Gregory Arlt

Emmy Award Nominee Gregory Arlt is a makeup artist based out of Los Angeles. Doing makeup professionally for over 30 years, he began his career at the prestigious Los Angeles boutique Fred Segal in 1989. Gregory started working for MAC Cosmetics in 1993 as a traveling makeup artist for the brand and evolving into a Trainer, a Senior Makeup Artist, and until 2022, held the position of Director of Makeup Artistry, acting as a brand spokesperson and celebrity makeup artist. In 2015, he won the prestigious Hollywood Beauty Award for Best Makeup Artist. As well, he won the Ibiza Music Award for Best Makeup In A Music Video for Gwen Stefani's "Misery".

Gregory brings his wealth of knowledge and talent all over the globe, doing press, makeup master classes, editorial photo shoots, and television appearances worldwide. He is proficient in doing makeup on all ages, all races, and all genders, with a makeup kit that is all-inclusive. With all his clients, his goal is to bring out their beauty, respecting their features, bone structure, coloring, and most importantly, their personality.

He works with some of the most famous faces in the world including Dita Von Teese, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Coolidge, Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry, Cher, Sienna Miller, Minnie Driver, Anne Heche, Fran Drescher, Kim Cattrall, Liza Minnelli, Alicia Keys, Michelle Trachtenberg, Danai Gurira, and Mary J. Blige. Being one of the most in-demand artists in Hollywood, he appears regularly as a beauty expert on TV shows such as “Access Hollywood,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “CNN,” and “The Style Network.” Gregory can be found backstage at the fashion collections in Milan, Paris, and New York, designing makeup looks for Oscar de la Renta, Alexander McQueen, Ungaro, Michael Kors, and Chloe to name a few. 

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