Interview with PABLO ARDIZZONE Image Consultant of the Stars ...

The great and patient make-up artist Pablo Ardizzone. If he were not there I would still leave the house with the couperose beautiful in sight, the dull face and dry lips and instead ... a little bit of his legendary concealer, a sprinkling of powder foundation and a thread of lipstick have definitively erased from my in front of the words "I'm a desperate housewife and I don't have time for makeup".

Pablo Ardizzone

(promptly "infected" before starting the interview) was born in Turin in 1977 and spent the first years of his life between Loano and Casalborgone.B: When did your passion for make-up start? P: When in third high school I returned to Turin after a period spent in Novara in boarding school (note from the blogger: the classic "scoundrel" sent to boarding school!) A group of friends was created with whom I was at home every Saturday afternoons to get ready for the night at the disco.

My mom is a former model so I grew up seeing her wearing makeup. In his day the figure of the make-up artist only existed for large productions so the models often wore make-up on their own.

In those afternoons in company, I often ended up helping my friends with the make-up operation until the day came when the pupil overtook the teachers. B: When did you realize that this talent of yours could have become a job? P: I started out for passion, but once I saw that the requests were not lacking and with them the results, even though I live in a small city that does not have a specialization in the sector, I realized that that could have become my future. B: In what sense does Turin not have a specialization in the sector? P: In the sense that since there is not a large sectoral market in Turin, as for example in Milan there is fashion and in Rome there is cinema, I had to learn to be multifaceted and to calibrate my hand in the most diverse situations. From the Opera House to photographic beauty.

From makeup

more characterizing and marked than the Theater, also due to the fact that even the most distant audience must be able to perceive the expressions, to the make-up and non-make-up of the soap and water effects in beauty products. B: Was this versatility of yours a problem or did it help you when you arrived in Milan? P: It was absolutely a plus.

In Milan the sectoriality is almost watertight: the make-up artists who perform theater do neither fashion nor cinema nor television, and vice versa. Let's say that I started with an advantage because I was able to immediately follow different characters in their different professional performances. B: Speaking of characters, did you think maybe I wouldn't ask you some "gem" about the celebrities you make up? Come on confess. P: just because it's you… Anna dello Russo doesn't want her neck made up.

Valeria marini

(which he calls "The blonde star" or "Valeriè") draws her lips herself: I am not "allowed" to touch her lips even though I have created her favorite lipstick especially for her.

For Charlene Wittstock

(Albert of Monaco's wife) I created "Charlene", the lipstick she wore at her religious wedding that was "only" seen by 150.000.000 viewers.

An exclusive color with a secret formula that I will never do again. A great satisfaction for me (note from the blogger: as you can see in the second photo of the article, Pablo, for my birthday he gave me one of his fantastic lipsticks too. Pappapperooo!) B: You're doing great Pablo, go ahead go on like this, yes yes! P: When I used to make up Simona Ventura I often came home with a stiff neck because I had to make up her while she was bent over to read the script.

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It was no easy feat. B: A memory that makes you smile? P: When I made up Eleonora Abbagnato for her wedding in Palermo. Her mother showed me and Robi (di Coppola) for a walk in her beautiful garden and made us eat the magnificent and excellent pears she cultivated with love.

Charlene, on the other hand, always makes me find pate de foie gras when I go to make up her at the Palace. By now he knows me well and knows that I am crazy about it. Last week I arrived in Rome at 15pm to do a job with Valeria and found out that she hadn't had lunch yet to wait for me. How pretty! B: Am I wrong or finally Marini is getting married ?! How are you going to do it? P: Oh yes, May 5th will be a great event to be experienced.

I will decide the trick when I see the dress that will win the contest that ends today (Note from the blogger: Valeria Marini made a contest asking her audience to design the dress for her)
B: we continue to talk about tricks, but no more than the VIP make-up. Now you have to give some useful advice to the "desperate housewives" and maybe a bit clumsy, like me.

Come on let's try,

where do we start? P: The first step is to have all the material clean: sponges and brushes must be washed well. Often the allergies that come are not due to new products, but to your dirty and bacterial-filled accessories. B: Oops, as soon as I get home I wash everything well, I promise. Let's talk now about the most urgent thing: dark circles. How and when can these bitter enemies be hidden? P: When? Always.

The important thing is where: you have to start from the root of the eye, that is, from that small dark dimple located in the inner corner of the eye near the nose, and get to the maximum under the pupil following the dark bezel. Never make up the external part where there are the "crow's feet" because they would only be emphasized by the product being that an area of ​​great mobility of the face. B: But do you have to "treat" dark circles before or after putting on the foundation? P: If the foundation is powder, first, if it is liquid or creamy, it can be done both before and after. The important thing is that the color of the dark circles cover is amber because the tip of orange corrects the purple of blood stagnation. It is essential not to lighten the bags because if you lighten the bags they become more prominent and therefore more pronounced. Only the eye must be lightened (note from the blogger: if we can't make the bags disappear we can always put a nice logo on them and sell them!) B: But are bags and dark circles the same thing? I never understood a tube. P: No.

The eye socket

is the dark mark and the bursa is the swelling that goes from the mark to the eye and is due to the stagnation of liquids. B: What corrector do you recommend? P: Those in pencil are good for correcting small spots, pimples, small capillaries, etc. while for the rest liquid correctors are certainly the easiest to use, but if you want a more compact and lasting effect, it is better to choose cast correctors (the so-called " tablets ”) to be spread with your fingers or brush to be more precise and targeted. B: Ok so let's give the steps well: do we start from? P: Always start with skin care by washing your face well with a cleanser suitable for your skin type (foam, oil, cleansing milk, etc.).

Pass the tonic also this targeted for your skin and then eye contour and cream trying not to overlap them. If you use the powder foundation, take care of the dark circles first, if you use the liquid or creamy one, put that first. After foundation and dark circles switched to powder and blush. With mascara and lipstick the "Bonne minne" effect (health) will be assured, but if you want an extra touch check your eyebrows (note from the blogger: Frida Kahlo was great, but her brows better remain unique in history) .

Remember that the eyebrows are not only the frame of the eye, but give proportion to the whole face (note from the blogger: that's why after years I gave in and I got them tattooed since I was practically without them). The current trend is that of Brooke Shields in the Blue Lagoon: large, but well built. B: But what if one wanted to "exaggerate" and also put eye shadow, pencil or eyeliner etc, but were clumsy like me? P: Always remembering that a little is better done well than a lot, but messed up ... we organize a nice make-up course and I'll explain everything to you! Yes, yes, yes! Let's have a nice make-up course with Pablo here in Milan! Who wants to attend? Barbara