Although we met Kristen Arnett just over a year ago, it seems as if she has been part of our Alima Pure “family” forever. We are thrilled to add her to our Naturally Gorgeous model roster!
As a green makeup artist living and working in New York City, she is one of Alima Pure’s biggest champions, spreading the word about our products here and abroad. And on a more personal level, as a former resident of our fair city, she “gets” our humor and appreciates how our surroundings have shaped Alima Pure. To say we are thrilled to have Kristen in our corner would be a vast understatement, and we’re sure you will love her as much as we do.
AP: What do you do for a living?
KA: I’m a makeup artist! I am also a beauty writer for various sites, a speaker and teacher for workshops whenever possible on the art of makeup. I’m the founding editor in chief of GreenBeautyTeam.com which began as personal project but is now its own whole job. So, the question is what don’t I do?
AP: Is there an interesting story about how you came to be a makeup artist?
KA: Yes, but then his article would be 10 pages long, at least. Let’s just say that at 13 years old I was making over everyone from my mom to my friends. I was transfixed by transformation. I think at least 70% of what I know about makeup came out of the zillion times I watched the instructional VHS tape that came with my mom’s order of Victoria Jackson Cosmetics. I sold makeup at a Merle Norman boutique while going to college and then worked for their headquarters after I graduated. Finally giving up a full-time job to become a freelancer involved a lot of risk taking. It hasn’t been an easy road but it has been totally mine.
The natural/green angle that developed is completely the fault of (fellow makeup artist) May Lindstrom who’s skin looked completely fabulous with just natural products. She’s the first person I had ever heard use the words “toxic” and “cosmetics” in the same sentence. I started listening, researching and became a convert. Of course she’s now an expert writer on Green Beauty Team too.
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