KIT FOCUS: THE COMBO ARTIST

WELCOME: FALL 2024

Gratitude. We hear a lot of talk about this word that has become a huge focus for so many of us. Having a daily practice of gratitude. Expressing gratitude. Focusing on what you are grateful for instead of what you do not have, or what you are disappointed about. Having people — your people —…

MILESTONE: 40 YEARS OF MAC

When I was in my late twenties I became familiar with a company called MAC Cosmetics while accompanying my friend Johnny Lavoy to the Christopher Street store pretty much any time we were in the city. While I usually waited outside because it was a small and crowded store, I was immediately drawn to the…

IN MEMORIAM: LEONARD ENGELMAN

In all my years of friendship wish Leonard Engelman, one word always comes to mind — Elevate. Some of us are fortunate in this life to have people enter and change your trajectory. Leonard was that person in my career. Len was a second-generation makeup artist. His father Leonard Engelman was also a makeup artist…

BEAUTY BY: JAMES VINCENT

FALL 2024 Makeup James Vincent @jvincentmakeup Makeup Tiffany Cataldo @wickedmakeupboston Photo Jessica Tiffany Mari @jessicatiffanyphotos Hair Allison Naylor @thairapybyalo Model Shannon Griffin @shannonbgriffin Model Emily Palmer @emily.palmer20 Photo Assistant Johanna Mar i @johanna_mari Production Assistant Jeremy Meek @jemmeek Modeling Agency Signed @signedmgmt  

PROFILE DANIEL MARTIN

Where were you born? I was born in the Midwest, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. My parents met during the Vietnam war in 1972. At the time, relations with Vietnam were really bad and my father had to ask for permission from his commanding officer who was stateside to have me born in the states. My mother…