Makeup artist, known simply as Lottie, is a household name in the fashion industry. Rocking fashion shows as well as magazines, she’s worked with the world’s biggest celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Rihanna, Paris Jackson, Emilia Clarke, and Solange Knowles; and her list of clients include Beauty Blender, Urban Decay, Benefit, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs.
The self-taught (you’ve heard us right) talent was raised in Southern California and knew from an early age that she had a thing for art. Upon completing an education in graphic design, she moved to London, England and quickly found work on a number of cutting edge projects. Breaking away from design a few years later, Lottie moved into what she’d consider her true calling. She now works in LA and NY.
“My path was not a straight and easy one, I started wanting to be a graphic designer and in a roundabout way through an internship at a magazine for design I discovered that being a makeup artist was a real job outside of retail,” she recalled in an interview with the Reed Clarke blog. “From that point, I knew design was not my goal anymore and I did what I could to become a makeup artist. I practiced on every single person I knew, including myself and my husband and then starting testing and building a book.”
She has since keyed fashion shows in New York, Milan, London, Miami, and Los Angeles proving her decision was right. Check out some of her makeup looks in the gallery below. Which one is your favorite?
