Photo by Carlos Khu
HI! I'M JOE VILLAREAL.
What started as a hobby more than fifteen years ago has now evolved into a passion worth sharing to the world.
I've been making faces and continuously learning to improve my passion for make-up since 2001. I trained in New York City for Advanced Airbrush Makeup with Temptu Pro and locally under Mistair Academy Philippines through the mentoring of Madge Lejano (The Makeup Studio). I am also a graduate of Kuala Lumpur's Makeup Miracle Academy directly learning from founder Kenny Yee, and I am now a part of their makeup artists team as the Philippine representation. My early years of learning were through workshops for personal make-up and basic make-up application from Make-Up Designory and HD Makeup Studio learning from the likes of Myr Lim (MUD), Jeave Gabiana (HD Makeup Studio), Christephanie Chua-Sing (HD Makeup Studio) and Jigs Mayuga, as well as from a Masterclass held by Thai celebrity makeup artist Nongchat and from Scott Barnes through the Scott Barnes Online Beauty Academy.