What Is A Global Makeup Artist

Information technology'southward hard to experience confident in a regular job interview, permit solitary if beingness hired or not depended on how well you did Rihanna'south makeup. Talk about pressure.

But this is exactly what Hector Espinal did in society to score his dream job equally Fenty's Global Makeup Artist.

He's one of only two people to currently hold this position, which involves travelling the world to represent the brand, creating looks for campaign imagery and starring in video content across Fenty's social channels and website.

Here, he tells GLAMOUR what information technology's really like to piece of work with RiRi, and the lengthy process that led him hither today...

The Fenty Auditions

The competition for Hector'southward task was fierce AF, starting with a shortlist of 5,000 makeup artists.

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"It was like American Idol but with makeup", he says. "We auditioned, and information technology was like a half dozen-calendar month process."

WHAT?!

"Nosotros had to do interviews, do makeup, live camera, how-tos and and so once nosotros fabricated information technology to finals, we had the pleasure of doing Rihanna'due south makeup so from there she selected two of the states."

Before starting time his journeying with Fenty, Hector spent several years as a Sephora PRO Professional Artist.

A Dominican living in New York, Hector'southward creativity equally an artist and Latin-flavoured looks landed his work in both US and Latin-American Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and more.

Working with Rihanna

Hector's nerves when it came to the final round were perhaps soothed by the fact he had already met Queen RiRi earlier.

"I met her for the starting time time in Paris for Style Week."

"I was actually 1 of the artists for her show and I had the pleasure of doing her touch-ups backstage and I guess we fell in beloved with each other", he says laughingly.

"These days she calls me Vivica."

"If yous go through my Instagram page, you'll see all these random 'Vivicaaaaaa!' comments considering that's what we telephone call each other."

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While nosotros might boom Wild Thoughts and Rude Male child when getting ready for a night out, Hector says he and Rihanna bonded over a dearest for Jazmine Suvillan's music the first time he did her makeup.

"She was playing a random playlist and Jazmine came on and I was like 'oh my god I Dearest HER'", he recalls. "We played sometime schoolhouse Jazmine."

"Nosotros don't listen to her music, I think that would be extremely cheesy. Fifty-fifty when we do events, information technology's never her song playing."

As for Rihanna's makeup preferences, Hector says makeup for her is all nearly mood, "it depends how she's feeling."

For example, if she's feeling flirty, he'll use pinkish, just if she's feeling like a bad b*tch, he might choose to put PMS or Handclapping Back on her lips.

The hereafter of Fenty

If you were hoping Fenty Beauty might extend to skincare, you may exist disappointed.

"Rihanna takes astonishing care of her skin", says Hector. "Only I don't think she'll do skincare, information technology's too complicated."

"There'due south and then much more that goes into it and I think you've got to choose either skincare or makeup and clearly, she chose makeup."

Fenty have been a pioneer of inclusivity in the manufacture, something which Hector is here for,

"When you see someone who writes 'Oh my God I'm albino and I've finally found my shade', or you lot accept Duckie who is such a beautiful shade of deep chocolate and nosotros take a shade to suit her, also. It's similar, await how wide nosotros brought this brand."

"And it'due south non the amount of foundation shades we've produced, it's the under tones, that'southward the tricky part. Just information technology'south what we master and that'southward our point of difference."

"We but want to continue the movement and brand an impact on the everyday adult female."