Monica Boyd-Lester is a makeup artist based in NYC.
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Union - Local 798
Licensed Esthetician - New Jersey
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”My music career inspired my love of makeup as an art, which I credit to watching Sam Fine and Kevyn Aucoin work. I strive to bring every production to life, through makeup artistry but also a deep focus on teamwork.” -Monica
CREDENTIALS
Television / Film
BET: Diarra From Detroit 2023 / HBO MAX: Full Circle 2022 / NETFLIX: Straight Shooter 2022 / HULU: Everything’s Trash / SHOWTIME: Let The Right One in 2022 / NBC Universal Television: Law & Order (Season 21) 2022 / MTV: WILD N OUT S17 / TriStar/Sony Pictures: I Wanna Dance With Somebody / NBC: Annie Live / HULU: Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Season 2) / NETFLIX: The Perfect Find / MTV: Girl Code, Guy Code, Vidiots, Ladylike, Girl Code Snapchat, Teen Code, Talk 30 To Me
Television (For Guests / Talent)
NBC: The Kelly Clarkson Show, SNL 40th Anniversary Special / MTV: VMA’s 2019 (Missy Elliot Vanguard Award) / ABC: The View, Regis & Kelly, Good Morning America, Rachel Ray / CBS: The Early Show / UPN 9: The Wendy Williams Show / FOOD NETWORK: Down Home with the Neely’s, All Star Holiday Cookoff / BRAVO: Real Housewives of New Jersey / TV ONE: R&B Divas / SHOWTIME: White Boys in the Hood
NYC Fashion Week
RACHEL ROY: Spring 2009, 2010, 2011 / WHIT: 2011 / MAKE UP FOR EVER: 2012, 2013, 2014 / DENNIS BASSO: 2018, 2019
Editorial / Print
NY BRIDE (Magazine) / SUBURBAN BRIDE (Magazine) / THE DRESS (Book, Grand Central Publishing)