The weekly visits to the Beauty Salon with my Mother sparked my interest in all things Beauty at a young age. I began drawing women’s faces (always adding a bit of color), and made fashion sketches inspired by my very haute couture Barbie. I was chosen “Best Dressed” in school, and I was the first girl to have a full set of professional makeup brushes in my book bag. While many girls my age wanted to be cheerleaders, I was more interested in the Master Makeup Artists Way Bandy and Shu Uemura, and collected their printed works to pin up on my bedroom walls. A career in fashion seemed inevitable to me.

I began my career as a model here in Chicago - working for clients like Marshall Field's, Carson Pirie Scott, and Spiegel. I loved the art of makeup, photography and fashion and wanted to  pursue it further. Modeling took me to Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Barcelona and many other places.  I appeared in the pages of Elle Magazine, ads for L'Oreal Paris, Takashimaya Tokyo, Blaupunkt Stereo, etc.. I made a good living and was lucky enough to travel all over the world doing what I love.

I always knew I wanted to work behind the camera as a makeup artist, and learned a great deal from many of the best makeup artists in the business, in Europe and Japan. This kind of education was invaluable.

 I came home to Chicago, started a family, and began doing makeup, and I developed a very loyal clientele of women along Chicago’s North Shore, doing makeup for weddings and special occasions at places like the Four Seasons, The Ritz, Chicago Cultural Center, Lake Forest Academy, and The Standard Club.  
I have had the pleasure and privilege to be present at some of the most important events in the lives of people, and I love every minute of it. 

 My work has appeared in Money Magazine, Time Out Chicago, Today’s Chicago Woman, New City Magazine, Elite Magazine, and in the portfolios of both Ford and Elite models.

Some of my commercial projects include a coffee table book entitled “Women At The Table”, listed on the top ten of the CEO best-seller list, United Healthcare and Kraft Foods.

 I am currently represented for commercial and fashion print work by Artists By Timothy Priano, a division of Elite Model Management.

www.artistsbytimothypriano.com

Philosophy