Beauty is an outward expression of your inner intention
Before Jennifer Snowdon puts brush to powder, she thinks about what she can do to make the person sitting in her chair feel true to themselves or true to their character. As a professional makeup artist for 25+ years in film and television, she knows what looks good on camera and has helped countless people from stage, screen, corporate, and individuals to achieve their true look.
Jennifer is currently the Department Head and Key Makeup for David Osmond, Emmy-Nominated host of WONDERAMA, now entering Season 6.
What launched her career was a call to do makeup for her mentor, Dr. Kenneth G. Mills and Rolland Smith, on a PBS-style interview shot with the first Sony high definition camera in 1994. Armed with bronzer, she knew this was an opportunity she could not refuse, even though she had never done makeup.
This inspired her to go and study Makeup for Film and Television with Barry Berger at a school in Florida.
Shortly after, she designed the character makeup for actor Craig Alan Edwards, who was portraying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a high definition shoot directed by Martha Pinson. She worked with Craig over years culminating in "The Man in Room 306" at 59E59th Street Theater where she discovered that faces, personalities, the intention and energy of one’s message, more specifically, are what makes it up true.
Bringing out the inner intention - the character’s essence - can never just be about glamorizing or covering up. It’s about attention to detail in technique and the simplicity in design… plus summoning the beauty that is there!
Make it up true!
Clients
James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Greta Gerwig, Gabriel Byrne, Nathan Lane, Francis Conroy, Ellen Burstyn, The Colbert Report
On Demand
“Gun Hill Road” with Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, Harmony Santana
“No Pay Nudity” with Gabriel Byrne, Nathan Lane and Frances Conroy
“WONDERAMA” with David Osmond, Coco and Breezy
“Threebound” with Kate Forsatz and Jason Griffith