So the Golden Globes came and went and gave all the commentators and taste-makers the opportunity to rate the stars and their efforts to live up to the public’s expectations. With a few exceptions it was pretty much business as usual. However I was struck by how elegant, current and beautiful Jane Fonda […]

Change Reaction – a feature in Allure this month – gave me the opportunity to explore how makeup can complement different fashion looks on a single model. This may be my favorite type of beauty story because I confess, I’m a real sucker for a good makeover. I see it as: one woman, […]

Hi Everybody – Here’s a link to a fun video peak at the making of the November 2010 Vogue España cover and inside fashion story that I did with Patrick and Victor Demarchelier. It captures the focused, creative and busy atmosphere perfectly.

You might hear me mumbling something about “this bus is leaving…” […]

Hi, everyone. Here’s a link to a few tips and tricks on touch-ups from a recent interview with me by Allure’s Elizabeth Siegel:  Insider’s Guide: How to Touch Up Your Makeup

Yesterday, I happened to be on set with a celebrated Oscar winner.

With award season just getting started and the celebrity buzz that surrounds it, I found myself trying to figure how many Academy Award winners I have worked with. Twelve is a number I have mentioned in the past. Well, I’m astonished to realize that […]

Hi Everybody,
My gosh, what a couple of weeks: on location, running around, head spinning… But some great stuff is happening!

The new face of Olay

My favorite red scarf got me in a commercial! That’s me doing Carrie Underwood’s makeup in the new Olay commercial that was released last […]

It looks like beauty advertising just burst from the pages of a glossy fashion magazine right out into the streets of New York! Everywhere I turn there’s a billboard with some great advertising for makeup and cosmetics – in the subway, on bus-stands, on passing taxi-tops… I absolutely love it!

A Maybelline […]

Makeup artists just love the idea of having products made just for them!

The first time I came across the concept of customization was in London in the 80’s. I had always had a hard time finding a foundation that would match my neutral/slightly olive skin tone in a world of pink based skin […]

I love a strong, electric color statement for Spring: a flick of electric purple liner, a dab of harlequin green – or my favorite: Shocking Pink on the lips!

Back in May, I did a look featuring this wild pink shade in an eight page trend story for a very visible Condé Nast […]

Can you feel that we are in the full swing of Fashion Show season?

Today the fashion-gypsies crowd London, tomorrow they’ll be seen in Milan and Paris. What new fun ideas does this glamorous circus bring? What is the current mode-mood?

Fashion is like a wave with crests – which are the […]