Might I add she has a family as well as achieving all this . Such a hard working human being . That's something I really admire in all the Make up Artist's I'm mentioning in these Make up Muse Blog posts .

With her YouTube channel she has a really good way of explaining things in a simple manner . Also if she says a products good , I trust her opinion and would buy it . She has over 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube . Her regular celebrity clients include Kate Winslet , Rosie Huntington Whitley , Keira Knightley , Kate Moss ,Lilly Collins & many many more. Kate Winslet seems to be one of her very loyal clients .She has her work on magazines like ELLE , VOGUE , ALLURE, HARPER BAZZAR & has worked with many famous photographers & designers  .



She has previously held creative directorships, ambassadorial and developmental roles for leading brands including Chanel, Shiseido and Boots No7.  She is currently global creative director of Lancôme, working on product development , social media strategies & advertising campaigns .

Lisa published her first book 'Face Paint : The Story of Make up' last year . The book about the history of make up & is a New York Times bestseller . What an achievement ! Along with her make up artistry skills she has a great knowledge of social media .

Hope you all are enjoying these Make up Muse blogposts as much as I enjoy writing them .

Thanks for reading .

Alannah x

Make up Muse | Pat McGrath

Second blog post for this series 'Make up Muse' where I write about Make up Artist who I admire .
This week its the one & only Pat McGrath . A true make up legend . Pat McGrath has been called the most influential make up artist in the world by Vogue magazine editor & chief Anna Wintour . She never had any formal make up training but did a foundation art course in a college in England.

Her make up creations can only be described as a work of art . I have always been a fan of high fashion/editorial make up , its not always pretty but I like that .Its different , make up doesn't always have to be pretty .

I love the way she is so versatile with her looks she can create beautiful feminine looks or dramatic haute couture looks . She works mainly with her fingers , rarely using brushes .

She is very passionate about make up and was quoted saying 'I really love being a makeup artist. It never gets mundane or predictable and every shoot and show is different ' .

Every year she attends four fashion weeks(including couture) & throughout the year works with well known magazines (Vogue , Harpers Bazaar ), designers (Louis Vuitton , Dolce & Gabbana , Gucci) & make up brands (Max factor & Cover girl) on editorial shoots .

She is creative design director of Cover girl & Max Factor cosmetics . Before that she created a make up line for Armani in 1999.

In an interview with Vogue.com UK McGrath said "I'm influenced a lot by the fabrics that I see, the colours that are in the collections, and the girls' faces. It's always a challenge but that's the key - to make it different every time."

She is constantly travelling an takes thirty to fifty (yep , you did just read that right... meanwhile I struggle to get one bag to fit on the plane with Ryanair haha ) bags of materials, tools & reference materials with her  .

It would be an absolute dream to meet her one day . I took a lot of inspiration from her creations when I was in college studying make up artistry . If your on google images , search her name you wouldn't be disappointed she has a lot more amazing artistic looks .

Thanks for reading ,
Alannah x