Lisa Eldridge

Lisa Eldridge is a make-up artist, creative director, and author. Born in 1974, she was raised in New Zealand and Liverpool, England. She had her first big break when she was booked by ELLE Magazine to work with model Cindy Crawford. In 1998, Eldridge teamed up with Japanese make-up and skincare company Shiseido, who asked her to create a brand new make-up line for the Asian market. From 2003 to 2013, Eldridge was Creative Director for Boots No7, where she was responsible for developing, re-designing and re-launching the brand. Eldridge is currently global creative director of Lancôme, working across product development, advertising campaigns and digital strategy. In October 2015, Lisa published her first book, Face Paint: The Story of Makeup, a New York Times bestseller. Eldridge currently lives in London with her husband Robin Derrick and their two sons.

Born in England, Lisa Eldridge moved to New Zealand with her parents, later returning to the UK and settling with her family in Liverpool. At the age of six, her passion for make-up was ignited when she discovered a box of her mother's vintage Mary Quant and Coty make-up dating back to the 1960s at her grandmother's house. Her interest deepened when she was given a book on stage make-up as a teenager, and it was then that she decided to pursue a career in make-up artistry.

Following a move to London, Eldridge took a course in photographic make-up artistry at Complexions, began building her portfolio and eventually signing with a make-up agency. She had her first big break when she was booked by ELLE Magazine to work with model, Cindy Crawford. Crawford and Eldridge hit it off, and worked together on several more shoots. From here, Eldridge quickly built up her reputation. She has been based in Paris, New York and Los Angeles, travels regularly for photo shoots, fashion shows and advertising campaigns and now lives in London. Her work appears on the pages of the world's leading fashion magazines including British, Italian, French, Chinese and Japanese Vogue, LOVE Magazine, Allure, Glamour, ELLE, Numéro, Harper's Bazaar, Pop, i-D and Lula for covers, fashion, beauty and celebrity shoots. Eldridge has worked with the world's leading photographers including Tim Walker, Mert and Marcus, Cuneyt Akeroglu, Regan Cameron, Sølve Sundsbø, Rankin, Paolo Roversi, David Sims, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Thomas Schenk. Aside from her editorial assignments, Eldridge collaborates regularly with fashion houses and beauty brands on their international advertising campaigns and runway shows. These include Lancôme, Chloe, Alberta Ferretti, Prada, Donna Karan, Moschino, Yohji Yamamoto, and Pucci. Lisa was recently named by The Business of Fashion as one of the people 'Shaping The Global Fashion Industry' in their Fashion 500 list for 2013. She's the new Make-up Creative Director of Lancôme since 6 January 2015. In October 2015, Lisa published her first book, Face Paint: The Story of Makeup, an accumulation of years of research into the history of makeup. The book quickly became a New York Times bestseller.

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