“I’m into creativity in all its forms – writing, painting, dance, movement, and music. So I love makeup – I love all the colors.” Zaza‘s multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Fraser brings elegance to her craft: “I was raised by beautiful, elegant women, and was not let out of the house without lipstick. My mother was always beautiful and well-dressed.”
As half of one of Brooklyn’s up-and-coming dark wave acts, Jennifer enjoys the act of self-presentation. “There was a saying …
“I want to look like a piece of art every day.” Reign Apiim brings her art to life. “I’ve been studying art and art history since I was in junior high, and why not bring that into my look?” The recent Parsons graduate took some time to find herself: “I started with my hair – I was dyeing it and cutting it to look like my favorite pop stars. But then I realized – I’m an artist, my most valuable …
“I like natural beauty, and touch – I’m into the way things feel.” Maryam Moma is taking natural to a new level. The Tanzanian-Nigerian model came to the United States to study architecture, but while modelling she started formulating skin products with pure unrefined shea butter and herbs. Before long, she had launched Yamerra Skincare, and has just opened her first mini boutique at 12 Lions Studio in New York’s NoHo district.
For Maryam, beauty starts from the inside. “As …
“Beauty is important – it turns the world!” Makeup artist Tracy Murphy is intimately aware of the empowering aspects of making up. As someone who works on photoshoots and celebrity faces (she did Kate Upton’s makeup for the latest Sports Illustrated Cover), she’s well versed in the magic – and fakery – that goes into a beautiful image. “I used to have all these issues about my appearance – the typical girl stuff where we’re tearing ourselves apart. But …
“Age is an interesting thing – you can be old at 30, antique at 60, or young at 90.” For Judith Childs, age is not an absolute. “It’s a matter of spirit.”
Judith, who manages the estate of her late husband, artist Bernard Childs, says that age differs according to time and place: “I turned thirty- and forty – while living in Paris. A twenty-year-old isn’t really considered interesting there. And I married an older man, so I never got …
“I approach beauty as a way of life!” Multidisciplinary Artist, magical fashion designer (and recent Project Runway All Star) Elisa Jimenez infuses life with beauty, and beauty with life. “Beauty starts with health and confidence, and starting with morning yoga and meditation, my routines incorporate that.”
Elisa then does an all-natural facial: “Green tea bags to depuff my eyes, olive oil around my eyes and on my fingertips, and honey on my lips.” The honey is nourishing, and …
“Even though I don’t wear much makeup, I wear it every day. It’s a psychological thing.” Singer-songwriter Mollie King keeps her beauty tools at the ready. “Even camping, even at Bonaroo, where we’re covered in dirt, I make sure I have something on. People laugh at it, but with traveling and playing shows, it’s something consistent. No matter what’s going on, how crazy things are, I feel if I have my eyeliner on, the world has not ended.”
“I start …
“My makeup habits have definitely changed as my life has changed.” For Dr. Maria Guevara, a pulmonary critical care specialist who is currently a Medical Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, form follows function. “Traveling between field work and city life has pared my routines down to a minimum.”
Having traded a lush life in the South for assignments in the developing world (her current one: Burma), Maria mostly keeps things simple. “Obviously, I don’t wear any makeup in the …
“I really have no natural look.” Kim Boekbinder’s approach to beauty is all-or-nothing. As a performer, composer/musician, and visual artist, Kim has designed her beauty regimen to support her art. “If I’m going out for coffee in the morning, I won’t think to look in the mirror first. I guess that’s pretty unusual for a performer. But then when I want to do myself up, I go for full effect!”
Now getting ready for her upcoming U.S. tour (which is …
“Being an illustrator certainly makes me more dexterous with the tools, but I don’t do my makeup in any proper way.” Molly Crabapple, who paints tartly women, louche men, and fantastical beasts – and who founded Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School – breaks a lot of rules.
“I naturally have this black-and-white coloring – my skin is pale and my hair is dark, so I go with that. I’m a little bit goth, in a Morticia Addams way, so
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