Make Up for Camera

Marietta Carter-Narcisse, internationally renowned educator, and veteran celebrity makeup artist, has a passion for sharing beauty that’s apparent in everything she does -- whether she’s standing with a color palette in hand, brush poised before a famous face ready to be made up, or lecturing before a classroom, training a whole new generation of makeup artists.   Carter-Narcisse launched her career as an assistant wardrobe stylist to her younger brother, Ian M. Carter, during The Commodores’ 1983 European Tour. Through him, she met and toured with Natalie Cole as her image consultant and personal assistant. This led to a string of hit music videos, commercials, television shows and a successful career as one of the most sought-after makeup artists in motion pictures. She has amassed an extensive list of film credits that include the upcoming NAT GEO’s limited series Genius: Aretha, John Singleton's BET project Rebel, Lifetime Television’s remake of Beaches and Lifetime's 2015 movie Whitney, Sparkle, Baby Boy, Eve’s Bayou, Tina: What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Malcolm X, Boyz ‘N The Hood, Ghost,and numerous others. The list of actors she has worked with reads like a who's who in entertainment, from Angela Bassett, Denzel Washington, Michelle Pfeiffer, Whoopi Goldberg, Cindy Crawford Jordin Sparks, Nia Long, Danielle Mone Truitt to personal makeup artist for Samuel L. Jackson for many years, the list goes on and on.