Lau Chavolla — Makeup Artist

Issue one

The Lau Journal

Beauty. Style. Confidence. Inspiration. A modern editorial journal on beauty, style and the confidence to show up as yourself — written from the chair, the studio and the city.

Editorial beauty feature photograph

Beauty

Feature article — headline pending

The opening feature of the journal. Headline, standfirst and article to be written by Lau.

Featured · issue one
Personal brand editorial feature photograph

Personal Brand

Feature article — headline pending

A second feature slot, reserved for a personal brand and image story.

Featured · issue one
Studio scene from behind the chair

Behind the Chair

Feature article — headline pending

A third feature slot, reserved for studio notes and stories from behind the chair.

Featured · issue one
Editorial journal interlude, warm daylight and texture

In the next issue

Essay · 4 min

Why less is the whole point of soft glam

The most flattering makeup is the one you can barely see — and the reason has nothing to do with product.

Field note · 3 min

Reading your face: a beginner's method

Before technique, there is observation. How to look at your own features without correcting them.

Studio note · 5 min

Authentic confidence is not a product

What actually changes in the mirror when a woman recognises herself in her own reflection.

Essay · 6 min

Natural beauty, and the discipline of restraint

Editorial work taught me to remove before I add. It remains the most useful thing I know.

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