Luis casco biography

He has designed makeup looks for fashion shows, and has been the lead makeup artist backstage at red carpet events like the Primetime Emmy's.
Professional makeup artist known for his work on a range of models and celebrities.
Luis Casco is a make-up artist and beauty spokesperson who works in the cosmetics, television, celebrity, fashion, and photography.

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Direct sales brand Mary Kay has appointed celebrity make-up artist Luis Casco as its latest Global Beauty Ambassador.

Casco has amassed fame through appearances on TV show Project Runway alongside writing the successful #beautiful book, while also working on many fashion shows, celebrity clients and television appearances.

The collaboration will see Casco advice Mary Kay and its independent sales force on topics including product development, color education, sales education and social influencer events.

Sheryl Adkins-Green, Chief Marketing Officer for Mary Kay, says, “Like Mary Kay, Luis is incredibly relatable, knowledgeable about global beauty and knows it’s all about letting women’s true beauty shine. We are dramatically expanding our beauty education and the customized content our 3.5 million Independent Beauty Consultants share with their customers around the world. In his new role, Luis will impact our color product development, contribute to trend forecasts and of course, orchestrate beauty looks and tips that help women feel confidently beautiful.”

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Luis Casco

Luis Casco
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Born	(1966-07-15) July 15, 1966 (age 58) San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality	Salvadoran
Citizenship	El Salvador
Occupation	Makeup Artist Media Personality Author
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Project Runway (4 seasons) Project Runway Allstars (2 seasons) Mexico's Next Top Model (season 5)

Luis Casco is a make-up artist and beauty spokesperson who works in the cosmetics, television, celebrity, fashion, and photography industries. He is best known for his appearances as the lead makeup artist on Project Runway (4 seasons) and Project Runway Allstars (2 seasons) and Mexico's Next Top Model (season 5). He has led makeup teams for global Fashion week including New York^[1], Paris, and Moscow^[2], and for award programs including the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Background

Luis was born in El Salvador, and emigrated to the United States where he attended The University Of Houston. He later moved to Paris to pursue a career in Fashion and Beauty. Luis so

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Luis Casco has been a makeup artist for some of the world's most famous celebrities, models, photographers, and fashion designers for more than 20 years. He has designed makeup looks for fashion shows, and has been the lead makeup artist backstage at red carpet events like the Primetime Emmy's®. He is currently appearing as the lead on-camera Makeup Artist on Lifetime's Project Runway and as a beauty coach on Canal Sony's Mexico's Next Top Model. On his fourth season as part of Project Runway Luis is seen by an average of 2 million viewers weekly in the US alone. His book #beautiful "50 Easy-to- create selfie-ready beauty looks" was released in September 2015 in English, Spanish and Portuguese versions and was featured in The New York Times in September 2015. The selfie photographs in the book were all taken with a smartphone and features women of all ethnicities, ages and sizes. "#beautiful came out of me realizing that once someone knows the basics, like their best angles and how to do amazing makeup- they can truly take spectacular selfie