Ana Takahashi

Ana Takahashi

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She went from make-up school drop out to make-up pioneer. Ana Takahashi reimagines the meaning of make-up and turns every face into a piece of art. We have a chat with Ana to discover her secret essentials, sources of inspiration and thoughts on the future.

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Hi Ana, love your work! How did you start your make-up game?
Thanks! It all started when I was 14 years old, when beauty vloggers started getting really big. I experimented with make-up every school night until about 3am and painted a lot for my art classes. Those two skills went hand in hand and created this painterly style that I have developed today.

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What are your ultimate essentials?
I cannot live without my Dior lipglow; it gives the healthiest pink tint and glow to your lips.  I also couldn’t live without my Claropsyche palette for creating beautiful colourful pastel looks.

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What are your main sources of inspiration?
Literally everything except Instagram haha. I find that the more I use Instagram, the less inspired I feel. I guess this is why we see the same ideas used time after time again because a lot of people go to Instagram for inspiration. I usually find myself looking at specific art movements for inspiration like Rococo. I also look at different eras like 60s/70s because they had great illustrators and artist that created amazing psychedelic art which can be a great point of reference for crazy colour and pattern combo’s. 

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What has been your favourite creation and why?
Probably the look I created for my Vogue100 feature of the rainbow circles. I love it because the technique of drawing repetitive circles is such a simple concept which anyone could pull off,  but the result was very effective and eye-catching. I also just adore pastel colours so creating that look was so fun for me. 

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You often reference existing imagery giving your own twist to it. Any specific references up on the planning?
If I told you I’d have to kill you.

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If you could work with anyone’s face, who’s would it be?
Pamela Anderson, FKA Twigs, Ezra Miller, Brooke Candy, and Bella Hadid to name a few. 

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How do you imagine the future of make-up?
I definitely think hologram make-up will be a thing. Also, I think there will be a surge of E-Makeup artists who create 3D make-up looks using CGI. I definitely won’t be taking part in that because I don’t even know how to CC someone into an email lol.

 

courtesy ANA TAKAHASHI

 

interview ANIEK STROEKEN

 

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