Mary Phillips

We had a chance to chat all things beauty and business with Mary at the launch of her latest collab with @Nudestix, Nudies Bloom, where she created a beautiful sheer, peachy color, Poppy Girl, which is almost all you need for your summer makeup.

Mary shared how Instagram has transformed the beauty industry and the makeup artists who have historically been behind the scenes, “It’s really changed our business. I always thought I’d be behind the camera and now we’re in front of the camera which is a super weird thing because I’m really shy but it’s very cool. It’s like this whole other job that I never thought I’d have.” Mary told us about how she wished social media had been a thing when she was starting out, “When I was coming up, I couldn’t DM Kevyn Aucoin and be like, ‘Hey, what lipstick did you put on this person?’ There weren’t YouTube videos on contouring, we figured it out somehow. We all assisted for so long and learned that way but I wish I could have watched a video about how to do that stuff or DM somebody about what lip they were wearing.” Head over to our Stories to hear Mary’s advice for someone just breaking into the business and the real deal on hard work and success! #PaideiaMedia