What sets YOUR work apart from other hair & makeup artists?
I would say a few things and the first is usually the most obvious to others in the industry, that I work with an Incredible team of Stylists and Artists that travel with me while still mainlining there own business. No freelance stylist nor artists on this level travel in a pack as we do lol or welcome students and interns to come on board. I have done this for many years now and of course some have come and gone and i think that’s just a part of it where people some just don’t really want to keep growing. I certainly have enjoyed mentoring in the past and that system will never change. Now sixteen years in this business I am currently working along side the best team i have ever had as they work as hard as I do, dream as big as myself and they all truly share that same drive and passion that cannot be taught. It is a pleasure and honor to get to work along side what I am calling the Best of the Best! Something else that works for us and this is just across the board based on what I witness first hand as well is seen in the finished product and It would be the (DETAILS) I cant stress it enough! Details do matter!!! In a world obsessed with re touching and Photoshop as stylist or makeup artist you have to realize that after something has been pulled, tucked and smoothed over for hours, It is No longer your work.... Sometimes in editorial shoots and we all know magazines are photo retouched sometimes more than they should but I am always proud when my worked requires little or NO re touching and that’s the biggest compliment from a photographer an artist can receive in my opinion. I think everything has a place including re touching and I am thankful for them when needed but as artists we don’t want to get into sloppy habits with the mind set that it can just be fixed later. This is something I am always aware of and extend this same discipline to the ones I work with or have mentored in the past.
TONI BRAXTON