Bio
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Liza was born into an artist family. Formerly a performing artist, she now practices her craft in the form of makeup. Her work has been featured on the covers of magazines, on store signs, on billboards and in music videos and commercials. Celebrities she has worked with include Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Travis Barker, Jane Lynch,Chrissy Teigan, Whitney Port,Danny Trejo, Larry King & Daniel Henney. Athletes she has worked with include HOF Kurt Warner, D’angelo Williams, Ike Taylor, Akbar Gbajabilimila, Demarcus Ware, Heath Evans, Cliff Avril, Victor Cruz, Reggie Bush, Reggie Wayne, Brandon Marshall, D’Quell Jackson and Robert Horry.
Liza has traveled extensively as a backstage artist, platform artist and educator and has been requested by some of the top artists in the hair industry. From 2010-2020 she has served as a judge for the makeup category of the North American Hairstyling Awards. Her makeup has been seen on runways for Agent Provocateur, L.A.M.B, Billabong, Disney, Ashton Michael, and more. She is currently an in house makeup artist for The NFL Network and Nordstrom Studio. She has also been working in fine art, having work up at the Long Beach Airport in “We Got It: Art in the Time of Pandemic” and in Howard University’s literary journal “The Amistad.”
Photographers she has worked with include Sean Armenta, Guy Aroche, Nick Berardi, Liza Boone, Don Diaz, Marco Dimas, Anthony Evans, Greg Hadel, Jasper Johal, Wes Kroninger, Randy Lorentzen, Jon Meiners, Carlos Nunez, Jorge Nunez, Michael Pool,Mark Sacro, Hyuna Shin, Tim Tadder, Jason Villa.
Awards & Achievements:
USA Makeup Artist Trend Vision Barcelona 2007
North American Hairstyling Awards Judge 2010-17
3rd Place The Makeup Show Andy Warhol: The Factory 2012
Top 10 finalist The Makeup Show Berlin Another Brick in the Wall 2012
Finalist The Makeup Show LA Face Chart Contest 2013
Finalist The Makeup Show Chicago Face Chart Contest 2013
Finalist The Makeup Show Orlando Face Chart Contest 2013
Top 4 The Makeup Show LA Kevyn Aucoin Face Chart Contest 2014
Honorable Mention Shu Uemura Brave Beauty Contest 2014
Silver Medalist Team Makeup Artist Trend Vision USA 2014
Honorable Mention Herdez Traditions Dia De Los Muertos Contest 2015
Best Businesses Long Beach Makeup Artist Long Beach 2015, 2016
Small Business Excellence Award Long Beach 2016, 2017