Is
Paris the center of the universe? Some people may think so – that great city
certainly has some arguably great food and monuments, and just the way the
metropolis is laid out is magnificent. It also has the best baguettes and the
coolest outdoor cafes. It also has one of the best makeup schools in the world:
Make Up For Ever Academy Paris and a beauty formation in the south of France BTS in Aix en Provence. The capital of France also
lays claim to well-known international makeup artist Estelle Descard – and we
want her back in Los Angeles!
How
can we want her back so badly when she is from Paris, you ask? Well, the answer
is quite simple really. She came over for a visit a couple of years ago and
left us all wanting more of her. While she was traipsing around Hollywood movie
sets assisting and learning makeup secrets from celebrity makeup artists the
rest of us were falling in love with this young Parisian makeup artisan. Yes,
she made that big of an impression on us. Hard to believe that someone could do
it in such a short amount of time but if you saw the way she handled those
makeup brushes so lithely and professionally you would understand where we’re
coming from.
Estelle
is a very charming woman, but the way she approaches her career, that of makeup
artist, is something unexpected. She doesn’t just see makeup as powdering
someone’s nose or rouging their cheeks, she sees it as a living, breathing
thing. Look at some of the photographs on her website and you’ll see what we
mean. When she looks at the model, she views that person as an un-sculpted
piece of beautiful marble just waiting to be refined and revised and enhanced
and transformed into something that it wasn’t previously. When she explores and
breaks out of the accepted norm is when Estelle is the master of her art and
the women models have completely metamorphosed into the most alluring exotic
butterflies, so to speak under Estelle’s watchful brush strokes.
Estelle
has done makeup all over the world, from Paris and Sydney to Los Angeles. Along
with her kit of beauty secrets, she brings years of exhaustive training, hard
work and experience and an artist’s sensitivity to the human form. She also
brings an enquiring mind because she is always on the lookout for new ideas.
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