Donald Simrock is an American makeup artist

Makeup artist

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, distinguished for powerful editorial makeup. He is also Beauty Editor for Flaunt

Flaunt

Flaunt is a monthly American fashion culture magazine founded by the current editor-in-chief, Luis Barajas, and creative director, Jim Turner, also the founders of Detour magazine. Long Nguyen, a third founder and style director, also was working on Detour for four years...

 Magazine.

Donald was born in Longmont, Colorado

Longmont, Colorado

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. He gained his first work experience

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 in the unconventional settings of nightclub

Nightclub

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s in both New York

New York

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 and Europe

Europe

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. Shortly thereafter, he accepted a very lengthy apprenticeship

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 under Pat McGrath

Pat McGrath

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, before finally moving out on his own. In addition to Flaunt, Donald Simrock's bold editorial work has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

, Interview

Interview (magazine)

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, Harper's Bazaar

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 and Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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. His unique vision has given him the opportunity to work with celebrity clients that include Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

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, Britney Spears

Britney Spears

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, and Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...

. His work is seen in numerous music video

Music video

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s, and has been nominated for best make-up at the Video Music Awards. Simrock's wide artistic range has led him to collaborate with renowned directors and photographers alike, from Hype Williams

Hype Williams

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 to David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle

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External links

• Blogs about: Donald Simrock
• In the Makeup
• http://www.fancast.com/people/Donald-Simrock/1745843/main
• http://www.dailyceleb.net/production/index.php?view=event&eid=1789&cap=%20donald+simrock&PHPSESSID=c3a6f...
• http://www.margaretmaldonado.com/#p=makeup/donald_simrock/
• http://www.macpro.com/templates/behindthescenes/index.tmpl?pagename=fashion
• http://www.ladygaga.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=15901&cmnt=1
• http://www.cookiemag.com/style/momstyle/features/2008/08/millajovovich
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/12178075@N05/2514198459/
• http://www.mvpa.com/mvpa_awards_nominees/nominees2004.htm
• http://stage.clipmarks.com/clipmark/8639A59C-C6AD-4DBA-84F5-42B0E56918AF/