Lucie Strong

I like experimenting with make-up. I admire the work of make-up artists Kevyn Aucoin, Glauca Rossi (my wonderful mentor), Barbara Braeunlich (who I have assisted), James Vincent (the creator of Pretty Pretty cosmetics, who I have assisted), Val Garland (who I have assisted), Sharon Dowsett, Alex Box, Mary Greenwell, Pat McGrath, Charlotte Tilbury, Mary Quant and Bobbi Brown. I have done make-up on a few famous people including Agyness Deyn on a test photo shoot, Lily Cole at an Armani fashion show at London Fashion Week, Jodie Marsh on a KTS Clothing photo shoot, Lady Isabella Hervey on a Mac Millan photo shoot, and Cindy Jackson on a Catwalk magazine photo shoot. I've been the chief make-up artist at six Pierre Garroudi fashion shows at London Fashion Week and an Ada Zanditon fashion show at London Fashion Week, and I've been the chief make-up artist at a Diane Gi fashion show and a Fannie Schiavoni fashion show at Swatch Alternative Fashion Week. I was also the chief make-up artist at an Alexander Longe fashion show. I've been on the television programme 'The Apprentice' when I was doing the make-up for a Mac Millan fashion show on a boat on the River Thames, and I've been on the television programme 'Britain's Next Top Model - Series Two' where I was assisting make-up artist Barbara Braeunlich. I take a keen interest in the fashion biz, and I enjoy my work as a make-up artist very much. I love the style from the 1920s through to the 1960s. I like the style of the fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gianni and Donatella Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and many others. I love the photography of Ellen von Unwerth, Sarah Moon, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Nick Knight, Richard Avedon, and many others. I admire the art of Salvador Dalí, Gustav Klimt, Meyoko (see: http://www.MySpace.com/Meyoko), and Ellen Stapleton (see: http://www.MySpace.com/EllenSelement). I'm passionate about Drama, and I take Drama lessons and Drama exams, and perform in plays to audiences. I play the guitar, and like listening and singing to music. I speak fluently in French, and I can also speak a bit of German.