MakeUp Artist of the Month:
it corporate or personal, makeup comes from within and that’s what matters the most. I have worked with
lots of celebrities like Vidyut Jamwal, Shiamak Dawar, Indeep Bakshi, Raftaar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Hard Kaur,
Kailash Kher to name a few and I have also done makeup for my family and friends, and it doesn’t make much
of difference if you enjoy what you are doing and you know your thing.
Kanika Maurya: You started out with freelancing and till date have worked with some reputed brands also.
Do you also want to launch your own brand sometime? What are your views on freelancing and branding?
Priyanka Makhijani: My family has been closely associated with this industry, working hard to live upto their
dreams. So I am going to launch my brand very soon and it would be for my mother, because I know she has
earned it.
Kanika Maurya: It has been almost 8 years in this
profession, I am sure you must have had some
memorable experiences?
Priyanka Makhijani: Since you asked, I vividly remember
a scenario which is very near to my heart. I was training a
group of ladies and a lady, around 40 years of age, came
upto me and said that you are younger than me but I
don’t want to hug you, instead I wanna touch your feet,
becaus e you are my teacher. She tells me her children
think greatly of me, because their mother is able to earn
a living by doing makeup. And that was the day I realised
that something that is a waste to one, can be of a great
deal to someone else.
Kanika Maurya: It is indeed a heart warming experience. And how about your very first experience in the
industry?
Priyanka Makhijani: Well, surprisingly enough, my first break was not as a makeup artist. I started out as a
communication manager for NIKITIES magazine. I used to take care of the CEO’s arrangements whenever he
was busy or out of city. I used to be a big pain for my teachers in my college since I had to take calls for him every
now and then. And then this one day, their makeup artist ditched at the last moment for a shoot and I was then
asked if I could do the makeup. Although I was a bit scared because it all happened in such short notice, but In
my heart I knew it was my moment. And eventually, everyone was so impressed by my work that they gave me
a full time job as a makeup artist for the magazine.
Diana Hoffman
Quintana Roo, Mexico
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