George Miguel Costa

George Miguel, a celebrity Makeup artist, has been extremely successful lately. He not only works with models and a roster of clientele, but two of his most recent clients include the beautiful Melissa Gorga and Kathy Wakile from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. George has appeared multiple times on this season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey where we can see his talents put to work! His older sister who was always involved with doing makeup and hair first inspired George. His passion and drive to pursue a career in the industry allowed him to succeed and he is continuously motivated to take his career to the next level.

Q. How do you adjust your makeup styles for a tv reality star and a model on the catwalk?
As runway make is fun and playful it can be a little showgirl at times depending on trend.. But out of many of the looks a portion of the look can be very wearable or slightly tweaked

Q: You mention that your sister was who initially inspired you, but what were the actual steps you needed to take that led you to become a celebrity makeup artist?
Yes both my sister an my late mother inspired me greatly I remember watching them but on there makeup and saw how powerful the looked and felt just blew me away…well living in the ny metro area it’s a plus working with top key makeup artist for NYFW really opened a lot of doors for me which led to working with designers , stylists and photographers …It wasn’t easy you have to really prove yourself to the super high pace culture which I love a good ol challenge !

Q: I think your work is beautiful! Every episode Melissa and Kathy look flawless. How did you develop all of these techniques?
I developed most of my techniques and skill out of pure trial and error as I feel most artist do… I honestly I just have fun with it just keep it pretty right ?! .. Take a risk it’s just makeup it can always come off.

Q: How did you catch the eye of RHONJ cast members and spark their interest in your makeup abilities?