Episode 10: Lisa Eldridge | Eva Green in Dumbo

EPISODE 10: LISA ELDRIDGE
GUEST: LISA ELDRIDGE, @LISAELDRIDGEMAKEUP, @LISAELDRIDGE YOUTUBE, #LISAELDRIDGEMAKEUP
HOST: TIFFANY BARTOK, @TIFFANYBARTOK

Transition Music Prod. by Benny Alexander
Intro and Outro Music by MARTIN

DESCRIPTION: We’re back this week to kick off the new year with Episode 10. I sat down with Beauty Icon, Makeup Historian, Pro Makeup Artist, NYT Bestselling Author, #Lancome Global Creative Director, and founder of Lisa Eldridge Makeup & Jewels, Lisa Eldridge. We discuss her humble beginnings and early love for drawing & painting faces, getting her start in London and big break getting representation and working with Cindy Crawford, her take on the beauty boom & the success of her beloved YouTube channel, and of course her work creating Eva Green’s looks with the incredible team on Tim Burton’s Dumbo. Plus, so much more. Enjoy!

Guest Bio: Lisa Eldridge is one of the world’s leading make-up artists. Her prodigious artistic instincts have made her indispensable to designers, editors, photographers, art directors, and celebrities alike. Equally at home orchestrating her signature red carpet look - dewy, fresh and flawless - or conceiving avant-garde innovations for catwalk or editorial. Lisa is a make-up artist whose talent and vision have made her a top global creative force. (MORE AT WWW.LISAELDRIDGE.COM)

Episode Guide:
2:56: The last time Tiffany and Lisa saw each other was the first Monday in May - Lisa did Dua Lipa’s stunning makeup for the 2018 Met Gala

4:54: Lisa is an OG Beauty Guru on YouTube. She started back in 2010 and her channel is the holy grail of tutorials, product reviews, and behind-the-scenes.

5:35: Lisa has been in to makeup since she was 13 years old. One of her first books she learned from was Stage Makeup by Herman Buchman (Her original copy pictured!) She fell in love with drawing face charts and faces and using makeup to make portraits.

15:22: Lisa shares about her early days and humble beginnings. Including some very passionate Italian roommates in London.

16:50: Lisa went to Milan to get her portfolio together and come back to London and found representation.

17:47: One of Lisa’s first big jobs was with Cindy Crawford for Elle.

24:35: Lisa’s first YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRh4wqj8nW4

29:00: Lisa’s New York Time’s Best Selling Book, Face Paint: The Story of Makeup (2015) https://www.lisaeldridge.com/pages/facepaint

33:00-47:49: DUMBO DISCUSSION BEGINS. Lisa shares all about the process of working with the whole team on the looks for Eva Green’s character in #Dumbo, Collette Marchant, a trapeze artist circa 1919. Costume and Headpiece by #ColleenAtwood and Wig by #AlainPichon. She covers everything from research to tests, coming on set, press shoots, and her special love for the star patch.*

*See lots of footage from Lisa and watch her whole video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GmKjMXxE_o&t=146s

Look Behind The Look is a new podcast hosted by the filmmaker behind Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story, Tiffany Bartok. It is a deep dive into iconic looks in film, TV, music, and fashion history with the creatives that brought them to life. Look Behind The Look also offers rare and exclusive visuals on YouTube featuring archival photographs and footage to enjoy along with the story.