Peter Philips: from a Mickey Mouse face to Dior Beauty
The graphic-design student who painted Mickey on a model at a Raf Simons shoot went on to run the two most coveted jobs in cosmetics. A profile.
June 9, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Pat McGrath's floating liner, from Valentino to Bottega
The floating liner McGrath painted at Valentino in 2022 became the most copied editorial eye of the decade. Tracing the line from runway to TikTok to SS26.
May 30, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Mary Phillips and the Rise of Underpainting
She put contour and highlight on before foundation, called it underpainting, and reset how a generation does complexion. A profile of the artist behind the trick.
May 22, 2026 · Layla Hassan
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inspiration Way Bandy: The Makeup Artist Who Invented the Job
Before Way Bandy, models did their own faces for shoots. He turned makeup artist into a credited, well-paid career, and built the lineage Aucoin and McGrath inherited.
May 21, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Kevyn Aucoin: The Michelangelo of Maquillage
Kevyn Aucoin was the first makeup artist to become a household name, and the one who taught the public to sculpt a face with light and shadow. His blueprint endures.
May 20, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Believable Beauty: The Return of Realistic Skin
Spring 2026 is pulling away from filtered perfection toward believable skin: visible pores, a slight beach flush, freckles intact. Why the mood is shifting.
May 16, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Isamaya Ffrench: from kids' party face paint to Burberry beauty
She painted tigers at children's birthday parties at 22. Twelve years later she runs Burberry Beauty and her own brand. The route Isamaya Ffrench took, and why it worked.
May 14, 2026 · Sienna Park
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inspiration Bobbi Brown's day at Bergdorf: 100 tubes in eight hours
In February 1991, Bobbi Brown brought 500 lipsticks to Bergdorf and forecast 100 sales a month. She sold a hundred tubes in a single day. The story behind it.
May 9, 2026 · Layla Hassan