Tonight, we're hosting a makeup artist screening of "Eat Pray Love." We're really excited as we've invited 50 of our favorite makeup artists. We're having a little cocktail party first and then we'll watch the movie. I think our spokesmodel Elettra Wiedemann is coming, so it will be nice to see her.
My friend and makeup artist Andrew Sotomayor is here, doing my makeup as I type. (Does everyone remember Andrew's cross-hatching tip with the white eyeliner?) Andrew has really long arms and great concentration ability, so he can do my makeup while I blog and take care of Lancome biz. Andrew used the Lancome Colour Dose eye cream tubes to give me a sheer pastel wash on my eyelids. Does anyone remember that product? Lancome launched those years ago, when I was an editor, and they were so much fun. Maybe it's time to bring them back.
Andrew has a blog that you should check out if you love makeup and want to follow the career of a young, hardworking and very talented makeup artist in New York City.
A lot of people ask me how to become a makeup artist, so I asked Andrew how he started. "I was supposed to be a makeup artist at a Lancome counter for one summer before I started college," said Andrew. "I ended up doing it all through college. I loved how different working with makeup was from my academic career." Andrew worked with graduate student photographers by doing the makeup for their photo shoots, and he bit by bit built his portfolio. "I learned to be an artist by trial and error and working on as many people as I possibly could. Everyday people, not just models."
Andrew has some very exciting things coming this fall that we're not allowed to talk about, but check back here in a few weeks and we'll share the news. Currently, he's part of the "Project Runway" makeup team, so tune in to see his work.
Okay, we're off to the screening. Check back tomorrow for an interview with Richard Dean, Julia Roberts' makeup artist on the "Eat Pray Love" set.
