I am not the first makeup artist who started out acting or
played in a band. And I hardly think I’m the only makeup artist who has
fantasized about getting discovered on a set and pulled into a scene by the
director who thought I had the just the look he or she needed.
When I was still single, it always stuck in the back of my
mind that Rob Lowe married his makeup artist. I thought for sure that whenever
I were to get the opportunity to do Robert Downey Jr.’s makeup, he would be
sure to marry me too. Well, I finally did get to do his makeup and he didn’t
marry me. I was too intimidated to even give him my card…and I had just gotten
engaged to someone else! Bad timing, (no offense, Hubby).
But these things can actually happen to makeup artists
working on film and television sets. I actually was discovered
once! Okay, it was over a decade ago, but that’s how long it took to finish the
film. I was doing makeup on a feature when the director grabbed me and told me
I had the perfect 1920’s look for his film. He stuck me in two very prominent
scenes with a very prominent celebrity, Debi Mazar. Ironically, Debi Mazar started out as a makeup artist before she made it as an actress! I wonder if she got discovered...
I’ve been waiting forever
for the movie to come out, and the premier is Sunday August 11th in
Los Angeles…and I’m in Portland. For most of you reading this, that’s today! Ah! Bad timing
again!
