Amanda Jean - Minneapolis Hair & Makeup Artisan
WarPaint International Artisan of the Year 2023!
What makes your artistry unique?: My ability to see colors for what they are and using them to my advantage. Custom blending unique palettes and shades per individual to enhance their natural beauty and play up their true tones. Being able to create textures, shadows and highlights to give you that chiseled jawline you’ve always dreamed of. Achieving sultry bright doe-eyes, capturing your beautiful post workout flush (or post wine, whatever you’re into) a flirtatious pout, radiant skin and a lit from within glow.
What inspires you? The clients that sit in my chair and hearing about their failures, successes, dreams and biggest fears. Makeup artists hold a very intimate position and many times we have the opportunity to prepare you for battle. Not only will you look fierce, be comfortable in your skin and feel the best version of yourself but you will be able to enter your wedding, funeral or job interview with your head proudly held high. I am also inspired by all forms of art and other artists. Previously a painter, makeup has become my medium.
Style Icon: Olivia Wilde, Bjork, Rose McGowan, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Bonet, Vera Wang and Zoe Saldana. Madonna will always be queen.
Hobbies/Interests:
• Yoga
• Planting/gardening/taking care of my urban jungle and studying herbalism
• Hanging with my kitties
• Exploring new venues, restaurants, cities and cultures
• Antiquing and refurbishment
• Reading non fiction, watching documentaries and anything related to self-improvement
• The science of skin (this explains my role in pharmaceutical and dermatological sales)
• Dance
• Painting
WPI Artisan Since: March 2018
Specialty: No makeup-makeup, glam, classic beauty, teaching, editorial, commercial, multicultural.
Education & Experience:
• Scot Lewis 2007
• Distribution and vendor training Aerial Company. Deva Curl, Paul Mitchell, Matrix, Wella, Schwarzkopf, Goldwell, Rusk, GHD, Kenra, TIGI, Bumble and Bumble, Living Proof
• Moxie Hair Salon, Uptown Mpls and working with local artists. MCAD, Twin Cities Film Festival, Rock for Pussy, Minneapolis Aquatennial, Soap Factory
• JPMS “The Gathering”
• Manager and trainer for Sephora
• Trained hands on by artists from Makeup Forever, Anastasia, Nars, Bare Minerals, Benefit, Bite Beauty, Bobbi Brown, Kevyn Aucoin, Cover FX, Dior, Huda Beauty, Josie Maran, Kat Von D, Laura Mercier, TooFaced, Marc Jacbos Beauty, Smashbox, Tarte, Lancome, YSL
• I personally have traveled extensively with Urban Decay and Glo Minerals.
“There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.”
