Makeup artist Masha Duganova about tattoos and favorite cosmetics
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About make-up
With makeup and makeup I have a long history of relationships. When I was three years old, they put me in a corner, and then we had fashionable wallpapers with glitter. Standing in this corner, I tore the sparkles from the wall and stuck them on my face. I was no longer put into a corner, but my future was already predetermined.
In general, I increasingly come to the conclusion that I am an anarchist and punk from the world of cosmetics. I like it when people use makeup as a means of self-expression, I try to never impose my opinion on anyone, because everyone has fun as he wants. In cosmetic products, the main thing for me is color and texture. I like complex, deep, ambiguous shades, unusual accents: lip gloss on the eyelids or eyeliner line, made of red liquid matte lipstick - for me it's all in the order of things. I was also lucky that I could carry cosmetics from my older sister. With incredible warmth I remember the KiKi brown and silver lipstick, the red shadows from the Pupa bear set and the L'Oréal holographic lip gloss. It was thanks to my sister that my first make-up vision was formed: I watched her make-up, and I wanted to repeat it, but in some kind of my own way.
About tattoos
Tattoos in my life is a special story. I started to get hammered even before I came to Maverick 3.0, where they also make tattoos. Then I didn’t understand this topic at all, I wanted everything at once so that it was bright and plenty, but I safely outgrown this period, and therefore I didn’t have to correct the mistakes of youth. At some point, I was drawn into this culture, I began to study directions, schools, styles, because this is essentially the same painting, only it is always with you.
Although by the standards of the industry, I am still a baby, meaningfully scoring the last two years at intervals of five to six months. When you find your master, after the session you immediately begin to think about the following. All the tattoos on my body are monochrome, with perfect and clear contours - either traditional or symbols. I don’t put any sacred meaning in them, just at a certain stage I understand that I like the picture. I can't imagine tattoos on my hands, but at the same time I slowly clog my legs and ribs. Naturally, I come across stereotypical thinking regarding tattoos, and this is sad. I hear stupid comments from the series: "Why? This is for life! You're a girl, how is that?" This is my body, and it belongs only to me. This is my canvas, and I fill it with drawings as I want.
About accepting yourself
I have always lived and will live a spirit of protest. As a teenager I was brightly painted: I was called to the director and wanted to be washed, and this was my way of simultaneously expressing myself and competing with the reinforced concrete system of prohibitions. Since then, I have calmed down the ardor: even tone, underlined eyebrows, small arrows and emphasis on the lips. Regardless of seasonal trends, I like dark saturated colors: brown, blackberry, black, dark gray. Sometimes I can "strengthen" my natural freckles a little, and I sprinkle with sparkles or pigments on the party. I like that almost every day there are unexpected means and shades. You can create the wildest mixes, spending a minimum of time and effort - this is a pure creative process.
I started taking my appearance quite recently, literally two years ago. Nature gave me "childish" facial features, especially the large cheeks stand out - something my peers regularly joked about. Time passed, and my cheeks, as they were, remained, but my attitude changed. The re-evaluation of his own appearance was also influenced by his professional choice: a makeup artist, like a surgeon, sculptor or photographer, sees a face in a completely different way. I learned to draw a whole picture with the help of makeup, because it should be comfortable and should not exist separately from the owner of this face.
About work and inspiration
I come across with incredibly different people, and I consider everyone with whom I work special. The idea of shortcomings is a frivolous thing: when you accept yourself and people around, it becomes somehow easier and easier to exist, you realize that harmony is near. I did not think that I would become a makeup artist: I never painted my girlfriends "in the club" and did not enjoy collecting cosmetics. I painted well, but did not want to closely link my life with the artistic sphere. At the same time, there were always a lot of glossy magazines at home — at twelve I knew perfectly well who Kate Moss and Pierre Cardin were, and I loved looking at the shooting, makeup, and the images created by the stylists.
It all started a couple of years later, when I watched Fight Club. Marla's eerie style, image and smoky snails have captured me and haven’t let go so far. I love grunge and punk aesthetics in make-up: dingy shades, thoughtful carelessness, lots of eyeliner, stuck eyelashes, crazy accents. So I started: painted as I saw. It took me years to get thoroughly involved. I am one of those who doubt for a long time, but if he decided, then once and for all. I think only visually and look for inspiration in everything that surrounds me: art, cinema, music, travel, books.
My bible is Kevin Ekoan's "Making Faces": he wrote about contouring, highlight and strobe even before the advent of world fashion on them. Thanks to the Internet, the beauty-world is developing at the speed of light, and I have long been “left behind” and I am cooking in my own little world, developing my own style, because it is simply impossible to reach such information flow without compromising quality. For example, I am absolutely not interested in beauty blogging, but I like people who exist on their own wave. I follow Darya Kholodnykh and Masha Vorslav, and from foreign masters I watch Alex Box, Pat McGrath and Isamaya French. I'm interested in shooting, not only beauty, but also lifestyle, I love Derek Rigers. And, of course, video: as a rule, these are old clips of the 70s, 80s, 90s or FKA twigs performances.
About perfume
My scents are connected with moments of life, emotions, cities, people - this list goes on and on. My absolute love is Thierry Mugler Angel. I do not even know how to describe it - it’s just mine and everything. To pick up something new is very difficult for me. I love notes of tobacco, campfire, vanilla, tonka bean, coconut, amber, incense, cinnamon and pepper. Something sweet, spicy, stifling. Now I wear Byredo Black Saffron, which I initially liked madly, immediately enveloped, but over time I began to hear something sour, not spicy, in it. If I find my own, then I definitely keep the bottle - I already have an impressive collection.
About caring for yourself
I sorely lack of time, so the facial is brought to automatism. I always take off my makeup before bedtime, no matter how tired I am. As a rule, use micellar water, then a soothing spray, usually with rose water or aloe, then a nourishing cream or oil. In the morning there will be the same micellar water, spray and cream with a lighter texture or serum. A couple of times a week I peel the skin with special wipes with acids and put on masks (I like Asian fabrics for convenience). I am allergic, my face skin is very capricious, aggressive cleansing and hard facial scrubs are contraindicated for me. The skin reacts badly to most cosmetics: redness, peeling, red spots, swelling, rashes. Therefore, those products that do not aggravate the general condition of the skin, permanently settle in my arsenal.
There was a time when my whole face and body were covered with a terrible urticaria, so a couple of pimples would not spoil my holiday. Honestly, I pay little attention to body care. When you come home late after work, you want to remove your make-up and collapse into bed. Nevertheless, I adore scrubs, oils, creams and butters. Strength is only enough for a body scrub twice a week and for spreading heels, knees and elbows with something nutritious.
As I just did not mock her hair: dyed in gray, purple, orange, red, burgundy. I do not like my light blond, in the summer it burns out in the sun and acquires a rusty tint. The last time I wanted was radical white hair, but in the end I lost my length and density, getting yellow, burnt straw - my hair fell out, broke, flowed. It took two years and a huge amount of caring means to grow at least four of them. But I can’t live without adventure, and as soon as my hair had grown to my collarbones, I shaved my temple and became a brunette. In a dark shade I am incredibly comfortable, as if my hair was always coffee-colored. I made a promise not to have a haircut - let's see what comes of it.
About sport and lifestyle
I am a living person, and I have a lot of bad habits, but I honestly try to deal with them. Because of the busy schedule, I have a chronic lack of sleep. The result is understandable - a tired look and circles under the eyes, so on a rare weekend the main thing for me is sleep. I am a coffee lover: sometimes I drink eight cups a day, but now I will transfer myself to a healthy lifestyle, starting with a lot of water and prolonged sleep.
Everybody has crazy big loads when you eat something like that, but I try to control it. Besides, I noticed that I feel better when I have breakfast with cereal, have dinner with meat and vegetables, and don't eat anything that is too healthy for the night. Despite being busy, I still find time for sports. At least once a week, I go to acrobatics on a trampoline. In adolescence, I was professionally engaged in diving, hence my craving for acrobatics - my body remembers! This is a very hard sport, two hours in the hall are physically exhausting, but they are incredibly morally encouraging.
