A visually dazzling celebration of the brightest, boldest, and most groundbreaking makeup artists in the world.
Makeup empowers. It is a means of experimentation, reinvention, provocation, disguise, and protection. It can be almost imperceptible or completely transform a person’s appearance. And in the hands of the best professionals, it can transport us to a true realm of fantasy.
Blush is the first global study dedicated to celebrating the most exciting makeup artists working today. Nominated by a panel of industry experts—including editors, stylists, photographers, and art directors—the 75 featured artists range from established figures like Lisa Eldridge, Pati Dubroff, Sandhya Shekar, Sir John, and Charlotte Tilbury to emerging talents such as Bernicia Boateng, Sean Brady, Raisa Flowers, Valentina Li, and Oh Seong Seok. Each artist appears in a full-page spread with multiple images—red carpet looks, brand campaigns, beauty editorials, and more—accompanied by a revealing short text, all presented in a vibrant and contemporary design.
Each page offers new inspiration: readers will discover an astonishing diversity of styles showing how today’s talent uses tone, texture, and technique to create distinctive proposals. Many of the featured artists challenge traditional notions of beauty, using the face as a canvas for experimentation.
Beautifully designed and brilliantly curated, Blush presents the work of an extraordinarily creative field like never before.
The book includes more than 75 contemporary international makeup artists, including established names like Lisa Eldridge, Isamaya Ffrench, Danessa Myricks, Sandhya Shekar, and Sir John, alongside emerging talents such as Bernicia Boateng, Sean Brady, Raisa Flowers, Valentina Li, and Oh Seong Seok.
The authors of the texts include Jess Doherty, Akanksha Kamath, Hannah Tindle, Shonagh Marshall, and Zoe Suen.
The international panel of industry experts responsible for the nominations—composed of magazine editors, stylists, curators, writers, hairdressers, photographers, and art directors—includes: Adir Abergel, Omoyemi Akerele, Imran Amed, Sarah Andelman, Marc Ascoli, Katie Becker, Dr. Christine Checinska, Clara Cornet, Hywel Davies, Giorgia Feroldi, Evanie Frausto, Victoria Gaiger, Melanie Grant, Daisy Hoppen, Mihoko Iida, Megha Kapoor, Akanksha Kamath, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Nick Knight, Janice Li, Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Penny Martin, Shonagh Marshall, Mok Jungwook, Alistair O’Neill, Ezra Petronio, María Fernanda Sela Cortes, Viviane Sassen, Katie Somerville, Dan Thawley, and Daytona Williams.
The book includes hundreds of photographs, including images by Carlijn Jacobs, Nick Knight, Alasdair McLellan, Rafael Pavarotti, Elizaveta Porodina, Paolo Roversi, Mario Sorrenti, Sølve Sundsbø, Tim Walker, Harley Weir, and Zhong Lin.
