This ain’t my first rodeo.

I am a makeup artist living in New York City. I have been a full-time first assistant to makeup artist Aaron De Mey for almost ten years. Gemini Sun. Taurus Moon. Leo Rising. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Growing up, I was free to embrace all of my creative impulses. Heavily influenced by music, movies, books, magazines, and tv, I used makeup as a way to express myself and to find my identity in the ultraconservative environment that surrounded me. My first heartbreak led me to Los Angeles, where I studied at Cinema Makeup School. After another series of adventures, I made the move to New York. I love using makeup to tell a story, whether that’s completely raw and barefaced or full glam and glitter. Makeup is a conversation, a connection, a transformation, a character. I just want to create a world we’d all want to disappear into for awhile.

As an assistant, I have worked with (in no particular order)…Photographers: Hedi Slimane, Theo Wenner, Glen Luchford, Mario Sorrenti, Bruce Weber, Inez and Vinoodh, Zoë Ghertner, Annie Leibovitz, Terry Richardson, Alasdair McLellan, Oliver Hadlee Pearch, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Craig McDean, Willy Vanderperre, Roeg Cohen, Natalie O’Moore, Alan Yuch, and Richard Kern. Designers: Celine, Saint Laurent Paris, Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Chloe, Nike, Fendi, Reebok, Marc Jacobs, Kenzo, Hugo Boss, Zara, H&M, and Ralph Lauren. I have assisted on numerous beauty campaigns for Sephora, Revlon, and Burberry.