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Makeup Artist
January 2012
Eyeshadow Primer Potion
INDUSTRY BUZZ What's In Your Kit?
Katie Pellegrino
Brooklyn-based freelance make-up artist Katie Pellegrino always has a bare-bones kit ready to go, although she often compiles a supplemental kit for certain jobs to handle hair or effects. "If a job involves straight make-up with no hair, I can fit everything into a small backpack or a Zuca rolling kit," she says. "I try to change it up, depending on my mood or the weather, but it cannot exceed 40 pounds." (Pellegrino faces a half-mile walk and subway stairs on her way to jobs.) She does, however, take a car home after a shoot because, she says, "I am part princess at heart." Here she describes the contents of her kit:
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Eye and lip liners: "I tend to use pencils and creams as shadow bases. Usually the neutral colors are what I End up plowing through the fastest, but I keep a stash of bold colors to make me feel like I am not selling out!"
Pictured: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion Travel Sized, $9; urbandecay.com
