Nigel Stanislaus - Celebrity Makeup Artist, Former Makeup Director at Maybelline New York Australia

From sniper (almost!) to international celebrity makeup artist... meet Nigel Stanislaus. Nigel is a makeup artist extraordinaire. He was the Makeup Director for Maybelline New York Australia for over a decade, travelling the world, leading the makeup at local and international Fashion Weeks and working with celebrity clients including Gigi and Bella Hadid, Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, Jess Hart, Ruby ROse, Olivia Newton-John, Melissa George, Sir Bob Geldof and Michael Buble. His work has been published in Elle and L'Officiel, and he's appeared as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and Asia's Next Top Model. But in his early days, he was told he'd never make it as a makeup artist. He's certainly proved otherwise. As he embarks on his next chapter after finishing with Maybelline earlier this year, we talked about growing up in Singapore, how he almost became a sniper (yes, really!), how he got his break to become Mr Maybelline, all about the jetsetting life (and the reality of it), learning to not let his career define him, his triumphant 'I showed you!' moment, why he thinks we're in the golden age of makeup, his thoughts on ridiculous beauty trend and Instagram makeup, dealing with trolls, the importance of your self-worth and a lot more. Nigel is so candid and funny and an all-round-beautiful human being - and yes, my first male guest on Beauty Island! A quick note on this episode - we live quite far apart so met in the middle, at a cafe in Collingwood called South of Johnston. As we were talking, the lunch rush came in so there is a bit of background ambience, for the first half of the episode. When it got too noisy, we moved from the cafe to Nigel's car to finish the conversation. (The glamour of podcasts!) So I do apologise for the background noise for some of it, but hope you don't mind - just lean in and imagine you're sat at the the table with us, enjoying the conversation over coffee and maybe a little sweet treat. Enjoy. What is Beauty Island? Each episode, beauty journalist Brittany Stewart sits down with a guest to find out about their life, career and the 8 desert island beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. Follow Nigel: Instagram: @nigelstanislaus Website: nigelstanislaus.com More about his 'Be Your Own Makeup Artist' masterclass with Rescu Academy: http://bit.ly/2U1cHf8 Follow Brittany Stewart: Instagram: @brittanybeautybts Email: [email protected] Subscribe to It's A Beauty! Newsletter for no BS beauty reviews, tips and tricks. (It's free!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions. Products Nigel spoke about: Hazelline Snow Moisturising Cream: Not available in Australia but read more about it here. Dial A Lash: Actually Maybelline (ironic!) not Covergirl as mentioned in the episode. Discontinued but enjoy a flashback here. Maybelline Great Lash Mascara...