Rachel Goodwin Makeup

Well, today is a big day! It’s the official launch of my friend Mark Townsend’s new online beauty destination MARKTBEAUTY.COM. It’s been a long road getting here and took loads of determination and hard work from everyone involved to bring his bouncing beauty brain child to life. Talk about a passion project! Oh, did I mention that my brilliant web designer of a husband designed and built the site? Sorry, I’m just a little proud.

We shot the cover a few months back with the gorgeous Jessica Biel who channelled such American beauties as Lauren Hutton, Jerry Hall and Edie Sedgwick for us with total grace and WOW does she look totally amazing!

Can you tell I’m just a tiny bit excited? I worked on all four stories for the debut issue including cover girl Jessica Biel and incredible newcomer Jennifer Lawrence who is about to have quite a year so watch out for her!

In all seriousness, the last 6 months we spent collaborating, experimenting and essentially getting to play without any creative restraint was a gift! I couldn’t be more thrilled to see this vision finally take form and now have a life of it’s own for others to enjoy, and hopefully make the world just a little more beautiful.

Here’s some of my favorite images from the issue:

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I spent the last two days holed up inside Smashbox Studios shooting the most AMAZING photos with one of my favorite beauty photographers in the world, Donna Trope. I’ve always adored Donna’s sensibility, her photos are arresting and sometimes totally bizarre—in the very best way. The worlds she creates are razor sharp, slightly skewed and you can’t help but be totally drawn into them. Donna has such a unique eye and her view of the world is completely and totally her own. To me, that’s the mark of a true artist.

As a makeup artist I’ve been so inspired by her work that I can’t begin to describe how exciting it was to finally get to collaborate with her. I had so much fun I forgot it was supposed to be considered work!

I can’t wait to post the finished photos but sadly they won’t be out until May 2010. Until then, here are some of my behind the scenes moments and a link to Donna’s incredible book Beauty Shots. If you don’t already know her work check it out, it really is fantastic!

Dree Hemingway
Photographer: Don Flood