{"id":48210,"date":"2016-08-02T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T19:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=48210"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:02:29","slug":"violettes-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/violettes-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Violette&#8217;s Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cover\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/TopPan.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/TopPan.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/TopPan-1280x1024.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/TopPan-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"covertitle\">Violette&#8217;s Vision<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#cover {\nbackground-color: white;\nposition:relative;\nmargin: 0 auto 30px auto;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 {color: white;}\n#covertitle {\nposition: absolute;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\nbottom: 12%;\nwidth: 100%;\nfont-size: 4rem;\nfont-weight:100;\n}\n#introbox h3,#content div.post h4,.phcredit {font-family: 'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;text-align: center;font-weight: 200;}\n#content div.post h4 {font-size:1.8rem;}\n.phcredit {font-size: 1.5rem !important;}\n@media screen and (max-width: 950px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 4rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1em;text-transform:capitalize;vertical-align: text-bottom;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:2em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#content #introbox h3 {font-weight:100;font-size: 2.8em !important;letter-spacing: .2em;}\n\t#content #introbox h4 {font-size:1.05em;padding-top:20px;}\n.videodiv {padding:100px 0 140px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 951px) and (max-width: 1099px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 4rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter {font-size:2em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .1em;font-size:3.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:100px 0 140px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 1100px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 5rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1.2em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:3em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .4em;font-size:8.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:150px 0 210px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 1300px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 6rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1.2em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:3em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .4em;font-size:8.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:200px 0 280px 0;}\n}\n.neue {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01';}\n.didot {font-family: 'Linotype Didot W01';}\n#introbox,#footerbox {max-width:1280px;margin:auto;}\n#introbox,#footerbox {clear:both;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;text-align:center;}\n#introtxt {text-align:justify;max-width:900px;margin:auto;padding: 90px 10px 0 10px;}\n#introtxt p {text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 60px;}\n#introtitle {text-align:center;width:90%; 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Makeup artist <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/violette'>Violette<\/a> is living proof that coloring within the lines is a thing of the past and has created memorable looks for the pages of CR Fashion Book, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, Vogue Italia, Vogue Japan, Beauty Papers, Num\u00e9ro and beauty powerhouse, MAC Cosmetics. The French beauty paired up with photographer <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/steven-pan'>Steven Pan<\/a> for this exclusive MDX story with fanciful, uninhibited looks on Hot List member, <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/models\/frances-coombe'>Frances Coombe<\/a>. Violette sat down with us to discuss how she got her start in the business, her inspirations and creative process, and just what continues to draws her to the overflowing world of makeup.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nPhotography by <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/steven-pan'>Steven Pan<\/a> for Models.com<br \/>\nMakeup Artist <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/violette'>Violette<\/a> (<a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/Management-Artists'>Management + Artists<\/a>)<br \/>\nStylist <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/Jessica-dos-Remedios'>Jessica dos Remedios<\/a> (<a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/Chris-Boals-Artists-CBA'>Chris Boals Artists CBA<\/a>)<br \/>\nHair <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/cameron-rains'>Cameron Rains<\/a> (<a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/the-wall-group'>The Wall Group<\/a>)<br \/>\nManicure <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/alicia-torello'>Alicia Torello<\/a> (<a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/the-wall-group'>The Wall Group<\/a>)<br \/>\nModel <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/models\/frances-coombe'>Frances Coombe<\/a> <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/Muse-Management'>Muse Management (New York)<\/a><br \/>\nRetouching by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/silhouettestudionyc\/\">Silhouette Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special Thanks to Fast Ashley&#8217;s Studios<br \/>\nInterview and text by <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix'>Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"covercredits\">Above: Baserange bra.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\">\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row double\">\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/08\/2000Pan.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/08\/2000Pan.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/08\/2000Pan-1280x1024.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/08\/2000Pan-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Rachel Comey jeans.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p>After a few minutes in the French face painter\u2019s workspace, one starts to notice it resembles a lab: large apothecary jars of brightly colored powder pigments adorn one wall, chalk pastels seem to be in every corner, cases of iridescent butterflies and beetles align shelves, a print from Tamara de Lempicka peeks out from an inspiration board. One can say that the only thing that changed for Violette from her art background was the canvas. She took her schooling at the prestigious \u00c9cole de Louvre and transformed it into a prestigious career in beauty, however protracted it was to find her final calling. \u201cI learned how to paint bodies, naked people,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing because this taught me how to create volume on a flat canvas, to have shadows. I was already doing contouring on canvas, back then. Then I went to school to be a fashion designer because I was into fashion a lot. Then I decided to do what I do now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_07_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_07_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_07_RGB-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Stylist&#8217;s own bra.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p>Without having ever assisted anyone, at 19 she dropped everything to move from her familiar homeland to the concrete jungle of New York City. With a few agency contacts she offered her services to provide makeup for new face models. A few short years later, familial obligations meant she had to move back home to France and she signed to her first agency at 21. Her shameless tenacity led her to boldly cold calling the Vogue office of fashion royalty. \u201cMy luck was when I called Carine Roitfeld\u2019s office and said I wanted to have a meeting with her,\u201d she describes the pivotal moment. \u201cGood for me, she knew about me through people that I worked with. That\u2019s a good thing to be different I guess, is people notice you more.\u201d The editrix gave her a test opportunity to art direct a book of stories in order to prove herself and she took the assignment fully to task. \u201cI worked with all new faces, all new photographers. It was insane! I cast 120 new girls and I produced the whole story myself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">[It]\u2019s a good thing to be different I guess&#8230; people notice you more.<\/div>\n<p> I did everything, and with no retouching. Back then it was all retouched it was really not what we do now,\u201d stressing her aesthetic of less is more when it comes to digital polishing of visuals. That stamp of approval from French fashion\u2019s dame gave her the final push into the spotlight and she never looked back.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_02_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_02_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_02_RGB-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Vintage jeans from Brownstone Cowboys.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p>When it comes to Violette\u2019s aesthetic the makeup artist thinks of the duality between fantasy and reality. \u201cI really have two profiles in my work. There is one about the woman, like what I would do on myself or my girlfriends and then the painter work,\u201d she describes. \u201cEither I will treat this woman as a muse and make like art of her or I will treat her as I will treat myself.\u201d These contrasted approaches to beauty both share a common thread \u2013 experimentation. Violette\u2019s on set process is very unique compared to most. While others rely mostly on brand name pressed palettes for eyes and lips, almost all of her pigments, paints, and gelatins are arduously custom blended on set, a technique she calls \u201ccooking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">Either I will treat this woman as a muse and make like art of her or I will treat her as I will treat myself.<\/div>\n<p> With no kitchen in sight she goes to work mixing and boiling until she gets the perfect consistency or shade and the process happens with little margin of error. \u201cI hate to test. For some reason, I\u2019m never nervous. I always know that something good will happen from it. So, I always arrive with these weird textures on set and when I try it, it has to happen fast.\u201d Her laser focus on texture results in the uncanniest of results \u2013 perfectly imperfect application. \u201cIt\u2019s like playing an instrument &#8211; slowly and controlled but you have to let go because you want to feel something. Some people might say how can you feel something with makeup? But honestly I put all of my sensations into what I do and I try to feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_04_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_04_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_04_RGB-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Maryam Nassir Zadeh jacket. Baserange underwear.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p>Then again it makes sense &#8211; her philosophy applies also to the everyday approach of beauty and is quintessentially French. \u201cI know that my French beauty education is a huge influence on my work and also for women. In France, they teach you to love yourself as you are. That\u2019s why we don\u2019t really wear foundation, we don\u2019t really do our hair, we kind of have this raw thing because also we have other priorities in life which are focused on fun.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">I know that my French beauty education is a huge influence on my work and also for women. In France, they teach you to love yourself as you are.<\/div>\n<p>This youthful approach has also worked in her favor when it comes to social media and all of its benefits in helping promote her artistry and aesthetic. \u201cWe\u2019re able to share who we are now. Thanks to a picture I could post about a work, you could understand more about the creation of texture and it tells you so much more about who I am. People are much more curious and welcome to your differences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_05_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_05_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_05_RGB-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">A.P.C. hat. Maryam Nassir Zadeh t-shirt.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p>When it comes to the future, developing a product line isn\u2019t too far off from her mind. \u201cI have this signature, my red velvet lips that I do. I\u2019ve had so many people asking where to buy products and I feel so sad to tell them I did it on set. Sometimes I feel like I wish I could do it and share with them,\u201d she laments. \u201cI wish in the future I could do a brand and have an open discussion. I want to ask people what do you want, what would be your dream product. I would love to have this kind of interaction. Also it\u2019s so fun! To design products is something I really enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_08_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_08_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_08_RGB-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Maryam Nassir Zadeh jacket.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_03_RGB.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_03_RGB.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/07\/PAN_160420_MODELSCOM_BEAUTY_FINAL_03_RGB-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Baserange bra. 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