about ALyssa
Alyssa Bono is a a born and raised New York based hair and makeup artist, who works in print, commercial video and lifestyle brand photography, but she’s done it all from music videos to TV commercials to online and print ads. She is a driven, organized and passionate person whose ultimate goal is to enhance the individual in her chair and help tell the story of that person or character. She uses the skills she has honed over the past decade to help actors, models and personalities to feel confident and do their best work. She is trained and well versed in all forms of makeup artistry including out of kit effects for film and video, airbrush makeup, tattoo coverage as well as beauty and corrective techniques.
Alyssa also works in the bridal industry, she prides herself on her professionalism and calm demeanor in hectic moments. Since she began her professional career working in video and print, she is calm under pressure, used to working on a time crunch and extremely detail oriented,. She brings her very useful knowledge of lighting, cameras and corrective video makeup techniques with her, creating a seamless, naturally stunning finish to her brides' big day look, she takes her beauty inspiration from red carpet looks and editorial artists' techniques. Some of her favorite remarks about her makeup style are that her clients look like "movie stars”.
She works hard to ensure that the morning of your wedding runs smoothly, and provides a stress free getting ready experience so that her brides can focus on spending the time making lasting memories with their favorite people. She will work with you to create a look you adore and feel beautiful in, no matter your style. Her personal beauty philosophy is that her job is simply to enhance the unique beauty that is already inherent in each person.
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