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Troye Antonio, who goes by Mannequinskin on Instagram Troye Antonio grew up as a creative child, always drawing and painting. Despite the affinity, he decided after high school he didn't want to go to school for art. When he was 21, his mother purchased makeup artist Danessa Myricks' videos. She encouraged him to watch them, which Antonio was initially reluctant to do. "I didn't want to be a stereotype, a gay boy who was into makeup," he said. Still, he eventually began watching them and something clicked. "That was the moment. I felt in my whole body that this was what I was meant to do. I can't explain it," he said.  (He later enrolled in a makeup academy to hone his craft.) He also began to watch videos of his favorite Youtube makeup artist, Spencer Lopez, and downloaded her work to his screensaver and on his phone. Something about drawing on canvases didn't capture Antonio the way working on a person did. He felt ...

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...

Makeup artist Nigel Stanislaus' Instagram is a health mix of polished artistry and self-effacing humor. How many high-profile artists would post an image of themselves staring quizzically at a subject and joking that they made the eyebrows uneven. Or when someone posts that he's handsome, Stanislaus responds, "Are we looking at the same picture?"Stanislaus isn't above making jokes, including ones where he's his own punchline. That aside, the Maybelline ambassador still takes his work very seriously, a healthy combination that makes him accessible and engaging with his audience on Instagram, during workshops, and at events. He has several New York and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week events under his belt as well as doing ad campaigns for Maybelline.  Q: When did you know you wanted to be a makeup artist? How early did the passion start? Stanislaus: “I didn't know. As far as I remembered, I wanted to be a fashion designer, but that...