FATIMA OLIVE INC.
GOLDEN VALLEY, MN

Ask makeup and hair artist Fatima Olive to define beauty, and she’s got it down: That doesn’t mean that a little smoke-and-mirror effect can’t help, though. “Its about creating the persona that you want to create, like magic fairy dust.” Her inspiration came early on from admiring her sister, who is 16 years older, sprinkling on Tinker Bell’s powder in the form of false eyelashes, wiglets, and a sky-high beehive hairdo (it was the ’60s). “I remember her doing her hair or makeup and transforming from caterpillar to butterfly.” Olive began her career in the salon industry 31 years ago in Miami, and was inspired to become a freelance hair and makeup artist after she was offered a job doing hair and makeup for a photographer friend building his portfolio. “If the model wants to know what I’m doing, I like to show her,” she says. You gain rather than lose from passing on your knowledge.” bookings and also holds makeup parties, For everyone from teens learning the basics, to adults that need a reboot. “I like doing little events for women at any age. During these parties and makeup classes, she gives out what she calls “prescriptions,” a diagram detailing how to apply each product.