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Elke Von Freudenberg is a celebrity makeup artist who worked with Kate Moss, Angelica Huston, and Jamie Fox.  Elke also has her own blog called: The Beauty Blog Network and is very passionate about her work.  In a recent interview with BeautyInterviews.com Elke Vov Freudenbeg talks about her world of makeup. 

 

When did your fascination with makeup begin?
You could say when I was six years old. My mom remembers me applying watercolor paint to my face while trying to copy the makeup from her Vogue and Bazaar magazines when I was six. She knew before I did really. But it didn’t hit me until high school when I started doing friends faces for high school dances and proms, and realizing I had way more fun doing their makeup than my own. So I went to modeling school and started doing makeup for the weekend photo shoots we would do and that was it. A photographer there said I could do really well at it and that’s how it all started. I didn’t even think I could make a living from it until then.

How did you get your first big break as a makeup artist?
My first photo shoot ever was headshots for an actress that was on All My Children, with a photographer from that modeling school. I made $30, which at the time, was a lot of money to me. And that was the start. I worked on my portfolio and started working with better photographers and better models and just kept at it.

What is your makeup philosophy?
To me, makeup, or what I do, photography makeup, is all about perfection. Creating the perfect skin, the perfect lip, etc. Because I see photography as an art form, like painting, sculpting. Great photos of their time record the style and image of that time. So I try to make my work as perfect as possible. But for everyday life? My philosophy is perfection but quick!

What is the best aspect of being a beauty blogger?
I would say getting my beauty knowledge out there. I’m still surprised when I get an email from someone saying this makeup trick or tip helped them. It’s great to know that other beauty fans are reading and learning and having as much fun with it as I am. Also, I’m seeing that the blogging industry is getting taken more seriously, so as a voice in the beauty blogging niche, I’m honored when others refer me or recommend me. It is a lot of work and it’s truly appreciated.

What can we find in your makeup bag?
Personally or in my makeup kit? My makeup kit has everything, from MAC, to Wet & Wild, Tarte, Lancome.. goes on and on. Personally, I’m a huge fan of Bare Escentuals mineral makeup, Maybelline’s Lash Discovery Mascara, Laura Geller Blush, Wet & Wild and Black Opal’s eyeshadows (their pigment is amazing…) and lip gloss. Tons of lip gloss (Wet & Wild is the shiniest, love Lancome’s and Mac’s…)

What is your number one beauty secret?
Oh, I have way too many… only one??? My favorite (because it does work!) is getting the perfect mascara. It’s the hardest product to find and we truly ask a lot of our mascara’s. So if you want major lashes, take any two mascaras, and apply 1 coat of each. You’ll find that you’ll get the perfect lashes that you were looking for.

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