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Melanie Meyer followed her dream of a makeup career from a young age. Her deep interest in beauty and art and her talents fueled her journey. As a child, she loved painting and drawing, and her experience as a ballet dancer profoundly influenced her makeup artistry style.
After graduating from makeup school, Melanie began her career as a special effects artist in the German film industry, working on movies and TV series with renowned actors. She sought to broaden her skills and studied applied arts and art history in Munich. This led her to work as a makeup artist in theater and opera for several years.
A chance meeting with a photographer introduced Melanie to the fashion world, a field she quickly grew to love. She freelanced for prestigious brands such as Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Hermes, Cartier, and Louis Vuitton.
Melanie's high-profile client list includes celebrities like Sophie Marceau, Bruno Mars, Kid Rock, Margot Robbie, Irina Shayk, Ashley Graham, and Soo Joo Park. Her work has been featured in leading magazines worldwide, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and GQ.
Over the last ten years of her career, working in the Middle East, Melanie has become one of Dubai's most sought-after makeup artists in the fashion industry. She significantly transformed the region's beauty and aesthetic industry, emphasizing natural beauty and perfect skin.
Melanie has created beauty looks for numerous luxury brands and top designers and has been the lead makeup artist for many fashion shows in Europe and the UAE. Throughout her twenty-year career, she has been celebrated for her artistic vision, focusing on natural skin and subtle use of textures and colors. Melanie is widely known as the queen of the "No-Makeup Look."
In addition to being an author, Melanie mentors and coaches aspiring and emerging makeup artists, helping them become successful freelancers by leveraging her business background and 20 years of experience.
You can get in touch with her through her website: how-to-become-a-makeupartist
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