Pat McGrath

pat mcgrath is the worlds most sought after make up artist. she grew up in south london and found inspiration from her mothers wartdrobe and make up.

her career beginnings saw her work for id magazine, here she was able to fine tune her artistic flair on the faces of many models

pat mcgrath's skills were noticed by many magazine editors and this helped her to get work within larger and more notable companys such as dior, dolce and gabbana, italian vogue,parisian vogue and max factor cosmetics.

what makes pat mcgrath so important is her innovative techniques and her ability to make the models look convincingly other worldly or extremely beautiful humans. she is able to make faces up to look dirty and mad and yet still keep it artistic. from a 1920's flapper girl to a 18th century japanese geisha, mcgrath is able to retain historical context within her work and bring to the present at the same time.

one of pat mcgraths trademarks are her use of latex cut outs  for eyebrows. in the dior couture shows she has used them to create intense expressions , and to exaggerate the facial proportions.