More sparkle for Ms Markle
Have we had enough of Meghan Markle? No. Not now, not ever.
Contrary to stories suggesting she would be doing her own makeup for the big day — as if! — I can reveal that she has flown in professional make-up artist Daniel Martin from the U.S. to be responsible for her wedding-day pout.
Daniel and Meghan are friends, and he has done her make-up several times before.
By all accounts he’s a genius; a Dior Beauty brand ambassador, a wizard with a mascara wand. Designers, magazines and clients fly him first-class around the world to work his magic. They include actresses elisabeth Moss, Jessica alba, Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon and Kate Bosworth, businesswoman Olivia Palermo and model Naomi Campbell.
Note that while he preps Miss Moss for red- carpet appearances and award shows, he also did her make-up for a photocall for The Handmaid’s Tale.
Those familiar with this wildly successful television adaptation of Margaret atwood’s dystopian novel will know that Moss plays a woman reduced to a cipher by a repressive and patriarchal society, with her old name removed, her new one the signifier of her owner.
No one is saying that might not be a useful primer for the new duchess-to-be.
Technical details? Daniel takes two hours to get a star red-carpetready. He always does eye make-up before foundation and lips last.
His philosophy? That his clients are ‘comfortable being beautiful’. Don’t you love it?