I’m a girl from Norway. And I’m a self-taught makeup artist.
My makeup art journey has a very dark start. I struggled with eating disorders throughout my teenage years and the beginning of my 20s. And to distract myself from the ugly truth, I started exploring makeup. I’ve always loved to draw, so in a way, makeup was just another canvas to draw/paint on. I could sit for hours watching YouTube videos and practicing this body art in front of the mirror. Makeup became my safe space, where I could hide from the world and only focus on creative ideas. Makeup helped with my eating disorders and opened a whole new world for me.
I decided to enter the Nordic Face Awards 2017, which is a big makeup competition hosted by NYX Professional Makeup. I had never done crazy creative makeup looks before, but I still entered. I combined my love for art and drawing with makeup. And the results were amazing. I painted with lipstick, eyeliners, and eyeshadows and fought my way to the top 5! So I just kept on practicing, and in 2018, I won the Nordic Face Awards! This was probably the proudest moment of my life.
But I wanted to take my artistry to the next level. Do something no one has done before. So one day, after I’d done a creative full-face makeup look, I started playing with lighting. I got a pretty cool glow effect by cutting some holes in a black t-shirt and putting it over my softbox. That’s how I got the idea of doing glow-in-the-dark makeup. After a lot of practice and misses, I’ve gotten the hang of using the UV paint, light, and also how I can manipulate lighting to mimic the cool makeup effect of glowing.
This amazing makeup journey proves that something negative can blossom into something beautiful.
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I’m a full-time nursing student, working part-time with Covid-19 vaccinations and in a nursing home, part-time makeup enthusiast and a full-time dog mom.
I’ve always been inspired by colors. My dad is from India so I grew up surrounded by art full of colors. I also love animals and nature, I think nature creates the most beautiful art. I love the looks that include animals! It’s so fun to do and I love the outcome.
I'm gonna change you, like a remix, then we'll rise up, like the Phoenix!
We are rising up like a Phoenix from the fire. So dearest friends speed your wings and fly higher x2 We are riising up x4
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Some of my friends advised me to create an Instagram account where I could share my makeup ideas, so I did. And after a few months, I gained a lot of followers. I have thought of creating a Youtube channel where I could post makeup tutorials, but I’m not sure if that’s something I want to do. I’m afraid it will take too much of my time, and I won’t be able to do my makeup looks.
It can take up to 12 hours to create a fully finished look. However, it pays off because I love what I'm doing and people seem to love my bright creative looks. I get a lot of requests and so much praise, and it really makes my day to read and see all the love I get from my art. I post pictures of the looks that I've created on Instagram. You can check more of my makeup art there.
When I think about what inspires me to create the looks I do, I think about a lot of things and people. There are so many talented artists, it’s very hard to pick only one or two! I can say that I grew up watching Michelle Phan, Shaaanxo, and Promise Tamang. Of course, nature and its colorful art, and animals (as I mentioned before) are a source of inspiration to me as well.
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She can do all this with her face, even paint detailed baby angels! I can barely apply eyeliner.
I'm a trained cosmetologist with lots of makeup application knowledge & over a decade under my belt & I still have a hard time with eyeliner. It's difficult.
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The work is definitely amazing, and would be even more impressive without the obvious heavy filtering that's going on.
These are absolutely incredible edits! Very beautiful & super talented!!!
I mean ma'am, you're just gorgeous and your work here is fantastic! Cute lips BTW.
BEAUTIFUL!!! I love these. And may I say you have lovely lips - an artist's delight :D
Some beautiful work on, and by, a talented woman...Off to look at her Instagram!
thats like telling Michelangelo that the Sistine Chapel looked better before he painted it
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She can do all this with her face, even paint detailed baby angels! I can barely apply eyeliner.
I'm a trained cosmetologist with lots of makeup application knowledge & over a decade under my belt & I still have a hard time with eyeliner. It's difficult.
Load More Replies... The work is definitely amazing, and would be even more impressive without the obvious heavy filtering that's going on.
These are absolutely incredible edits! Very beautiful & super talented!!!
I mean ma'am, you're just gorgeous and your work here is fantastic! Cute lips BTW.
BEAUTIFUL!!! I love these. And may I say you have lovely lips - an artist's delight :D
Some beautiful work on, and by, a talented woman...Off to look at her Instagram!
thats like telling Michelangelo that the Sistine Chapel looked better before he painted it
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