KIT FOCUS: THE CLEANER ARTIST

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 —…

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 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…

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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…