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"His name is Sir John. His hands have transformed the faces of Beyonce, Naomi Campbell and Joan Smalls (to name a few). His secrets? We got them. Read on. On how anyone can channel their inner Beyonce: &amp;quot;All you need is confidence and a good moisturizer.&amp;quot; On what he&amp;#x27;s learned from the famous singer: &amp;quot;The last year of my life I&amp;#x27;ve been on tour with Beyonce. We&amp;#x27;ve been to South America, North America, New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Twice. I also worked on eight of her music videos. I&amp;#x27;ve learned a lot from her about work ethic and pushing yourself. What&amp;#x27;s my favorite look I&amp;#x27;ve ever done on her? Wow, we&amp;#x27;re talking about a year&amp;#x27;s worth of faces! But can I tell you the truth? I love when she comes to me with no makeup on. That&amp;#x27;s when I love to look at her. My favorite looks are when she&amp;#x27;s the most pared down.&amp;quot; On how he picks her looks: &amp;quot;The look depends on her mood. I know this sounds crazy, but I&amp;#x27;m a little bit psychic. I can feel if today&amp;#x27;s a lip day&amp;amp;#8212;or if she&amp;#x27;s a little more fired up&amp;amp;#8212;we&amp;#x27;ll do a winged cat eye. So it really is about the chemistry. I take all these things into consideration: What city are we in also has a lot to do with how I approach makeup. When we were in South America I just went crazy with color. I went to the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and I was so inspired by his saturation of color on cheeks and I was like, I can do this on a real person! So this is how I get inspired. I get inspired by art, and you know what they say: life imitates art,&amp;quot; On the his anyone-can-use-them tips to faking a perfect complexion: &amp;quot;Creating flawless skin is all about creating a sense of depth. A lot of girls are like, I&amp;#x27;m just going to choose one foundation color and that&amp;#x27;s it! But I don&amp;#x27;t approach any look like that. You could be from Russia or Harlem or Hong Kong; you should have a concealer that&amp;#x27;s a little bit lighter and then one that&amp;#x27;s a little bit deeper that you can brush into the temples, under your cheek bones and under your jawbone to contour. Don&amp;#x27;t go crazy. There&amp;#x27;s such a movement on social media with this full-on, dramatic makeup. I want it to come back into a more natural state. It&amp;#x27;s all about creating dimension.&amp;quot; On the secrets to working with light from his famous subjects: &amp;quot;These women know their faces very well...they are photographed at every angle. In working with them, I&amp;#x27;ve learned a lot about lighting. It&amp;#x27;s all about reflecting light from your face; so if you find your light, you don&amp;#x27;t even have to have as much makeup on. When I&amp;#x27;m on a shoot, I am right at the monitor working with the photographer and lighting guys to make sure the light is correct. I took this selfie with Naomi once, and she just said, &amp;#x27;lift your chin,&amp;#x27; and by doing that alone, it took away dark circles. These are the little optical tricks I love,&amp;quot; he says. Follow Sir John on Instagram "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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