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32 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2018 Working with him as director was brilliant. He knew exactly what he wanted and had great communication skills. All the make-ups had to be real, gritty and totally believable. His character of Jackson Maine was a country rock singer bedraggled by alcohol and pills. He wanted him to be tanned and aged by it all. He was sweaty a lot of the time and his eyes were always bloodshot. There was a lot of menthol blowing going on in close-ups. I used Vita Liberato to tan him, mixed 50/50 with Epicuren Coconut Moisturizer on a large Beauty Blender over his entire torso and arms and face. You know, I can think of a lot worse ways to start the day than to have Bradley Cooper half-naked in your chair first thing. This was done every Monday and by midweek, I would just use moisture on his face as he would be very tan by then. To create crow's feet, I would stipple a bit more around the eye area. I used Tom Ford Bronzer on forehead, apple of the cheek and bridge of nose. We also did spray tan every couple of weeks to get an even boost to the skin. For days when he needed to look particularly bad, I would stipple in some grey-green around the eye socket and a bit of red at the lash line and lid. His beard was darkened with Make Up For Ever #30 & #40 brow cream with Illustrator brown at the top edge of the beard and sideburns. I also added it in the brows to darken them up a bit as well. The facial shine was created using Alba spray sunscreen stippled on with a sponge and Evian when needed. For the most part, he was shiny for the entire film. Lady Gaga's make-up was done by her longtime friend and make-up artist Sarah Tanno. Sarah did a great job of transitioning Ally through her journey into stardom. She is a fantastic artist and pleasure to work with. I had done a couple of shoots with Gaga in the past when she was first coming on the scene and I was amazed she remembered me. She was actually so excited for me to be there on her first movie. She's a lovely person and consummate artist. She was always on time and knew her dialogue and was always pleas- ant to everyone. She is going to surprise a lot of people with her acting abilities. She is definitely a rock star. Debbie Zoller was my key on the film and indispensable. During the filming, I came down with pneumonia and was out for two weeks and Debbie took over for me and did an amazing job. It was seamless. Mandy Crane Ruiz was also there a lot to help out. We split up the cast but Debbie did most of the other cast members except Lady Gaga. We all had a hand in doing the drag artists except Willam who did himself. Glen Allen did Shangela the drag MC. The drag scenes were lots of fun and I tried Stevie Bettle's new silicone brow covers on the drag artist I did. They were amazing and so easy to use. Glen Allen, Levi Vieira, Angela Moos, Victor Del Castillo and Elena Arroy helped us on the drag days. Glen Allen even gave us all a drag tutorial one day to show us how he does it. I got it all on film, as they say. We shot at Coachella and Stagecoach in between the weekends and all local California locations. Bradley also shot a quick music scene at Glastonbury. Lots of smoke, nights and rock venues. The scenes with the music were so much fun. The musicians were headed up by Willie Nelson's son Lukas and his band Promise of the Real. The music is fan- tastic throughout the whole film. To be able to hear it live was really very cool. A lot of it was recorded live as well so it makes it really realistic for the film. What a blast it was to work on such an iconic movie with such incredible stars attached and all shot in California. • D oing make-up for this film was exercising the strength in holding back. Ally didn't wear make-up in most of the film. Only brow gel, Chapstick (sometimes tinted) and tat- too coverage. Later in the film, she slowly starts to wear a touch, but it always looks like she did it herself until she becomes a star. I did more rounded shapes that I wouldn't usually put on Gaga, so it was something simple and special for Ally. I learned so much during this film and from the great Ve Neill. I feel so honored to be part of one of the best films of our decade. • B Y S A R A H T A N N O PERSONAL MAKE-UP ARTIST TO LADY GAGA MAKE-UP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30