LILIES

ANNA MAE WONG

BEAUTY - GLAMOUR - PERSONALITY

SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW. WRITTEN BY THE FAMOUS WESTMORE FAMILY OF HOLLYWOOD.

CARMEN FOR VOGUE ITALIA JUNE 2013

New work in the June issue of Vogue Italia, with the otherworldly but very real Carmen Dell’Orefice. Shot by Greg Lotus, styled by Danny Santiago, make up by Carole Lasnier, and hair by Thanos Samaras.

"SPICED TRUFFLE" BY L'OREAL

SUCH A RICH SHADE OF AUBURN - ONE OF MY FAVORITES

HAT DESIGNED BY PHILIP TREACY

PHILIP TREACY IS A TRUE ARTIST - AND I ADMIRE HIS WORK. (sorry I don't know the photographer)

"ONE WAY FLIGHT" STARRING KAYVON ZAND

MICHELLE PHIILLIPS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY

HAPPY 69TH BIRTHDAY MICHELLE! 

PHOTOGRAPH BY GREG GORMAN

I first met Michelle Phillips on a photo spread for Cosmopolitan magazine. The shoot took a couple of days to complete and when we were finished she asked me if I would like to go to see a B'way show with her. Can't remember what we saw, but I do remember hanging out in her suite at The Pierre Hotel, while she told me stories about the singing group she was in THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS. They were one of my favorite groups, "California Dreaming", "Monday Monday" I really enjoyed that night.

We ended up connecting sometime later in Los Angeles and I worked with her a few more times. Met her daughter Chynna. And helped her change her look so she could get a part playing 1940's actress Gene Tierney. We ran into each other last year at a gallery opening in New York and said hello. She looked great and was as nice as ever. Happy Birthday Michelle!

HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY ANGELINA JOLIE

One of the most beautiful women in the world turns 38 today.

A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH DFR BY KATHERINE SLOAN FOR SPACES

JACLYN SMITH FOR MAX FACTOR

DAVID FRANK RAY WITH MODEL PHOTOGRAPHED BY HARRY LANGDON HOLLYWOOD 1980

This interview is about my many years as a makeup artist and some of my thoughts about beauty.

MAE WEST QUOTE

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

FROM MY PORTFOLIO - ALEXA SINGER - THE MAD HATTER

This photograph represented the month of March in the Elite Models - Fuji Film promotional calendar photographed by Douglas Dubler in 1985. Alexa Singer was a beautiful model and was on multiple Vogue covers at the time. My concept was for Alexa to be "The Had Hatter" and the stylist Vincent Whitfield found an artist named Renate Sturmer that made these head sculptures. The pink and grey patterned background was by Memphis, a design group out of Italy. The coat was a dyed pink sheared mink that was designed by Oscar de la Renta. The diamond and amethyst earrings were designed by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany. I was going for a offbeat makeup look so I shaded one eye with pink shadow and blended it down on to the cheek. I lined inside each lower eyelid with some purple pencil. I then used a bright yellow eye shadow on the other eye and finished off the look with a soft green lipstick.