When it comes to beauty, we don’t know what it actually means. If asked why do you consider someone beautiful, you might not know to put your finger on it. Of course you can say you like someone’s eyes or lips or any other features, but until you look at someone and like the whole being, you can’t say it’s really beautiful. It has to resemble with your own images and expectations of an ideal to be perceived as such, so it’s really personal and subjective.
People’s faces and bodies reflect, at least in part, how they are on the inside. And I don’t make reference only to external physical attributes, but also the expression, posture and body language/ non-verbal communication. Many times I’ve asked myself and wondered why I chose to be a make-up artist, instead of choosing other profession. In some sense my job chose me, not only because I love art, painting and color, but mostly because I enjoy studying people’s faces, as this tells me more than words could ever do.
Any artist has to have a dream, a motivation to create when he’s broke or broken inside, a way to face adversity of any kind. The image of a world where we could trust every word someone else said, where there’s genuine care for others, where people’s souls are crystal clear drops of dew, is my reason and impulse to go on with the path I’ve chosen. And the more faces I see, the more I associate beauty with the idea of purity. No matter what look I’m creating (natural, glam, creative, etc.) my goal is to bring forward the purity I see in that person.
And pure in my acceptance doesn’t mean weak, or naive, or unable of formulating arguments and sustaining ideas. Pure doesn’t mean tolerating lies, putting up with disrespect or being incapable of negotiating or standing on your own feet. It means to be brave and see your own dark side, to fully realize that you have the capacity to hurt others and yourself and deliberately choosing not to do it.
Purity is the ability to see your own flaws and overcome them, to tell the truth when you could easily lie, to chose honesty when it would be convenient to cheat, to opt for your freedom instead of your addiction, to embrace your authenticity despite the fear of being unpopular, diminished or rejected. It is such beauty that I aspire and strive to create in my work and in myself.
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