Makeup Artist Research
Pat McGrath
Dame Patricia Ann McGrath DBE also known as Pat McGrath is a world renowned makeup artist from Northampton, England. She is the first makeup artist to be made a British Dame.
Pat McGrath was heavily influenced by her mother, Jean McGrath, as she was teaching and encouraging her to experiment with make-up and inspiring her love for fashion. Jean McGrath was also a dressmaker so you could say that creativity and a love for fashion runs in her family.
McGrath has no formal education in being a makeup artist but has attended Northampton College and completed an art foundation course.
She has said of her career: "I really love being a makeup artist. It never gets mundane or predictable and every shoot and show is different."
In the 1980s, McGrath moved to London and became involved with Alexander McQueen and John Galliano.
McGrath's first breakthrough occurred in the early 1990s working alongside Edward Enninful at i-D magazine. In 1999 she was hired by Giorgio Armani to collaborate on a new range of cosmetics and became the recipient of the Pantene Pro-V Make-Up Artist Of The Year Award in both 2000 & 2001.
In 2015 she launched 'Pat McGrath Labs.', her own line of beauty products which by 2019 had become a $1 billion company and becoming the biggest selling beauty line at Selfridges.
2017 saw McGrath hired by her previous colleague, and friend, Edward Enninful as Beauty Editor-at-Large for British Vogue.
According to Vogue (2007), McGrath is known for her unique, adventurous, and innovative make-up techniques which include using her hands as opposed to brushes.
McGrath draws inspiration for many sources, using materials such as feathers, gold leaf, and leather.
Below are some examples of her work.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGrath_(make-up_artist)
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