Lan Nguyen Grealis

Makeup Artist - Lan Nguyen Grealis

MUA: Lan Nguyen Grealis

Lan is a freelance makeup artist who specializes in Fashion editorial, Beauty and Celebrity makeup. She was born in Ireland but has a Vietnamese heritage. Lan studied Fashion before her career in makeup and this seems to ave influenced her direction in the makeup industry as she has gone on to be the key designer for various fashion shows. Not only is she a regular at London Fashion Week but she has published work in many magazines such as; Vanity Fair, Vogue and Elle. Lan has recently published her own book named 'Art & Makeup'. As a fan of Lan's work I will be purchasing a copy to add to my collection of makeup books as I have a feeling her book will be one of my favorites.

MUA: Lan Nguyen Grealis
Art & Makeup

I first came across Lan's work through her association with Kryolan with whom she won the golden mask award for makeup art in 2013. Her use of vibrant colours intrigued me to look into her portfolio. I instantly recognized her work from magazines and celebrity photo shoots. She has the ability to create unique images with various textures and materials which continues to inspire me to experiment with different products and tools. Lan also did a live stream demo with Kryolan which was very interesting to watch as some of her techniques and tools were new to me. She also has an incredible pace to her work and I know I sometimes face issues due to my speed of application, it motivates me to keep working on my timing. I am usually someone that spends a lot of time trying to perfect one element at a time which is why my speed can be slower, whereas watching Lan work I realized that it isn't necessary as practice of application will make me more skilled and confident like she is. Therefore I will not panic so much about perfecting small irrelevant details. 

References

Themes, U. (2015). Lan Nguyen-Grealis. [online] Lan-makeup.com. Available at: http://www.lan-makeup.com/ [Accessed 30 Oct. 2015].

Kryolan Masterclass 2015 with Lan Nguyen Grealis. (2015). [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_2XaxgDze8 [Accessed 30 Oct. 2015].