We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Juliette Morgane a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Juliette thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
I knew wanted to pursue a creative career from a very young age. I was always drawing, dancing, creating scenarios and dressing up with friends or building houses for my dolls. I was always very imaginative and would take every music/art class i could but unfortunately my family and immediate surroundings weren’t providing any kind of perspective when it came down to art related jobs. I just didn’t have any role models and school was not for me. I think I started to see clearer after working in a club in mtl circa 2016. Meeting creatives in the music scene and collaborating on image making helped me get to know myself a lot better and kind of narrow down on what i really wanted to do with my life
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I’ve been doing makeup for 8 years professionally, but I was kind of always doing makeup. I used to be a dancer until I was 18, so I’d always need to prep for shows and to me that was the best part. I became obsessed with youtube tutorials and bettering my craft on my free time. I took a 3 month class at some point, but I’m mostly self taught and I still am. I always work on new techniques and hate getting bored. I think what I’ve come to master best is a good old glam but i also like to incorporate sfx in my work as well as a touch of face/body paint. Working with artists has always been my favourite thing because I just love making people feel hot and confident and when the person you’re doing makeup for is also your client, it’s just twice as rewarding. I also provide beauty direction and hair/makeup services for brands. The challenges are different because it requires a certain understanding of trends as you’re selling something that is a bit more time sensitive. The thing most people don’t understand is the importance of beauty in the curation of an image. The products you use don’t make as much difference as the decisions you’re making. No makeup can be the best choice, even for the most skilled makeup artist, depending on context.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
About 3 years ago, I had been working in mtl for a few years as a makeup artist, my career was going ok but I was hitting a small lull in my bookings and I was feeling super depressed. I still wanted to keep working but i was lost. Then one night, I still remember it was winter and I was supposed to go out to meet friends and everyone bailed. I remember just being in the worst of moods, feeling broke and alone haha. Midway through my solo dinner i then got an email from this brand who wanted to fly me to LA to work with a famous influencer who had spotted my work on ig. I’ve been working internationally since and have never stopped posting my work. That night was always a reminder of how important it was to keep creating, even when times were hard because you never know who could stumble across your work honestly.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
I think just to inspire. Not necessarily through my creative process, but just to show people it’s possible to live a life where you get to do what you want at least 70% of the time ahah. I try and take most of my creative decisions with my heart, and it’s gotten me amazing places so far. I’m also part of a mentoring program called Academos, which connects young people from 14-30 y/o with professionals of several fields. There are very few creatives/freelance artists on the platform, so it’s been really fulfilling to share my journey and show them that they can do it too :)
Contact Info:
- Website: juliettemorgane.co
- Instagram: @crapulettte
Image Credits
Hugo Labs Jack Bridgland