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Speaking to Adelle Onyango, celebrity makeup artist Dennis Karuri disclosed that the first time he ever put on makeup was in response to a male client's request for a full-face beat.
Dennis described how a Kenyan DJ requested him to perform on her face while also asking him to perform on his PA's face beat.
"New Year's Eve 2018-2019, I got a booking, from this famous Kenyan DJ, and she had a PA who is very flamboyant and queer, who is now my friend.
I did makeup on the DJ, and the DJ insisted her PA needed makeup too."
Dennis didn't set out with the intention of achieving a feminine appearance on the man but ended up doing so at his insistence.
"So am over there doing masculine makeup on this PA, because he is a guy, and he goes like, 'NO! I need eyebrows, I need eyelashes, I need lipstick, I need you to blend the foundation all the way down, make it extra, Okay?'
I was like Oh! this is new, I have never done anything like this before but I'm gonna do it.'
So, I beat that face to the Gods! and he was giving! The whole event, he was the spotlight."
The PA's look made him have a mindset change.
"Immediately after doing his makeup, I sat down, looked at myself in the mirror, took a brush, and did something on my face.
I made it masculine, but I popped on eyebrows that were concealed and I also did a gloss, it was popping."
Dennis to the world, here we come;
"I went out and I actually was at my best. I posted a picture, and it got a lot of traction. Good traction majorly."
