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Laurel Charleston

@YannyCharleston

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Bushwick, Brooklyn
Joined July 2018
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
2 years
My makeup work on @DojaCat for Paris Fashion Week
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I’m sorry but I really am one of the most versatile MUA’s out there
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2 years
illusion makeup on @DojaCat for @Beyonce 's party last night 🖤
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Laurel Charleston
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2022 - the year my makeup was seen around the world.
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Another shot of my graphic makeup on @DojaCat 🥰💥
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
2 years
Hand, arm and face makeup on @DojaCat for Mônot by me 💙
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
1 year
exhibit b:
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@YannyCharleston
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~here to cleanse the tl of transphobia~
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Laurel Charleston
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An introduction for all my new followers 🥰💕 I’m Laurel, an avant-garde makeup artist trying to show the world that makeup can be fine art. As a trans person, makeup has always been a place of refuge and relentless expression. I work to inspire others with my art.
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My makeup art on @DojaCat this last month
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
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When Doja hmu on insta to paint her
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kayds ♡’s Georgia
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what’s your biggest/fave celebrity notice ??
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Makeup on @DojaCat for the cover of L’Officiel 💙
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
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The Creation vs The Inspiration
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@YannyCharleston
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Ru performing??? This is cause Utica called her out for wearing sweats I swear lmaoooo
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If rupaul drag race was an accurate representation of drag the cast would be at least 40% trans and non-binary performers
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Gold makeup on @DojaCat by yours truly ⚜️
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Makeup on @DojaCat by me 🤍
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Doja is the coolest bitch on the planet!!! 🥰
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the makeup vs the inspo
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
1 year
My advice to younger artists: If you replace the word “difficult” with “unfamiliar” you’ll see that styles and techniques aren’t “hard” - you just haven’t begun your journey with them :) so start!!! It’s never too early or too late. If something scares you, pursue it ❤️
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Laurel Charleston
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some of my best makeup work 💕
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Makeup on @DojaCat for the cover of L’Official Art 🖤
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the makeup vs the inspo
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@YannyCharleston
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makeup inspired by poison dart frogs
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
3 years
interacting color (2021)
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Thrilled to finally share I’m creating makeup art for Melanie Martinez’s Portals Tour 💖🌸💕✨ Here you see a blank mask I fully painted and glammed for her opening night in Denver.
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Laurel Charleston
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With all of these POS MUAs getting canceled and “rising to the top” I really just wanted to share some of my fav work!! I’m an independent mua that also designs/makes all of my own garments & I’d describe myself as “wildly eclectic, geometric and undeniably queer”😌🥰 (they/them)
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
3 years
show me your range but make it makeup
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@dylandavii
SHAPESHIFTER.
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show your range but make it makeup
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Laurel Charleston
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Just an FYI - EVERY fashionable celebrity has a team behind them made up of queer and trans people... every single one. Hair, makeup, styling, nails - queer & trans ppl are everywhere creating and defining the culture you consume and celebrate.
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Laurel Charleston
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Happy Pride 💙🤍💖
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A Painting Personified
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Another shot of my lip and chin liner on @DojaCat ❣️
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Concentric (2021)
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the makeup vs the inspo
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Laurel Charleston
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A closer look at my makeup work on Melanie Martinez 🤍💕✨
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My makeup on Melanie Martinez 💖🥲
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Laurel Charleston
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...THATS GOSSIP
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4 years
I had to find out for myself... 🍰🥵
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Makeup on icon Dylan Mulvaney for the Grammys 🏆✨
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
2 years
After I was finished she asked me if I could sign her neck like an artist signs their work when they're finished 🥲🖤 I have so much gratitude for this brilliant, creative and passionate person.
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
3 years
Blue Nude II by Henri Matisse (1952)
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@YannyCharleston
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9 months
Got to glam my sis for something very special yesterday… 💫💕
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@YannyCharleston
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Spider web makeup for Melanie Martinez 🕸️💕
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Laurel Charleston
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Hi, I’m a NYC makeup artist looking for new clients! A simple rt could blow up my business 🙏🏼❤️
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Laurel Charleston
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Makeup on @DojaCat for Vivienne Westwood 2023 💥
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Makeup on @DojaCat for @voguemagazine 🤍💫
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Laurel Charleston
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the makeup vs the inspo
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they/she
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Rupaul: open up to us on international television about your trauma and personal life Also Rupaul: ew that’s uncomfortable
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Laurel Charleston
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"Surrealism in Hair" (2021)
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Making Waves (2021)
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A look at my makeup on Melanie Martinez for her new video “DEATH” 🖤😭
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Laurel Charleston
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💢🤒A BAD CASE OF STRIPES🤒💢
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Contrast in Motion (2021)
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
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It costs $0.00 to rt and support queer artists!! buy prints of my latest collab with @brivu 🌈✨
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So fucking proud to work with this incredible artist and human. Free Palestine!!!!
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Melanie Martinez shows her support for Palestine at a recent concert.
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Laurel Charleston
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Makeup art can be far beyond a cut crease
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Laurel Charleston
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My makeup work for the “Tunnel Vision” music video ✨
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@YannyCharleston
Laurel Charleston
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When the absolute only drag you can come up with is about someone’s size/body idk maybe you lost ur creative touch 🥲
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Nicki Minaj
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Tomorrow 3PM PST #BIGFOOT
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fluidity of color photography by @brivu
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triple lip on @DojaCat 🖤
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the makeup vs the inspo
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Covergirl for Harper’s Bazaar first ever drag issue
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Laurel Charleston
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Y’all after five years of working towards my makeup art I’m SO close to reaching 20k on insta!! Pls share my queer-ass work to help me reach this goal 😌✨
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Laurel Charleston
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Made it to @papermagazine !!!
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Makeup inspired by @Sethrogen ’s vase
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These were some of my first experiences with makeup ever back in 2017 and honestly I still fucking love them
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Trans~formation Tuesday
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Makeup on @TatsBGats for NYFW 🖤
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A closer look at my makeup art for Melanie Martinez’s San Francisco show 🤍✨
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3 years
Ok but imagine me at the Met Gala
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Web of Identity (2021)
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A year in makeup art.
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Jail to him and the creative team
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Hypnotized by Hilma af Klint
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Me and my makeup for Tush Magazine
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the makeup artist vs the art
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I’ve always been terrified to be myself in classical music settings but yesterday I conducted in a dress for the first time and it felt so lovely 😭
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Laurel Charleston
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Can @voguemagazine literally get a better fucking team of creatives this is embarrassing
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Off to conduct an orchestra as “Laurel” for the first time ever 🥺✨
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“Fusion”
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Makeup on Melanie Martinez for new music video “Death” 🖤
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💦💖OUT OF THIS WORLD💖💦 Inspired by the work of Victor Moatti
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Monet & Van Gogh come to life (2021)
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YALL I WON AND GOT A DING DONG!! 😭😭😭
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Organic Motion (2021)
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Yes I do ~makeup~
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Abstract Series: No. 1
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Topography Series (2021)
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The best makeup I've ever painted... the makeup gloves are a whole new era I fear
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Mug today on Dylan Mulvaney 🤍✨
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my most difficult makeup of 2021
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Omw to shoot my last look of 2022 🤍💥✨
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My top 4 makeup works of 2022. So much has happened, I couldn't be more proud. 🥲❤️
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Laurel in NY Times!!! 😭💙
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Osmosis (2022)
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BTS of my makeup on @DojaCat for @voguemagazine 🤍💫
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makeup on the stunning @blizzy_mcguire ♥️
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"Dance" by Henri Matisse (1910)
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