Mezhgan Hussainy takes care of "Idol" style
Mezhgan Hussainy is the “American Idol” makeup artist, who reveals weekly on www.americanidol.com, the back story behind every splash of glitter and bronzing lotion of the contestants and the judges.
There you can find out that, in Week 1, Blake Lewis’ “lashes are curled to open up his eyes and his brows were brushed,” or that, in Week 3, rocker Gina Glocksen accepted a splash of color that was dubbed “the Posh Spice look,” according to The Journal Gazette.
In the makeup chair, where Hussainy becomes the “Idol” contestants’ final confessor before the broadcast, the atmosphere gets extremely tense, she said.
Hussainy’s “Idol” journey comes after a roundabout route to the top of her profession. Emigrating at age 8 from Afghanistan to Los Angeles, Hussainy grew up dreaming of a career in entertainment. While pursuing an acting and modeling career, she attended dental school to keep her worried parents at bay, knowing that she “couldn’t imagine cleaning teeth for the rest of my life.” Eventually Hussainy found her calling via a part-time job at the Robinsons-May makeup counter, which led to her first TV job, which led to the call from a new talent competition called “American Idol,” The Journal Gazette reports.
In addition to keeping her blog and working on other shows, she is currently working with a chemist to develop a makeup line (Me) and maintaining a Web site (www.mezhgan.com) with a veritable gallery of past “Idol” contestants who have been in her chair. They come to her as unknowns, but by the time Hussainy’s work is done, dozens have left as stars.
“I work with so many other celebrities, but the contestants always remember me. I was the first makeup artist they ever worked with. When they come back, they’re so excited and they remember how hard it was. They can’t believe they went through all that process. But they remember – and I will always remember every single one of them.”
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