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Melissa Michelle, a native of Mobile, Al, is a professional makeup artist and a licensed aesthetician. She studied aesthetics at the Esthetic Institute in Virginia and specializes in makeup artistry training, beauty, editorial, celebrity, bridal makeup, and male grooming. Her passion for makeup led her to pack up and drive across country to southern California to pursue her dream of makeup artistry. Soon after, she landed a job as a business manager for Benefit Cosmetics. While working at the counter she gained some of her best knowledge and experiences by working hands on with women of all ages, skin types, and ethnicities. After a successful year at the counter she was promoted to Regional education Manager and went on to train other makeup artist and aestheticians all across the country for department and beauty stores including Macy’s, Sephora, Sephora inside JCPenny’s, and Ulta Beauty. After years of experience and mentorship from some of the top industry pro’s Melissa Michelle continued to study and train to learn all aspects of the beauty industry. She eventually took a leap of faith to start her own business as a free lance makeup artist and beauty trainer. Melissa Michelle makeup artistry was born and has allowed her to further develop her passion for training, artistry, and brow grooming. Her diverse work and creativity is expressed in her mantra “Beauty is my duty”. With the opportunity to work all across the country Melissa Michelle would describe her style as customized beauty and is known for creating the perfect arches. Melissa Michelle is also apart of the beauty team at 56twelve hair gallery in Hyattsville, MD and currently resides in Washington, DC. She believes that true beauty exudes from within and makeup is just the icing on the cake. She is available to travel both nationally and internationally.

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Kanisha Sent on 12/13/2017
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I hired Melissa for day-of wedding makeup which was an EXCELLENT decision. She came highly recommended by a friend whose makeup I observed as flawless on her wedding day, and she absolutely delivered the same for me, one of my bridesmaids, and (then to-be) sister-in-law as well! Melissa is super professional and very easy to work with -- I was truly impressed with her flexibility and insistence that I was always comfortable and satisfied as a customer. We did a trial about a month before during which she asked about not only my beauty vision for my wedding day, but also about my normal skincare routines and what sorts of products I am and am not usually comfortable with. I very much appreciated that she really wanted to help me just elevate my natural look rather than to use me as a canvas for showcasing her preferences (which is an experience I had at some other trials). It was fun having her on the day of, and she even left me with some cute sample products from her own line that I definitely used as the day wore on. Her artistry is amazing as well - my look stayed put all day (in August, in DC!) and was just gorgeous. Happy to continue the trend of recommending such a fantastic creative!
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Jennifer Sent on 09/22/2014
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I hired Melissa Michelle to do my air-brush make up and to also do make up for my mom, my mother in law, my sisters, and one of my bridesmaids. She was prompt and had everyone at ease the moment she got there. Everyone commented that they never felt so great - we all looked amazing. It's also a plus that she's super fun to be around since she was there for around 4 hours of wedding prep! I would use Melissa Michelle in the future and recommend her to anyone for wedding makeup.
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