Makeup Artist of the Year, featuring Yolonda Frederick, Priscilla Ono, Erica Lapearl and more

Each star has their A1 glam team that put together those instantly recognizable looks that make our favorite celebrities who they are, and a big part of that requires a MUA bomb to bring those looks to life!

We’re about to introduce you to this year’s nominees for Makeup Artist of the Year. Some you may already know, and others you may not. But if one thing is for sure, it’s that you’ll recognize the faces they’ve painted and come out of this with a whole new batch of beauty connoisseurs to take notes on.

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Best known for her work with Ciara, Yolonda Frederick has been in the Hollywood beauty game for over 20 years! She’s a skincare expert and even invented the ‘Glam Or Ring’, a makeup palette case for the iPhone.

She’s really done it all, from the red carpet to TV and movies, and Ciara aside, she’s hit our girls’ faces. jennifer hudson, solange, Blake Lively and many more!

Yung Miami’s personal makeup artist, Michele Latrice, is making a name for herself both in and out of Florida. As Miami’s only trusted MUA, the two travel the world together frequently for City Girl tours, events, and music videos.

Speaking of music videos, Michele has also done makeup on a number of Trina’s songs! She has her own line of lip glosses, lashes, beauty blenders, and more MLatrice.

Rokael Lizama

Few makeup artists around the world can say they’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Beyoncé into their chair. Rokael Lizama is one of those talented few! Glam genius has been a big part of Beyoncé’s most recent endeavors for Renaissance and we’re living for it.

Of kourtney kardashian a Sabrina Elba, lala antonio, Lady Gaga, Nicole Scherzinger, kim kardashian, The list goes on and on! Also, Rokael is not a trick pony. He has also created a line of lashes ranging from full to individual lashes.

Ariel Tejada began her journey to become a world-renowned makeup artist fresh out of high school by direct messaging celebrities and working her way up. With time and dedication, he began to work with real bombs as rosalia, Nikita Dragon and the Kardashian Jennersnamely kylie.

Ariel is active all over the world. If we could describe her makeup style, it would be less is more with a dash of oomf, which is just what girls want!

Laurel Charleston is a full-fledged artist! Her makeup art style is unusual and not for the faint of heart. So she caught the attention of doja cat during Paris Fashion Week. Together they created numerous viral looks last season.

For Laurel, art comes first and therefore makeup has no limits. She wears It from head to toe and she’s not afraid to paint all over her scalp, neck, chest or hands! Since Doja, Laurel has done Normani, teyana taylor And your daughter June Shumpert.

priscilla ono

Fenty Beauty wouldn’t be Fenty Beauty without Priscilla Ono. Savage x Fenty wouldn’t be Savage x Fenty without Priscilla either! Rihanna swears by her outfit, and she’s made us believers because we can’t get enough of Priscilla’s work and everything she does with Riri!

Priscilla Ono is not only her business beauty consultant and main makeup artist behind her productions, but she is also Rihanna’s personal makeup artist and is responsible for that face we love so dearly. She is also arranged as Act, Meghan Thee’s stallion, Normanithe hadid sisters And much more.

Everyone wants the Porsche touch! Her precision is second to none and her shine is second to none – that’s what makes this bicostal and international makeup artist the coveted beauty specialist she is!

Some of his oldest clients include little joan, Maria J. Blige, Magnet, jourdan dunn, Nia Long, Big Sean, lala antonio, Beyonce and a whole plethora of others.

When it comes to reality TV stars, Latisha Chancey-Jordan is a fan favorite! marlo hampton from the Real Housewives of Atlanta it’s just one of his celebrity clients off the TV screen. She has also graced the faces of before santana of Love and Hip Hop: New York as well as television personality and executive producer. Shaunie Henderson!

Mario is more than a celebrity makeup artist! Like many of our nominees, he is a successful businessman with a full range of cosmetics. Makeup by Mario offers foundations, contour palettes, lip kits, liners, lipsticks, glosses, eye shadows, pencils, brow gels, you name it!

With that kind of knowledge, we can really say that she knows makeup inside out, which is certainly one of the reasons why she kim kardashian he considers him as his favorite MUA whenever possible.

Exclusively cardi bErika Lapearl’s key makeup artist is a busy woman. As the third part of Cardi’s unwavering glam trio, she’s always there for every appearance, performance, production, trip, and every touch-up and quick fix! She’s the lady behind our favorite Cardi looks, like iconic Met Gala moments and our favorite images from her hit songs.

To do Teyana Taylor, Winnie Harlow, Nene Leakes Y cheeky santana does each have in common? They are all regulars at Yeika Glow makeup services! Based between New York and Miami, Yeika not only provides makeup application to her clients, but also offers 1-on-1 makeup classes at different levels and for different styles and occasions.

Two-time Emmy-nominated makeup artist Merrell Hollis does it all! Glam, hairdressing, and even photography and directing! He is a complete fashion professional who keeps stars coming back for his holistic take on makeup and image creation. Represented by crowdMGMT, Merrell is no stranger to the faces of Maria J. Blige, CassieY wendy williams to name just a handful of his successful clients.

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