GRANT KARPIN IS A GENDER-FLUID PRO MAKEUP ARTIST + FASHION DESIGNER ORIGINALLY FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA. THEY RECEIVED THEIR BFA DEGREE WITH A FOCUS IN FASHION AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO, AND CONTINUE TO USE THEIR FINE ARTS INFLUENCE TODAY. GRANT IS SELF TAUGHT IN MAKEUP ARTISTRY AND HAS ALWAYS ADMIRED ITS HIGHLY TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECTS. THEY VIEW MAKEUP AS SIMPLY PAINTING ON A 3-D CANVAS, A FACE. GRANT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE THEY USE THEIR ARTISTRY TO SHOWCASE INDIVIDUALITY AND THE POWER OF LIVING AUTHENTICALLY. 

GRANT HAS BUILT STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH A VARIETY OF MAKEUP BRANDS SUCH AS DANESSA MYRICKS BEAUTY, MEHRON, MAKEUP FOREVER AND MORE. THEY CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH FEARLESS SELF EXPRESSION AND UNAPOLOGETIC GLAMOUR.

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