Subtlety is an art form that Manhattan-based makeup artist, Julie Tussey, has mastered. She employs her own brand of shading and highlighting techniques to create the sheerest, most radiant, complexions. " I play with low, middle and high tones, so everything looks 3-D," Tussey explains." I enjoy customizing color, adjusting formulas so that they last all day and night, yet remain undetectable. Skin should always glow, as if there were a soft filter on it," she says.

Tussey has such enthusiastic fans, from authors / TV personalities: Katie Lee, Daphne Oz, Ivanka Trump, Beth Ostrosky Stern; fashion designers: Catherine Malandrino, Tory Burch, Dannijo sisters Jodie and Danielle Snyder, to celebrities: Kerry Washington, Rosie Perez, musicians: James Taylor, Billy Joel and models: Christie Brinkley, Natalia Vondianova.

But it's Tussey's keen intuition that makes her a true powerhouse. "When I first meet a client, I try to assess whether she is natural or whether her look and her style are more polished. A key question for me is: What's the occasion? Dinner by candlelight? A TV appearance? A wedding? Or is she walking the red carpet? Once I have made my assessment, I know what will work and, more importantly, when to stop. "It's really the small touches that make all the difference, so I strive to work within a woman's comfort zone, and I always start with shaping the brows first, because when you have a beautiful brow it enhances and frames the eyes.

Before joining the John Barrett and Warren-Tricomi salons where she worked as a Laura Mercier makeup artist/brow specialist, she joined QVC's sister network, Q2 as a makeup show host and resident artist for makeup lines ranging from Indian Earth and Ultima II to Estee Lauder, Lancome, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Elizabeth Arden, Prescriptives, Nars and Bobbie Brown among many other top cosmetic brands.

After finishing her work, Tussey exclaims, "I love handing someone a mirror when I'm done and seeing her begin to light up from within," she adds. "I help women find that inner light, that moment of love. As a makeup artist, I utilize the light. I use colors and textures to throw the light and catch the light."

 

Celebrities

Adrienne Bailon

Alexandra Richards

Ali Wentworth

Alice St. Clair

Amamda Freitag

Andrea Gruber

Anita Baker

Anna Netrebko

Anne Heche

Antwan Lewis

Aviva Drescher

Beth Shak

Beth Ostrosky Stern

Billy Joel

Bob Seger

Carrie Preston

Christie Brinkley

Constantine Maroulis

Cooper Lawrence

Damaris Phillips

Dania Ramirez

Dustin Diamond

Elizabeth Edwards

Ethel Kennedy

Eva Longoria

Geoffrey Zakarian

Geraldo Rivera

Gianna Toboni

Gretta Monahan

Heather Graham

Holland Taylor

Isabella Rossellini

Ivanka Trump

James Taylor

Janice Dickinson

Jeanine Pirro

Jeff Mauro

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Kara DioGuardi

Katheryn Winnick

Katie Lee

Keira Knightley

Kenny Loggins

Kerri Kennedy

Kerry Washington

Kelly Rutherford

Kim Cattrall

Kimberly Stewart

LA Reid

Lauren Conrad

Lauren Lyster

Lena Olin

Lisa Ling

Liza Minnelli

Lorraine Bracco

Maggie Smith

Madame Mayham

Marc Anthony

Marla Maples

Martha Stewart

Mellisa d'Arabian

Mia Farrow

Mindy Grossman

Nate Berkus

Nigel Lythgoe

Nigella Lawson

Paul Mecurio

Phil Ramone

Phoebe Cates

Rachel Leigh Cook

Reed Krakoff

Rob Shuter

Rolando Villazon

Rosanno Scotto

Rosie Perez

Russ Saizberg

Sandra Lee

Selma Blair

Serena Williams

Sky Nellor

Soleil Moon Frye

Susannah Constantine

Tinsley Mortimer

Tracey Anderson

Trinny Woodall

Valerie Simpson

Victoria Clark

On Air

Bob Wiltfong

Britney Gastineau

Chloe Melas

Dalania Dixon

Jason Dundas

Kristen Taekman

Lisa Gastineau

Luann de Lesseps

Marianne Garvey

Noah Levy

Ramona Singer

Rachel Uchitel

Sonja Morgan

Designers

Anda Andrei

Catherine Malandrino

Cynthia Rose

Danielle + Jodie Snyder

Maria Buccellati

Michelle Roth

Shoshanna Gruss

Tory Burch

Trish Wescoat Pound

Models

Astrid Munoz

Emma Heming

Helena Christensen

Jaslene Gonzalez

Lydia Hearst - Shaw

Natalia Vodianova

Rachel Hunter

Sophie Dahl

Editors

Bonnie Fuller

Bridget Foley

Candice Dhakhwa

Charla Krupp

Christina Greeven-Cuomo

Elaine D. Farley

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti

Jane Sarkin

Janice Minn

Julie Campbell

Kate White

Kelly Delaney

Kim Van Dang

Laurie Jones

Lesley Jane Seymour

Lisa Benenson

Lois Joy Johnson

Mary Alice Stephenson

Plum Sykes

Victoria Kirby

Socialites

Angela Rich

Ann Hirsh

Barbara Bancroft

Carole Holmes McCarthy

Christina Oxenberg

Delphine Arnault

Elizabeth Kieselstein-Cord

Emma Jane Pilkington

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti

Fabiola Beracash

Hilary Geary Ross

Jennifer Creel

Jil Roosevelt

Karen Luter

Katharina Ott- Bernstein

Laura Hunt

Levy Arum

Linda Fargo

Pamela Gross

Ruth Churchill

Sasha Lazard

Susan Llyod

Suzy Hilfiger

Tatiana Papanicolaou

Wendy Murdock

Whitney Fairchild

Commercial

Luxury TV

Breast Cancer Awareness

Accenture

Music

3 Graces

East Village Opera Company

James Taylor "One Man Band"

Universal Classical Group

Print

Avenue

Best Life

Bridal Guide

Domino

Elle Decoration

Fairfield

Family Circle

Food Network

Self

Food & Wine

Glamour

Gotham

Hallmark

Hamptons

House + Gardens

In Touch

More

New York Magazine

OK

Opera News

Paris Vogue

Post

Rachael Ray

Shape

Social Life

Star

Town & Country

Us

Vanity Fair

“W”

Photographers

Aleksi Niemela

Alessandra d’Andrea

Andrew Stewart

Arthur Paskal

Avery Powell

Aydin Arjomand

Ben Hoffmann

Bruce Weber

Carlos Ruiz

Chiun Kaishih

Christopher Appoldt

Christopher Baker

Danelle Mathey

David A. Land

Deborah Turbeville

Ditte Isager

Earl Carter

Elizabeth Sullivan

Fernando Milani

Francis Hills

Gary Spector

Gilles Bensimon

Graham Morrison

James McBride

James Merrell

James Salzano

James Waddell

Janson Bell

Jaramay Aréf

Jim Franco

John Huba

John Kernick

Karen Pearson

Keith Majors

Kfir Ziv

Kyle Ericksen

Lynda Churilla

Marc Sifuentes

Mark Leibowitz

Mark Seelen

Mattias Clamer

Max Kim-Bee

Melanie Acevedo

Michael Filonow

Michael Larson

Miki Dusterhoff

Patrick Mcmullan

Paul Costello

Paul Sunday

Perry Halopian

Quentin Bacon

Rob Horne

Rob Howard

Roger Moenks

Sam Sunshine

Stephan Wurth

Suza Scalora

Tiffany Walling - McGarity & John McGarity

Timothy Greenfield Sanders

Timothy White

Troy Word

Vincent Dilio

Zac Desart

Wedding Photographers

Anthony Vazquez Photography

Brian Dorsey Studios

David Robbins Photography

Kate Osgood

Patrick McMullan

Samuel Lippke Studios

Susan Stripling

Runway / Fashion Shows

7th on Sixth

Anne Barge

Anne Bowen (Lead Makeup Artist)

Badgley Mischka

Bill Blass (Lead Makeup Artist)

Cynthia Rowley

Dennis Bussco

Mackage(Lead Makeup Artist)

Michelle Roth

Suzanne Simon

Vera Wang

Television - On the Set of

Kelly + Regis

Good Morning America

ABC News

Inside Edition

Rachael Ray

Tyra Banks

Big Deal

"E" Tattle tales

Barbara Walters

Fox News

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QVC

Fox + Friends

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Behind the Label

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Si' T.V. Styleyes

CW11

Extra

The View

Satellite Media Tour's

The Big Morning Buzz

CNN

TODAY Show

Good Day New York

The Chew

Cooks vs Cons

Beat Bobby Flay

Bakers vs Fakers

Salon

2022 - Present

Matono Salon

2018 - 2020

Rescue Spa

2015 - 2016

JTAV Clinical Skin Care

2013 - 2015

Patrick Melville Salon

Makeup Artist / Eyebrow Specialist

2012 - 2013

Angelo David Salon

Makeup Artist / Eyebrow Specialist

2004 - 2012

Warren Tricomi

Laura Mercier Makeup Artist / Eyebrow Specialist

2000 - 2004

John Barret

Laura Mercier Makeup Artist / Eyebrow Specialist

1995 - 1996

Kozue Dat Spa

Facialist / Eyebrow Specialist

1981 - 1982

The Hair Loft

Sebastian Trucco make up artist / Eyebrow Specialist

Television

2014 - present

"The Kitchen" Food Network

Hair & Makeup artist

(currently working on)

2013

VH1 "Gossip Table"

Hair & Makeup artist

2005

Si’ T.V. Styleyes

Guest make up artist

(appearance)

2003

As The World Turns

Extra - On set make up artist

(appearance)

1995

"Q2" Silver Cup Studio

Home Shopping (sister network of QVC)

Show Host

(appearance)

Radio

2015

"Bevy Smith"

Brow Expert

2006

"The Cooper Lawrence Show"

Makeup Expert

Resident & National Make Up Artist

1998 - 2000

Bobbie Brown, Saks 5th Avenue

1995 - 1998

Nars, Barneys N.Y.

Education

Every Year

Blood Borne Pathogens Certified

2020

COVID-19 Certified

2018

Microblading Certified

1994 - 1995

Specializing Christine Valmay (Licensed Esthetician) specialing in skin care, makeup artistry, eyebrow shaping, waxing + training.

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