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For Yvonne MacInnis, Makeup Isn't About "Just Being Pretty"

Yvonne MacInnis, left, at work. She is the Global Educating Artist for Marc Jacobs Beauty Scrolling through Yvonne MacInnis' Instagram feed is a visual smorgasbord: The makeup styles are so varied, with MacInnis often using her own face to showcase makeup like it were a painting, unafraid to shock, inspire, or potentially even disturb someone's sense of polite society. That's MacInnis' style - complex, varied, artistic, even at times political. She uses makeup as the platform for it all. Q: You work on various mediums of visual art and not just makeup. Do you consider yourself focused on one area or do you not put yourself into a particular category? MacInnis: "I think there is something to be said for being a 'Jane of all trades.'  I've always pushed myself to flex all my creative muscles - especially the ones that don't feel so comfortable - because that usually means you're learning something. While I feel it's important t...