Alex Box

I have always been a fan of Alex Box, however since I have been introduced to Illamasqua three years ago, it has opened by eye to a new kind of makeup artistry.
Each and everyone collection they have has a strong meaning with beautiful series of images and intense and brilliant products. 
I watched a live presentation of Alex Box last year and I will always remember they way in which she spoke about her work. She was so passionate and her work reflected her emotions. She used the face as a canvas to apply her inner feelings. 
This is what makeup is all about. This is what art and design should be about. Expressing yourself. 



I took this quote from her website which I think is inspirational within itself - 
"Whether it's a simple lip or a whole body, it's all the same. It comes from my heart and a piece of me is in everything I do. I can look at a makeup and know exactly how I felt when I did it. I paint with emotions. This is why I never feel like what I do is avant-garde, weird, or anything other... It's just me I don't know how to do it any other way."

With the particular theme of this project I have to let my inner emotions spill out onto the paper which I draw my face charts and the faces which I paint upon. The theme of heartbreak is one extremely close to my heart, and after meeting Alex Box, seeing her work and understanding it, I have been extremely inspired by this woman. 
Now I cannot wait to start drawing and designing. 
Don't hold back.