Lisa Eldridge

Biography

Lisa Eldridge (born 26 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an English-New Zealand make-up artist, businesswoman, author, and YouTuber. She was raised in New Zealand and then moved to Liverpool, where she settled with her family. 

Her professional career began when she was booked by Elle magazine to work with model Cindy Crawford. From 2003 to 2013, Eldridge was the Creative Director for Boots No7, where she was responsible for developing, re-designing, and re-launching the brand.

Eldridge is currently the global creative director of Lancôme, working across product development, advertising campaigns, and digital strategy. In October 2015, she published her first book Face Paint: The Story of Makeup.

After moving to London, Eldridge took a course in photographic makeup artistry at Complexions while working on the Lancôme counter at Harrods to gain first-hand experience. She then began building her portfolio, and eventually, she signed up with a makeup agency. 

In the early stages of her career, Elle magazine hired Eldridge to work with model Cindy Crawford, which led to the pair working together on several more shoots. Eldridge has been based in Paris, New York, and, Los Angeles, and now resides full-time in London. 

Her work has appeared on the pages, covers, and celebrity shoots of British, Italian, French, Chinese, and Japanese Vogue, as well as Love, Allure, Glamour, Elle, Numéro, Harper's Bazaar, Pop, i-D, Lula. 

Throughout her career, Eldridge has worked with a range of world-famous photographers, including Tim Walker, Mert and Marcus, Regan Cameron, Sølve Sundsbø, Rankin, Paolo Roversi, David Sims, Mario Testino, and Patrick Demarchelier. 

She has also collaborated with fashion houses and beauty brands on their international advertising campaigns and runway shows. These include Lancôme, Chloé, Alberta Ferretti, Prada, Donna Karan, Moschino, Yohji Yamamoto, and Pucci.

In 2013 she was named by The Business of Fashion as one of the people 'Shaping the Global Fashion Industry' in their annual Fashion 500 list. Since 6 January 2015, she has been the Make-up Creative Director of Lancôme.

 In October 2015, she published the book Face Paint: The Story of Makeup, which focused on the extensive history of makeup.