Founder and contributor of the amazing makeup blog, Sminkblog, Karolina Árpa has remained the lovely, shy girl she has always been. I have known her for quite a long time now and beyond her amazing art, she’s the person who always puts a smile on my face.
Karolina, tell me about your way in the world of makeup. I am the odd-one-out in this profession I guess; unfortunately, I can’t say that I have always wanted to do this. One day, my makeup was done by a professional makeup artist at a drugstore and when looked into the mirror I went WOW! I think it all began there and then. I looked for a school to learn all that, to see myself like that once again. When we learnt about fantasy makeup at school, I totally abandoned myself to my inspirations and then I realized that makeup art is my profession. I have felt that to this very day; I love makeup; each job is a new miracle. My profession is an inexhaustible source of happiness for me. Before the birth of my daughter I contributed to the production of many feature films as an assistant. Nowadays I prefer photo shoots and lead my own makeup courses.
Give me one sentence about the art of makeup. What does it mean to you? My work is my love.
Where do you get your inspiration from? A beautiful face inspires me the most. I would put all my makeup on it, experiment with it, change it, repaint it…
What kind of jobs are you willing to take on? I would take on any kind of job where I am allowed a free hand. It can be anything; nowadays I try to realize my own ideas in the frames of photo shoots in which we all take part as artists and not as executors.
With whom do you willingly work with? Fortunately, I have the opportunity to work only with people I like and whose work I admire: Hajni Nagy, Péter Marosi, Bence Kaszás and Oleg Borisuk.
What are your most important tools in makeup? My eyes and my hands.
What are your favorite products as a consumer? I adore concealers from Bobbi Brown, the Fluidline liquid liner, pigments in Blue Brown and the Sculpt and Shape powder from MAC, Lip Tars and the loose color concentrate in Clove from OCC. Concerning brushes, I couldn’t live without my MAC 266.
What is your favorite feature in makeup? Shading. I would make that compulsory for all women to learn. You can achieve amazing effects with that, it’s like face sculpture.
Who are your favorite makeup artists? Sarolta Tombor is my icon in Hungary, she’s my absolute favorite. My favorite foreign makeup artist is Pat McGrath.
Who are the designers whose art you adore? Galliano; I adore him for his recklessness, his not giving a damn about conventions. I adore Karl Lagerfeld’s work, too, for his essential sense of proportion. He creates clothes that you just want, and you want them all just by looking at them.
Which is the one beauty tip that you think is the most useful? You need to drink lots of water in order to have a beautiful skin. It’s easy and sounds like a cliché but it is the most important beauty tip you can get.
Thank you so much for the interview, Karolina. I love your art. I wish you every success with your work.
Girls, stay tuned for a f/w makeup review and some tips from Karolina in the next hour.
Photos of Karolina's recent artwork
So amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW!She's a real artist!I also adore Galliano.:)the first picture is the best..that girl is frozen!!Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteWow, such amazing pics, love the first one, that's like propper magic!
ReplyDeleteI work with Karolina from such a long time now.. She is a super talented magician, and dear best friend of mine. I was happy to read the interview with her. Thank you Karolina, thank you Susan!
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great interview!she did an wonderful job on the models:)
ReplyDeleteReally sweet fashion blog, great interview, congrat :)
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