{"id":117967,"date":"2019-02-21T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=117967"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T18:11:28","slug":"from-the-radical-to-the-precious-for-makeup-artist-lauren-parsons-bold-means-many-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/from-the-radical-to-the-precious-for-makeup-artist-lauren-parsons-bold-means-many-things\/","title":{"rendered":"From the radical to the precious, for makeup artist Lauren Parsons, bold means many things"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.centerimg {padding:4em 7em;margin:20px 0;}\n.centerimg2 {padding:4em 4em;margin:20px 0;}\n.centerimg3 {padding:4em 10em;margin:20px 0;}\n.sidetxt {padding:16em 2em 16em 2em;;margin:20px 0;}\n.centerimg img {margin-bottom:0px;}\n.instagram-media {margin:auto !important;}\n#wp-content hr {margin: 40px auto 80px auto;width: 80%;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"centerimg3\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/e39d69c1e01ebe06e85b5d550542a09b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/e39d69c1e01ebe06e85b5d550542a09b.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/e39d69c1e01ebe06e85b5d550542a09b-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/e39d69c1e01ebe06e85b5d550542a09b-853x1280.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><br \/>\n<small>By <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/harley-weir\">Harley Weir<\/a> for <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/wales-bonner\">Wales Bonner<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the big picture, the work of a great makeup artist is the underscore, the emphasis\u2013\u2013be it of a lone image, or a moment on the runway. Few know better than Londoner <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/lauren-parsons\">Lauren Parsons<\/a> that in makeup a fine distinction sets apart the daring and the dull. Those who can interpret its shades into radical pleasures or the precious ordinary are often called on to be the architects of an aspiration, make smitten by bold color or go full-tilt with a hard line. These acuities are part of Parsons&#8217; artistry that makes her a common sight on the sets of Tyrone Lebon, Harley Weir, Karim Sadli, Francesca Burns, Max Pearmain and others. Her work can freely traverse the needs of an American Vogue cover shoot or a luxury campaign like Dior to the more cutting-edge, say, Le Monde M, Self Service, Another, Lebon&#8217;s #myCalvins campaign and more. We spoke to the makeup artist and contributing beauty editor for Dazed about her career start, maintaining a personal vision, plus her days off! <\/p>\n<p><em>Images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artpartner.com\/artists\/beauty\/lauren-parsons\/\">Lauren&#8217;s work<\/a> courtesy of <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/Art-Partner\">Art Partner<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"centerimg2\">\n<p><strong>How did you get your start? At what point did it become a \u201ccareer\u201d?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was very fortunate that when I stopped assisting, some great people took a chance on me at the start of my career\u2013\u2013it was incredible going straight in to shooting i-D and doing advertising jobs in Africa with Alasdair McLellan, a dream in fact. Simultaneously, I was very much part of the new generation of creatives coming up at the same time (my first editorial was with Harley Weir) and people and clients were willing to take a chance on us&#8230; I\u2019d say the first time I actually looked at my career and thought, \u2018boom, the hard work has paid off\u2019 was in 2016, I\u2019d got a body of work I was proud of, I\u2019d done the second \u2018#myCalvins\u2019 Calvin Klein campaign with Tyrone Lebon &#038; Max Pearmain and I was doing a Self Service cover shoot with David Sims and Joe McKenna. Professionally, I couldn\u2019t have been happier.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"centerimg3\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP153797.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1978\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP153797.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP153797-485x640.jpg 485w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP153797-971x1280.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><br \/>\n<small>By <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/Mert-Alas-and-Marcus-Piggott\">Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/francesca-burns\">Francesca Burns<\/a> for <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/print-publication\">PRINT.<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"centerimg2\">\n<p><strong>Flash forward, what are the modern challenges of being a makeup artist?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think the challenges we face today are very much the same things make up artists have faced before and that\u2019s to be able to change with the times. Change is the only constant. The only difference now is trying to navigate the advent of social media and the need for content as well as the actual work. I think you have to approach that in the same way one did before it became so important and that\u2019s to, just do you and your make up. The one thing you can depend on, is that trends (be that fashion trends, who\u2019s the hot new person in beauty, who\u2019s influencing who&#8230;) always come and go. You just have to make sure that your work is relevant and in demand when the hot new thing has dissipated. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What has allowed you to stay true to a personal vision as the job has changed\u2013\u2013has it?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think something I have always lived by and it\u2019s never let me down is: the only person I\u2019m in competition with is myself. As you succeed in the industry you have to be able to constantly adapt and modernize your aesthetic, rather than changing it completely just to remain trendy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"centerimg\">\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP150685.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP150685-499x640.jpg\" width=\"499\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP0145949.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2019\/02\/AP0145949-480x640.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><br \/>\n<small>LEFT: By <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/harley-weir\">Harley Weir<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/francesca-burns\">Francesca Burns<\/a> for <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/print-publication\">PRINT.<\/a>, RIGHT: By <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/david-sims\">David Sims<\/a> for <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/self-service\">Self Service<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"centerimg2\">\n<p><strong>A few of your favorite looks you\u2019ve done?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am fanatical about great skin, polishing individuality and creating an effortlessly desirable woman. Because of that, Phoebe\u2019s last two shows at C\u00c9LINE will be forever faves. I did a real cross-section of looks on multiple people for Self Service with David and Joe, that whole story still makes me smile&#8230; and I did a story with Harley and Lindsay Wixson for i-D, I love the whole thing but there\u2019s one picture of red glossy lips that\u2019s a real favorite, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you aren\u2019t working you are\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nBeing thoroughly frumpy haha! I love going to look at National Trust houses, cooking, finding new restaurants on Instagram, exhibitions, doing Zumba &#038; pilates&#8230; doing anything to acclimatize to normality after getting off the fashion train. Speaking of trains, I\u2019m very much looking forward to an upcoming trip on the Orient Express&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<p><!--pp-thumb-start--><!--PictPress found no dir \/2019\/02\/117967--><!--pp-thumb-end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Models.com spoke to the coveted beautifier amidst Milan Fashion Week <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":117976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10414,16],"tags":[9265,465,11956,11958,11955,6402,11957,47,11959],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117967"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145382,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117967\/revisions\/145382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}