The Art of Make-Up

In this half-and-half look I have done one side of my face in seemingly ‘natural’ makeup and left the other half completely bare. As a makeup artist I have seen over a number of years a huge boom in the popularity of makeup. This is not at all a bad thing as makeup can be used as both booster. However a side effect of this is that we are becoming desensitised to it. We are so used to seeing people constantly ‘made up’ that we begin to think that this is what natural skin looks like; that if your skin doesn’t look perfectly airbrushed at all times then something is wrong with it. There is no such thing as ‘bad skin’. Humans are not perfect so why do skin isn’t always one uniform colour, pores, blemishes, breakouts, dry/oily on your diet, your hormone levels, the climate you’re in. There are so many factors that impact how your skin looks on a daily basis and none of those things make it unhealthy. Makeup can only change so much, it’s very important that we accept the skin underneath it for what it is because that’s the canvas for our artwork.

By Naomi Howell. Naomi occupies most of her time creating content for her social media platforms, which you can follow here. She manages the make-up department at a popular alternative as well as doing freelance work in the education sector. On top of this Naomi loves to sing, dance, cook and co-hosts not one but two podcasts here and here.