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Day Castro

The Original Facebeater

About Me

Born and raised at the foot of the rain forest in Puerto Rico, Ayinde Castro was raised in a place where color, contrast and texture are a part of the everyday landscape. Ayinde was raised by artistic parents, a civil engineer/architect and a hair/makeup artist-turned pastry chef, who further cultivated and encouraged his creativity.After finishing college in San Juan, Ayinde made his way to New York City, and within months landed a makeup job with David LaChapelle for a Rolling Stone cover. Since then, Ayinde has become a sought-after make-up artist for celebrity clients including Vanessa Williams, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, Ne-yo, and Jamie Foxx.Corporate clients also include: Davines for Barney's New York, Softsheen Carson for L'oreal, the House of Field for Rocawear and Imju Fiberwig Mascara for Sephora.In 2006, Ayinde was the makeup artist on the “Extreme Team” for ABC’s Extreme Makeover.

My Interests

swimming, running, biking, deep house, global affairs, foreign films, music, investments, fashion and beauty photography, dancehall culture, tattoo's, interior design, african based religions... the expansion of my freedom...

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Music:

feist, roisin murphy, turntables on the hudson, serge negri, millie jackson, tracy chapman,cheo feliciano, rey barreto, patrice rushen, cherelle, nina simone, foxy brown, esthero, everything but the girl, danni mynogue, miles davis, hector lavoe, ismael miranda, mana, willy colon, fergie, erykah badu, timbaland, whitney, franki ruiz, los terricolas, richy rey y bobby cruz, victor manuelle, bebe, patti labelle, anita baker, res, luther vandross, cultura profetica, yerbabuena, megan rochell, thievery corporation, janet, amy winehouse, air, imogen heap, kelis, manu chao, ednita nazario, yolandita monge, olga tañon, brazilian girls, robi draco rosa (my number one man), james blunt, sise, bob marley, joan armatrading, damion marley (there for you - our wedding song)

Movies:

amelie, frida, the women, life is beautiful, the colour purple, pride, diary of a mad black woman, memento, finding nemo, the incredibles, amores perros, como agua para chocolate, city of god, before night falls, rosewood, mommie dearest, forrest gump, what dreams may come, philadelphia, city of god, little brown girl, memoirs of a geisha, europa europa, monster, all of pedro almodovar...

Television:

desperate housewives, el show del medio dia, ny 1, channel 13, the history channel, extreme makeover, music videos, animal planet... i don't know too much about t.v...

Books:

el alquimista, la charca, rich dad poor dad, a long way gone, house of sand and fog, valley of the doll's, catch 22, she's come undone, memoirs of a geisha, amor en el tiempo de colera, dirty havanna trilogy, the wild seed, the 48 rules of power, the game of life and how to play it, the law of love by laura esquivel ( a must must must must must!)

Heroes:

All whom have died defending their country from the oppressing tyrants... my spiritual teachers: gro mambo angela novanyon idizol - gro houngan yatande novanyon idizol: papa juah, my mommy and my daddy, nory, june ambrose (she's taught me so much about being a man in my new 30's), shelly (when it comes to a cónfidánt it does not get better than this), evelyn (she know's everything about me), pedro albizu campos, fidel castro (he's my daddy) ernesto "che" guevara, dr king, lolita lebrón ( yo no vine a matar, yo vine a morir... and then she machine gunned the white house and a couple of congressman... freedom for puerto rico) ! you can not have a deep love affair with the loa and not be a nationalist...