If you’ve ever followed me personally on Instagram you will no doubt know that New York-based makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes is a major influence.

It’s not just Katie’s amazing makeup skills that she applies to the likes of Ashley Graham and Hailey Beiber, it’s her daily commitment to sharing her own makeup process, her creation of the hashtag #normalizeskintexture, and her willingness to reply to DMs.

Thankfully, we were able to do this interview face to face as Katie has been in the UK, in her hometown of Southport, for the past few months - this was recorded before the UK government sent us back into lockdown by the way.

In this episode Katie pays homage to singer mum Gill’s influence and talks about being bullied as a teenager and why she always wanted to move to a big city. Katie hated school, and often felt that she never excelled at it and always felt like the odd one out. Today she works with the likes of Weleda, Revlon, Makeup Forever and more and also has her own makeup brush range coming out with Spectrum very soon, but in this episode she shares her first work experiences behind an Estée Lauder counter and how she thought she was really rocking a black lip liner at her sister’s wedding.

Be sure to check out all the video snippets of my conversation with Katie over on Instagram and also there's a special video over on my YouTube!

Full disclaimer; we did this recording face to face at the Bliss Hotel, Southport, so you’re definitely going to hear some background noise. Regardless I hope you love this episode! Please do share, like, subscribe and review - it means a lot. Thanks so much for listening and see you next week!

Products mentioned:

Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm: https://www.feelunique.com/p/Elemis-Pro-Collagen-Cleansing-Balm

Ren Rosa Centifolia Cleanse & Reveal Hot Cloth Cleanser: https://www.renskincare.com/products/rosa-centifolia-tm-cleanse-reveal-hot-cloth-cleanser

Weleda Skin Food: https://www.lookfantastic.com/weleda-skin-food-75ml/10540680.html

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm: https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/summer-fridays-lip-butter-balm.html

Glossier Brow Flick: https://www.glossier.com/products/brow-flick?search=brow

Makeup Forever Multi Use Matte Pencil in Endless Cacao: https://www.gurumakeupemporium.com/cosmetics-c5/eyes-c1/make-up-for-ever-artist-color-pencil-multi-use-matte-pencil-p3153

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Foxy Brown: https://www.charlottetilbury.com/uk/product/lip-cheat-foxy-brown