About Alyson

Hi! I’m Alyson and I’m a Chicago-based makeup artist and I heart faces. I studied makeup at Makeup First in Chicago (Basic Makeup, Media Makeup, Clinical Makeup, Hairstyling for Makeup Artists). I do makeup for headshots, weddings, proms, short films, fashion, print, video you name it. I’m a full-time freelance artist and currently work for a variety of Chicago photographers and production companies, MAC Cosmetics ( I’ve worked for MAC since ’10) and Laura Mercier.

Makeup is a such an amazing medium. It allows for creative self-expression. It can be nostalgic, proper, pretty, young, old, mysterious, demure, sexy, dangerous, avant-garde. By wearing it, you embody it. And perhaps the best part of it is it’s impermanence. Today, I’m a brooding smokey-eyed artist, tomorrow, I’m an Audrey Hepburn impersonator. Why not? I can change my face on a daily basis if I choose to; the possibilities are endless. This is why I love makeup: it possesses the power of transformation.

Questions or comments? Please email me at alysonheartsfaces@gmail.com.

Peace