Category Archives: Beautiful People

Beautiful People: Hedy Lamarr

She was called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” – and as a Hollywood movie star, Hedy Lamarr was certainly one of the most stunningly beautiful women of the twentieth century. But while she was famous for lighting up the big screen, in private Hedy Lamarr was working on an invention designed to help save the free world.

 

As a child in Vienna, the young Hedwig Kiesler dreamed of being in the movies – and at sixteen, she …

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Beautiful People: Jane Iredale

Working as a makeup artist, I’m familiar with the extremes of what can be put on a face. Plastic glitter, sequins, acrylic paint, theatrical adhesives… sometimes it gets a little nasty. And while we do help models remove extreme makeup, at the end of the day it’s really on them to maintain their skin – both for their profession and for themselves.

 

Jane Iredale has watched this drama from the other side. As a producer and casting director for …

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Camilla Barungi: A New Model of Economics

In the fashion business, there’s no shortage of models turned beauty entrepreneurs. The pressure to always look good – plus countless hours spent in hair and makeup – assure a comfortable expertise with what works and what doesn’t. Add some name-recognition and voilà: an opportunity for a successful product line. But Elite model (and Project Runway favorite) Camilla Barungi is putting a new twist on the theme: inspired by the interplay of beauty, nature and economics, she has found a …

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