Andrew Sotomayor
Emmy winning celebrity makeup artist Andrew Sotomayor has worked with Glamour.com, Covergirl, La Mer, L'Occitane, and eight Academy Award winning actors. He's the host of "Masters of Makeup" and founder of Oracle Jayne Station fragrances.
Welcome to Oracle Jayne Station
I'm so happy to finally launch Oracle Jayne Station. After 18 years in the beauty industry, this has been the most ambitious and financially daring experience of my career. Among the many surprises, it has not been journalists, celebrities, or social media influencers who have been the most impactful with this launch. It has been friends. I count each of you among them. Some of you I've worked with for years, some I danced with in college, some helped me break into the industry, and some I've just met with this premiere. Thank you.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 2 months ago in Blush
The Tattoos I've Always Wanted
I am not cool enough to have a tattoo. Well, to clarify, I am not cool enough to already have a tattoo. I’m cool enough to want tattoos, but not cool enough to have gotten them the day I turned 18. Or 30.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 6 months ago in Blush
Why Will Bus Stops Say the Names of Victims But Maybelline Won’t?
I received a reply to the email I sent to a Maybelline representative on June 10th. Below is my next open letter response. Thanks for the additional information. You said that after I was asked for referrals to trans women willing to do social media work for freem that the concept changed, talent appearing in the “non-editorial content” for Pride last year were paid. What about talent appearing in branded "editorial" content? You also said that the Maybelline Pride initiatives would be rolling out. It's now June 15th.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 9 months ago in Blush
Dear Maybelline, and L'Oreal: Black Lives Matter and "Trans" is Not A Trend.
Like many of us, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, I've spent the last three months getting emails from Verizon, Chase Bank, and almost every company I've ever shopped with online. It's always sentiments about what a difficult time Americans are experiencing, words about how much they care, and usually very little about what they actually do.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 9 months ago in The Swamp
I Don’t Want To Be Popular (But I Do Want To Be Likeable).
In the second webisode of “Lip Service” I talk about why being “popular” is all about what other people want, and why being “likable” is all about what you want. If you’re feeling overwhelmed right now thinking about competition, social media, and your relationships, click the link in my bio to watch 👏 this 👏 video 👏. As the world is changing around us, it couldn’t be more important to find one word at a time to carve your path to what’s next.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 9 months ago in Motivation
Don't Have Confidence. Have Courage
Confidence is highly overrated. For real. Hear me out. I've been a makeup artist for seventeen years. It has been a roller coaster. Some big choices along the way. Some crazy awesome opportunities that I'll always be grateful for. Some experiences I'd rather forget. But along this journey, I've learned a lot about what it means to pursue a creative life. So now, it's my time to give some things back.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 10 months ago in Motivation
In 2020, How Do We Talk About HIV?
Author’s note: A previous version of this piece was published on The Huffington Post in 2017. With so many significant changes to the fight against HIV/AIDS in terms of the success of PrEP, new information about what it means to be undetectable, a dizzying array of political issues, the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, and through it all an additional 2 million new HIV cases globally, I felt that now more than ever, this piece needed to be updated and reshared. While cases of sexually transmitted infections have most likely fallen temporarily as social distancing have been put in place to drastically varying degrees depending on location, it is to be expected they will return along with previous social norms.
Andrew SotomayorPublished 10 months ago in Longevity
“Masking For Trouble”! Skincare Spa Night With Lauren Adams from “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
In honor of the new, and really cool Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt interactive special “Kimmy vs. The Reverend” on Netflix, which is basically a Choose Your Own Adventure book come to life, I decided to have a spa night with the hilarious Lauren Adams from the show! Full disclosure...no spoilers! Instead, with her cult hit Instagram page @MaskingForTrouble, Lauren Adams from "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is someone I've been wanting to team up with for a skincare face mask side by side trial forever! We have mutual friends dating as far back to high school and college, so this was a collaboration that was meant to be. Join us for a girls night with tips for positivity, gratitude, and joy, plus lots of deep dive skincare tips from the expert on face masks. Seriously, she must have tried hundreds. She’s even made special trips to the Korean shopping district in New York, and has even been to South Korea!
Andrew SotomayorPublished 10 months ago in Blush
