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KRISTIN GALLEGOS, MAKEUP ARTIST

FEBRUARY 01.2012 by AIMEE BLAUT
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“I started off as a ballerina and that is what I thought I was going to do, but I got to a fork in the road and decided it wasn’t for me anymore. ‪Backstage, you end up having to do your own elaborate theatrical makeup, so I already had some sense of using makeup. Someone had suggested that I go into it professionally, which had never occurred to me. I researched it and took a little workshop in LA and then moved to New York to work in fashion. I brought a portfolio of test shoots I had done in LA and was so lucky that I immediately started getting booked, which I am very very thankful for, because that could have easily gone in a different direction [laughs].”

“I wake up in the morning and hop in the shower. I usually just tie my hair back and only wash my bangs, which is really funny to most people [laughs]. Then I blow dry my bangs and flat iron them. In the shower I use the Clarisonic–I’m kind of obsessed with it. My friend gave it to me for Christmas and told me it was going to change my life and he was right.”

“My skin care routine is pretty intense. If my skin is in a bad place I use the Vichy Normaderm Deep Cleansing Gel, but if it’s looking good I use the  Jurlique Balancing Foaming Cleanser. I do a Vichy toner and a layer of serums. I started getting facials done at Ling Skin Care and they are genius, these women are so good! They are really hard-core and gave me two serums to use at home. One is for hyperpigmentation called Clearlight and then the most amazing product of them all is the Oxygen Plasma Serum, it’s good for unclogging pores and for anti-aging—it’s kind of a dream serum. So I use the serums and then put on my moisturizer. I have one for the summer the Vichy Aqualia Hydrating Lotion, which is light and non greasy. In the winter I use Toleriane by La Roche-Posay. It’s super hydrating and leaves the skin with a nice texture. I use the Vichy eye cream afterwards. Keeping your under eye area moisturized is very important, it’s the thinnest skin on your body and is the first to go.”

“I’ve been doing the same makeup on myself for a while now. I just do concealer where needed, (Laura Mercier, Secret Camouflage). I then use the Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder on top of that, as needed, on my T-Zone. I put the Smolder MAC Eye Kohl in the waterline of my eyes top and bottom. Next I do a little more of the pencil underneath the eyes. Then I set it with a bit of Carbon black MAC eyeshadow to give it that messy smudgy effect. I keep the focus underneath my eyes because my bangs are super long. So you can’t really see the top of my lids. I finish off the eyes with mascara top and bottom with L’Oréal Voluminous.”

“You can never see my eyebrows [laughs] but I tweeze them religiously nonetheless. In case the wind blows my bangs off my face, I don’t want to have bushy eyebrows under there!”

“I find it really fun to take the time out and paint my own nails. I’ve been doing white for a while. I usually do one color per season. I did fluorescent yellow all summer. I just like the idea of being seen with one color it’s like an accessory. I’m never going to be seen in a traditional color, I kind of like things that are a little bit off. This looks like whiteout to me so I really like it.”

“Every night before bed I take off my eye makeup with the Klorane eye makeup remover. It’s gentle and gets every last bit of black off of my eyes. With that being said, I cannot live without Swissper cotton pads.  That brand in particular is the best!  They are soft but don’t fall apart! Every so often before bed I use the Klorane eye patches, they are incredible!  They are soothing and softening and really do a great job de-puffing the eyes.”

“I use the Ling Pomegranate Detox Mask a couple of times a week. That is good for unclogging pores and clarifying the skin. I use the Icelandic Blue Lagoon Silica Mud Mask about once a week. It’s a really amazing exfoliating mask; once you remove it you immediately feel the texture of your skin change. You put it on and it dries down to a powdery finish and starts to flake off everywhere. I found out about it when I was on a job in Iceland. I got to swim in the Blue Lagoon and used the mud from the lagoon on my face. It was so amazing that I had to take some home with me! It’s pretty much the same, I mean it obviously feels better to use the mud from the Blue Lagoon itself while swimming around and drinking champagne, but its a close second!”

Photos by: Aimee Blaut

Tags: Blue Lagoon, Clarisonic, Jurlique, Klorane, Kristin Gallegos, La Roche Posay, Laura Mercier, Ling Skin Care, Swissper, Vichy, you are a babe

  • maud
  • February 1, 2012
  • 9:40 pm

major bang envy. beautiful, as always.

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