Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff The Art of Taking Risks: How Violette Serrat, Founder and CEO of VIOLETTE_FR, Became a Successful Makeup Artist
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When it comes to following her passions, French makeup artist Violette Serrat, Founder and CEO of VIOLETTE_FR has zero fears.
At 19, while living in Paris, Violette was applying glitter to her friend’s face for a party. At that moment, Violette realized doing someone’s makeup merged her two loves of fashion and painting. She immediately decided she was leaving to pursue makeup in New York City and left two weeks later with no makeup or experience. After spending a short time in NYC, Violette returned to Paris. She was determined to become a makeup artist on her own terms while remaining authentic to herself, even if it meant going against industry standards.
Violette worked really hard and eventually caught her first break with an appearance in Vogue. Over the course of 17 years, Violette worked for numerous big-name brands including Dior, Estée Lauder, and Sephora. Violette knew the whole time she wanted to create her own brand for the community she had been building on Instagram and YouTube. Today, she is the creative director of makeup at Guerlain, as well as the founder and CEO of VIOLETTE_FR. Violette’s own brand is dedicated to reminding you that perfection is not real and to celebrate yourself as both “the artist and the muse.”
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Big Ideas:
- Taking big risks and having zero fear when it comes to work.
- Following your gut and being authentically yourself.