Mindful Artist Podcast

"Just Me" Wrapping Up Mindful Artist Podcast Season 2

Join me in celebrating a great ride for season 2. Thank you all so much for tuning in week after week. I am taking a summer break and will return with a fantastic new season filled with amazing guests for you to continue to learn and be inspired from. Please share your favorite episodes with someone you love and tag us on social media so we can continue to grow our crowned community. I love you all.    Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and turn on notifications to be the first to watch new episodes here: https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast] https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez [https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez]   You can also book a hair/makeup/brow service or mentorship lesson with me here and remote education is an option too: https://andrewvelazquez.com [https://andrewvelazquez.com]   Below are my products  and feel free to use my promo codes for additional discounts and free shipping:   Mí Corazón Makeup Palette, Book and Fan! https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site [https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site]   Make sure you are following me on all of my social media handles in order to be updated on any giveaways, contests and private events!   IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/ [https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/] FB: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom [https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom] TW: https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom [https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom] TK: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_] LT: https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez [https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez] Email me for any questions and inquiries here please. Stay safe! Email: Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com [Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com] https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast]

"Larger Than Life" Tiffany Bartok Director, Actress, Makeup Artist to the stars Mindful Artist Podcast S2E25 Andrew Velázquez

Tiffany's directorial debut, Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story is a critically acclaimed feature documentary that focuses on the seminal American make-up artist, Kevyn Aucoin.  Interviews include: Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Cher, Tori Amos and Christy Turlington.  The film is distributed by The Orchard and enjoyed an exciting festival run including DOC NYC, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Full Frame Documentary Festival.   Tiffany received her BFA in theater from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  Following a move to New York City, Tiffany worked consistently as an actress but soon discovered a talent for makeup artistry.  She began to sharpen her skills on celebrities and film crews. Ultimately, the draw of the film world was contagious, and she made the decision to direct and produce original films.  Her out of the box producing talents have been the subject of a New York Times Arts Section feature.  Tiffany is also the host of Look Behind the Look ; a new podcast available now. https://www.tiffanybartok.com/ [https://www.tiffanybartok.com/] https://www.lookbehindthelook.com/ [https://www.lookbehindthelook.com/] Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and turn on notifications to be the first to watch new episodes here: https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast] https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez [https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez]   You can also book a hair/makeup/brow service or mentorship lesson with me here and remote education is an option too: https://andrewvelazquez.com [https://andrewvelazquez.com]   Below are my products  and feel free to use my promo codes for additional discounts and free shipping:   Mí Corazón Makeup Palette, Book and Fan! https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site [https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site]   Make sure you are following me on all of my social media handles in order to be updated on any giveaways, contests and private events!   IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/ [https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/] FB: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom [https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom] TW: https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom [https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom] TK: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_] LT: https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez [https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez]   Email me for any questions and inquiries here please. Stay safe! Email: Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com [Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com]

“Beauty Exorcist” Gregory Arlt Emmy Award Nominee Celebrity Makeup Artist Mindful Artist Podcast S2E24 Andrew Velázquez

Emmy Award Nominee Gregory Arlt is a makeup artist based out of Los Angeles. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he has been doing makeup professionally for over 30 years. He started out with a major in art history and theatre, and then began his makeup career at the prestigious Los Angeles boutique Fred Segal in 1989. Gregory began working for MAC Cosmetics in 1993, beginning as a traveling makeup artist for the brand and evolving into a Trainer, a Senior Makeup Artist, and until 2022, held the position of Director of Makeup Artistry, acting as a brand spokesperson and celebrity makeup artist. In 2015 he won the prestigious Hollywood Beauty Award for Best Makeup Artist. As well, he won the Ibiza Music Award for Best Makeup In A Music Video for Gwen Stefani's “Misery”.  Gregory is represented by Forward Artists agency, and is also a member of the Local 706 makeup union. Arlt works with some of the most famous faces in the world including Dita Von Teese, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Coolidge, Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry, Cher, Sienna Miller, Minnie Driver, Fran Drescher, Kim Cattrall, Liza Minnelli, Alicia Keys, Michelle Trachtenberg, Danai Gurira, 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. Arlt 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, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, 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.” http://www.gregoryarlt.com/ [http://www.gregoryarlt.com/]   Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and turn on notifications to be the first to watch new episodes here: https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast] https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez [https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez]   You can also book a hair/makeup/brow service or mentorship lesson with me here and remote education is an option too: https://andrewvelazquez.com [https://andrewvelazquez.com]   Below are my products  and feel free to use my promo codes for additional discounts and free shipping:   Mí Corazón Makeup Palette, Book and Fan! https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site [https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site]     Make sure you are following me on all of my social media handles in order to be updated on any giveaways, contests and private events!   IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_] FB: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom [https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom] TW: https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom [https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom] TK: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_] LT: https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez [https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez]   Email me for any questions and inquiries here please. Stay safe! Email: Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com [Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com]

"Cinematic Chromaticity" John Stapleton Creative Director Producer Celebrity Makeup Artist Mindful Artist Podcast S2E23 Andrew Velázquez

John T Stapleton is a Brooklyn native who moved to LA to pursue screenwriting after graduating the School Of Visual Arts. His independent films "Mi Pollo Loco" and "Angels" quickly became the cult darlings of the film festival circuit.   Scouted as a model in the early nineties, he learned the importance of makeup on men during the heroine chic phase of fashion. Skinny boys with Smokey eyes was having a moment and when it was over, Stapleton turned to his next career phase- makeup artistry, Somewhere along the way he stumbled into a notable career as a make-up artist, working with such names as Kelly Osbourne , Anika Noni Rose, Margaret Cho and Joan Jett, propelling him into the world of backstage fashion. Stapleton worked on E! Fashion Police for a five years, developed and appeared as Margaret Cho’s Makeup Artist on VH1’s The Cho Show. Recently, Stapleton was the Makeup Designer for the Netflix series Selena.  https://www.theaimartistsagency.com/artists/john-stapleton-makeup [https://www.theaimartistsagency.com/artists/john-stapleton-makeup] https://www.instagram.com/johnstapleton/ [https://www.instagram.com/johnstapleton/] Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and turn on notifications to be the first to watch new episodes here: https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast] https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez [https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez] You can also book a hair/makeup/brow service or mentorship lesson with me here and remote education is an option too: https://andrewvelazquez.com [https://andrewvelazquez.com] Below are my products and feel free to use my promo codes for additional discounts and free shipping: Mí Corazón Makeup Palette, Book and Fan! https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site Make sure you are following me on all of my social media handles in order to be updated on any giveaways, contests and private events! IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/ [https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/] FB: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom [https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom] TW: https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom [https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom] TK: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_] LT: https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez [https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez] Email me for any questions and inquiries here please. Stay safe! Email: Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com [Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com]

"Blush Ballet" Ilde Goncalves Beauty Educator Makeup Artist Fashionista Mindful Artist Podcast S2E22 Andrew Velázquez

ilde Goncalves Born in Venezuela from Portuguese parents, ilde grew up traveling between the two continents and the two cultures.  He was influenced by fashion at early age as his mom worked as seamstress and later managed a menswear clothing factory where ilde had his first job assisting his mother and starts experimenting creating clothes and playing with colors, textures and shapes.  His early love for creating garments led him to attend  Fashion School Brivil in Caracas  while studding classical ballet and modern dance at  Teatro Teresa Carreno at the same time. Here he meets and works with choreographer Vicente Nebreda, one of the most influential latin neo-classicle choreographer who asked ilde to be part of his company and  dances professionally with  Ballet Nacional de Caracas for a few years.   When he was getting ready for the Ballet shows, ilde discovers that his other big passion and talent is makeup.  In 2001 he moves to Miami Beach where he does makeup and costumes for a few Entertaiment companies.  in 2005 he starts his  makeup career with Sephora as a Beauty consultant where he finishes learning all the different facets of the Beauty World.  A few years later he becomes an important part of the Sephora Pro Team, and its with this team that he becomes an ambassador for the brand, is part of all the major Marketing events, makeup educator and mentor for other artists within the Beauty Retailer.  As a Sephora Pro Lead ilde worked on product development, coaching and developing other artists, creating makeup for Sephora Campaigns, Makeup Key artist for shows during NYFW, ParisFW and MiamiFW.   He also played an important role training and inspiring artists while opening the firsts Sephora stores in Mexico and Brazil. At the moment ilde is being represented by a two makeup agencies, working with celebrities, doing hair&makeup  for campaigns and Look-books  for fashion brands, helping launch Beauty brands in LATAM (Gucci Beauty & Kylie Cosmetics)  and working on his own Photography and Swimwear brand ilde Swimwear.  “ Beauty is Everywhere ” http://www.ildegoncalves.com/ [http://www.ildegoncalves.com/] https://www.instagram.com/ildegoncalves [https://www.instagram.com/ildegoncalves] Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and turn on notifications to be the first to watch new episodes here: https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast [https://linktr.ee/mindfulartistpodcast] https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez [https://youtube.com/andrewvelazquez]   You can also book a hair/makeup/brow service or mentorship lesson with me here and remote education is an option too: https://andrewvelazquez.com [https://andrewvelazquez.com]   Below are my products  and feel free to use my promo codes for additional discounts and free shipping:   Mí Corazón Makeup Palette, Book and Fan! https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site [https://amoresartearteesamorpresale.square.site]   Make sure you are following me on all of my social media handles in order to be updated on any giveaways, contests and private events!   IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/ [https://www.instagram.com/andrewvelazquez_/] FB: https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom [https://www.facebook.com/andrewvelazquezcom] TW: https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom [https://twitter.com/andrewvelazcom] TK: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewvelazquez_] LT: https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez [https://linktr.ee/andrewvelazquez] Email me for any questions and inquiries here please. Stay safe! Email: Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com [Mindfulartistpodcast@gmail.com]