PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTIST    donamakeup@comcast.net             ELEGANT MAKEUP IN STYLE            (201)563-6299       

IN HER 25 YEARS OF MAKEUP ARTISTRY, DONA MASSA'S PORTFOLIO INCLUDES A VAST PROFILE OF WORK RANGING FROM HIGH-FASHION RUNWAY SHOWS, BRIDAL AND SPECIAL OCCASION BOOKINGS, TO FILM WORK.   DISPLAYING AN EARLY APTITUDE FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING, DONA DEVELOPED AN ARTIST'S EYE AND EXPERTISE IN COLOR AND COMPOSITION.  HER MORE FORMAL STUDIES INCLUDED COURSES AT  CHRISTINE VALMY SCHOOL OF ESTHETICS, NY, AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN FILM AND SPECIAL EFFECTS.                                                                                             DONA TREATS MAKEUP AS AN ART FORM THAT HAS ENDLESS BOUNDARIES FOR CREATION.  LIKE A FINISHED PORTRAIT, HER WORK IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF HER SUBJECTS PERSONALITY.  DONA  ALSO ENJOYS HER INDIVIDUAL BRIDAL BOOKINGS.   HER GOAL IS SIMPLY TO REVEAL EACH BRIDE'S INNER BEAUTY, AND ENHANCE AND SHOWCASE HER OUTER BEAUTY, WHILE USING TECHNIQUES AND WATERPROOF PRODUCTS TO ENSURE THE MAKEUP WILL  LAST.        A CONSULTING MAKEUP ARTIST FOR NARS AND CHANEL COSMETICS, SHE PREVIOUSLY SPENT 15 YEARS AT CHANEL, AS REGIONAL ARTIST FOR CHANEL BOUTIQUE, BERGDORF GOODMAN, BARNEYS NY, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, AND NEIMAN MARCUS TRAINING STAFF ARTISTS AND TEACHING CLIENTS APPLICATION AND COLOR TECHNIQUES.  SHE  HAS ALSO WORKED FOR YVES SAINT LAURENT, LAURA MERCIER,  AND LANCOME.                                                                             DONA HAS  PREPARED CELEBRITIES FOR  MEDIA INTERVIEWS  AT SHOWEST INCLUDING SHARON STONE, DEMI MOORE, MEL GIBSON, JACK LEMMON, AND GEORGE KENNEDY.   IN  ADDITION, ANOTHER HIGH POINT IN HER CAREER WAS  MEETING AND GROOMING APOLLO 13 HERO, ASTRONAUT JIM LOVELL ,  AS SHE WAS THE MAKEUP ARTIST FOR HIS TV PROGRAM EXECUTIVE FORUM.   BRINGING HER TALENTS TO SOME OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE DESIGN HOUSES IN THE FASHION WORLD, DONA'S WORK HAS GRACED THE RUNWAYS OF  VERA WANG, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, J.MENDEL, THAKOON,  CHADO RALPH RUCCI, ANN KLEIN, ELLEN TRACY, VAN CLEEF & ARPEL,  MARC BOUWER, ST. JOHN, THEORY, MISS SIXTY, BANANA REPUBLIC, RODARTE, ERIN FETHERSTON, TWINKLE BY WENLAN, NICOLE ROMANO, PHILLIP LIM, CYNTHIA STEFFE, CHRIS BENZ,  BCBG, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, WILLOW, AQUA CLARA,  NINE WEST AND KEVIN JOHN.   DONA HAS  ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MAGAZINE SHOOTS FOR DETAILS, AVENUE, SOAP DIGEST, AND NEXXT NEXXUS MAGAZINES, AND HAS WORKED ON FILM PROJECTS AND MUSIC VIDEOS.   DONA HAS ALSO DEVOTED HER EXPERTISE TO PHILANTHROPIC INVOLVEMENT, DONATING HER TIME AND MAKEUP CLASSES FOR CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING GILDA'S CLUB, LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD,  OPERATION SMILE,  THE BREAST CANCER SOCIETY AND THE YELLOW RIBBON FUND.  CONSTANTLY STAYING ABREAST OF THE LATEST CUTTING-EDGE COLORS AND TECHNIQUES, DONA FINDS GREAT FULFILLMENT IN CREATING THE MAKEUP STYLING FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL, BE IT BRIDAL & SPECIAL OCCASION, FASHION SHOOTS, RUNWAY, OR  FILM.