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About Me

As well as being with Exclusive Artist Management, Gregory Arlt is the Director of Makeup Artistry for MAC Cosmetics based out of Los Angeles. Born and raised in L.A., he has been doing makeup professionally for 17 years. He started out with a major in art history and theatre and began his makeup career at the prestigious Los Angeles boutique Fred Segal in 1989. Gregory works with some of the most famous faces in the world including Fran Drescher, Pamela Anderson, Alicia Keys, Cher, Sienna Miller, Ziyi Zhang, Kim Cattrall, Liza Minnelli, Minnie Driver, Dita Von Teese, Mandy Moore, Gretchen Mol, Nelly Furtado, and Mary J. Blige. Being one of the most in demand artists in Hollywood, he appears regularly as a beauty expert on TV shows such as Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, CNN, E! Entertainment Television and The Style Network. Gregory can be found backstage at the fashion collections in Milan, Paris, and New York designing makeup looks for Oscar de la Renta, Alexander McQueen, Ungaro, Michael Kors, and Chloe to name a few. He also is the key makeup artist on the WB hit show "Living With Fran". Gregory brings his wealth of knowledge and talent all over the globe, doing press, makeup master classes, editorial photo shoots, and television appearances in countries such as England, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan. "I consider myself a beauty exorcist. Instead of piling makeup on the face, I bring out a woman's beauty, respecting her features, bone structure, coloring, and most importantly, her personality"♥♥

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My Blog

Beauty Q&A....Bronzer and Contour

I get a number of very good and relevant questions from talented makeup artists all over the world. To spread all of my education, tips, and tricks to all of my ultra talented friends and fans here, I...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT

So you wanna work for M.A.C? Or....you already work for M.A.C and want to transfer?

As someone who has now been with MAC for 14 years (I know....wow!) I get this question ALL the time: "Gregory- I have a friend who's dying to work for MAC....can you help?" Or...."How can I get a job ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:49:00 GMT

How do I start my makeup career?

         THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS OF A MAKEUP CAREER THAT IT'S HARD TO GIVE ONE BASIC ANSWER. SINCE MY FORTE IS BEAUTY AND CELEBRITY, HERE IS WHAT I WOULD...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:24:00 GMT

Makeup for High Definition

  HIGH DEFINITION TV/MAKEUP TIPS AND TRICKS HD. These two letters seem to be everywhere nowadays and whether you work in it or simply enjoy its benefits, High Definition is no longer the future...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:59:00 GMT