EPISODE 8: LENA KORO
GUEST: LENA KORO, @LENAKORO, #LENAKORO, #TRACEYMATTINGLYAGENCY
HOST: TIFFANY BARTOK, @TIFFANYBARTOK
Transition Music Prod. by Benny Alexander
Intro and Outro Music by MARTIN
DESCRIPTION: We’re back this week with Episode 8. I sat down with the absolutely stunning makeup artist & #NARSissist Global Artistic Director, Lena Koro. We talked all about her deep love and passion for beauty and glamour, her decades of work with #FrancoisNars including his books Makeup Your Mind, Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself, and X-Ray. Plus their work together with #AmberValletta, inspired by Luis Buñuel’s classic, #BelleDuJour and as always, so.much.more. Enjoy!
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- Lena talks about getting her start in the industry, moving to Europe to build up her portfolio, and back to a time when models and artist’s feared leaving their precious portfolios behind in a cab. #gosees
- She assisted #KevynAucoin, #StephaneMarais, #LindaCantello, #MaryGreenwell to name a few. She spent most of her time in Italy, where she ended up meeting the legendary, #FrancoisNars. Her first show with Nars was #AlbertaFerretti, Milan 1990.
- Before Instagram and the internet boom, there was an era of super models, photographers, makeup artists, hairstylists and you waited to see their work show up at the newsstands in #Vogue, #ItalianVogue, #HarpersBazaar, etc.
- Francois opened the door for Lena to come to NYC and work for him in the studio. It was a major moment. She didn’t have to think about it. Another story of powerful manifestation. She believed in herself!
- Amber Valletta product campaign & in Nars’s book 15x15, Photographed by Francois Nars, Makeup by Lena Koro, Hair by Oribe (Amber wears Belle de Jour Lipstick by Nars) *Correction this shoot was 2010, not 2001 as stated in the episode.
* NARS Makeup Primer
* NARS Fiji Sheer Matte Foundation
* NARS Eden Loose Powder
* NARS Orgasm Illuminator
* NARS Enchanted Cream Blush
* NARS Orgasm Blush
* NARS Burn It Blue Duo Cream Eyeshadow
* NARS Pandora Duo Eyeshadow
* NARS Cleo Duo Eyeshadow
* NARS Blondie Single Eyeshadow, using the NARS Brow Shader.
* NARS Mambo Eyeliner Pencil
* NARS Nuits Blanches Eyeliner
* NARS Larger Than Life Lengthening Mascara
* NARS Angélique Pure Sheer SPF Lip Treatment
* NARS Love Devotion Lipstick.
- Tilda Swinton for NARS by Francois Nars (2015), Makeup by #JamesBoehmer
- NARS for #MarcJacobs NYFW (Fall 2009)
- We discuss Lena’s work on Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself + Makeup Your Mind (2002) by Francois Nars
- “NARS Audacious lipstick in Lana solves all problems!” - Tiffany
- X-RAY by Francois Nars (1999)
- Tahiti: Faery Lands (2013)
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