Makeup artist Valeria Vitko about beauty and favorite cosmetics
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About care
For me, facial care is a pleasant ritual. This is the time that I devote to myself, I am left alone with my reflection in the mirror, I look at myself, I reflect. I like both the meditative process and the result. In the evening, I usually wipe my face with micellar water, wash my face with a soft foam, apply acid peeling, and on top, serum and cream. More recently, I discovered retinol: it perfectly aligns the texture of the skin, as if it smoothes it. In the morning I like to wash with just cold water. If you have time, I can apply a mask, for example, alginate, I keep them in the refrigerator. My skin is combined and rather prone to fat, but I still like plenty of moisture - matting textures are not mine.
About hair
Until recently, I did not like my curly hair - as often happens, I dreamed about straight lines. I just did not know how to take care of them, what to do and what not. Over time, I practically stopped using products containing sulphates, silicones, and drying my hair with a regular towel, found out some maintenance techniques, found a suitable styling. If earlier hair washing was a Russian tape measure, when you do not know if they will dry properly or turn into a sponge, now I always like the look of my natural hair. Although before it seemed to me that it was easier and more reliable to pull them with a hairdryer.
About make-up
The beauty and the way we perceive it, seems to me a matter of habit - this can be compared with dispensation. I remember, even before I started working as a makeup artist, I always had a lot of beauty. At some point I realized that I was uncomfortable: sometimes I want to leave my skin naked or sleep an extra hour in the morning. I set up an experiment: I decided not to make up for a month at all, for no reason and regardless of the condition of my skin. At first I was terribly uncomfortable, because more often I saw my face made up and I didn’t like myself without makeup. But then the opposite happened. A month later, after making up the eyelashes, I immediately washed off the mascara - now my clean face seemed familiar to me and my family. Of course, this is rather a story about extremes, but it helped me to think about how subjective the understanding of beauty is. For me now, make-up is just a fan, an opportunity to try something new on your face, choose a role, play. And in everyday life I feel most comfortable without makeup.
About lifestyle
When I started working in freelancing, I realized that now my life is completely in my hands. This is both cool and scary. At first it was difficult to adjust the schedule so that work, meetings with friends, family, trips to the psychologist, self-education and sports were distributed in healthy proportions. But now I increasingly manage to keep this balance, and from this the forces are added. In order to feel good, I definitely need to set aside time once a week for "me-time": then I just stay at home, fill the weekly, plan and summarize, or read, draw and immerse myself.
About work
There was a time when I had to move to another country to study: I was going to fly to the States to become an illustrator. I walked for a long time and was seriously preparing, and even entered where I wanted. But just before the trip, for some reason I decided to stay. Instead, I hurriedly entered the philology department at Moscow State University - it was a strange period of almost three years, full of uncertainty and regrets. I did not know what to do. And when I realized that I wanted to seriously engage in make-up, I took the documents, left and did not look back.
I'm in love with my job, it's true. I have been working as a make-up artist for just a year and a half, but it seems to me that during this short period, so much has happened that sometimes it takes your breath away from the thought, how many more impressions and opportunities lie ahead. I like make-up as a process, I like the fact that something new is happening on every shooting, I like the fact that you can work with the best professionals, many of whom also become your friends. Work is in full swing, there is an exchange of ideas, experience, knowledge. My work is an important resource for me. In it, I find strength, it is my life fuel.
