Beauty Talk: Kerry Washington and her makeup artist of 10 years Carola GonzalezPosted by Wilson Morales
November 16, 2014
Recently ‘Scandal’ star and red-carpet favorite, Kerry Washington, along with her makeup artist of 10 years Carola Gonzalez, sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for this week’s Beauty Issue. They discussed some of Kerry’s monumental looks of the year, including her bold blue eye makeup paired with the strapless orange Prada gown at the Emmys.
“It was a great metallic blue,” says Gonzalez, who appears in this year’s Hollywood Reporter Beauty Issue with Washington, of one of her favorite 2014 beauty moments. “I think it was just the perfect choice for the dress.”
Having worked with Gonzalez for the last 10 years, the Golden Globe-nominated actress says she appreciates her makeup guru for looking at her red-carpet outfits and finding “a way to have my face embody the whole look of the moment. I always feel like myself, but I feel like the look is complete.”
So, exactly how much does she trust Gonzalez with her appearance? “She could do my face in the dark, and I actually want to blindfold her one day, just to see what happens because I think she could do it,” Washington says jokingly (or not).
For Gonzalez, the one thing you can always find her fine-tuning is the actress’ eyebrows.
“I really can’t see a hair out of place when it comes to eyebrows. It makes me sick to my stomach,” shares the makeup maven while sitting alongside her client during their THR shoot. “I only look at yours and mine. I don’t care about anyone else’s.”
