Freelance makeup artist · New York
Makeup that looks like
your face
on a good day.
I work at your kitchen table in daylight, not in a studio under a ring light. Bridal, events, color work, and lessons where you hold the brush.
What I do
Four things, done
properly.
No packages with silly names. Four jobs, fixed starting prices, and a straight answer before you commit to anything.
Bridal
Your morning, at your place, on time. Trial first, always.
$550 bride · party from $150 pp
Events & editorial
Parties, press days, shoots. Makeup that survives the room.
$650 half day · full day $1,100
One-to-one lesson
Two hours on your face, with your products. You do the doing.
$350 2 hours · at your home
Color & creative
Graphic liner, real color, glitter I will be finding for days.
$450 per look · concepts welcomeSelected work
Real faces,
real light.
Everything here was shot on the day, on a client, in the room we worked in.
Who's doing your face
Hi — I'm Danny.
I'll be honest with you.
Thirteen years of putting makeup on other people has convinced me of two things: most of us own products we'll never like, and almost nobody has been shown where anything actually goes. I fix the second problem, which usually fixes the first.
- BasedNew York City & the tri-state area — and wherever the job is
- Working since2016, freelance since 2019
- Usually foundAt a client's kitchen table with the curtains open
- SignatureTeal. On almost everyone. It works on more people than you'd think
- AssistantKiwi, French bulldog, unpaid, lies under the vanity
- Bad habitBuying brushes at 1am that I will never use
The journal
Everything I'd tell you
in the chair, written down.
Technique, honest product opinions, and the occasional argument with something the industry insists on. Free, no email required, no affiliate links.
Most brows only need brushing
Before you fill anything, brush your brows up and set them. For most of the faces I see, that is the whole job, and it takes thirty seconds.
Read it
Clinique Black Honey looks scary in the tube. Wear it anyway
A sheer, dark berry lipstick that adapts to almost every lip color, and is at its best when you ignore how you were taught to apply lipstick.
The bridal look I do most, step by step
Not the timeline, not the trial — the actual face, in the order I build it, and why each step is quieter than you would expect.
Why your foundation gets darker by lunchtime
Oxidation is real, it is predictable, and it is almost never fixed by buying a lighter shade of the same bottle.
Inquiries
Tell me the date and
I'll tell you the price.
No deposit until we've agreed the details, no packages you didn't ask for. I read every inquiry myself and usually reply within two business days.