Maria Malone: Makeup Illusionist

Malone, who hails from Limerick Ireland, grew up in an artist’s household and discovered her love for pencil and charcoal drawing at an early age. That led her to pursue visual art, dreaming of a career as an FX artist. It wasn’t until years later, after starting a family that Malone started discovering her talent, when she was asked to work the face paint station at an event at her children’s school. Malone realized that her lifetime of portrait sketching gave her the skills to create an FX makeup look all along.

Today the mother of two boasts 116k followers on her instagram where she regularly posts photos and videos of her incredible transformative makeup, and her unique portrait sketch-style approach to FX illusion face painting.

By Stella Rose Saint Clair