Born and raised in New Jersey, Jennifer came from a very creative family due in no small part to her mother, Jayne. “We always had the best Halloween costumes and my mother never left the house without perfect make up, not even to get the mail.” Jennifer especially enjoyed watching her mother get ready for her hot dates with Steve, her now husband. “I’d sit on her bed and watch her transform herself from house frau to movie star in just under an hour. That is what made me realize the power of make up!”Not really what one might call an academic, Jennifer, a lefty, could paint faces well, and liked to use her hands, so she attended the School of Visual Arts, majoring in illustration. The assignments came and she wanted to paint faces—but that was about it. Dazed and confused, she volunteered to do make up for a student film and realized that it was even more fun to paint faces on real people. She took some make up classes and worked on some more films and knew that make up was the only thing she could really see herself doing. Needing a steady paycheck, Jennifer headed to Fifth Avenue. After working as a resident make up artist for Saks, Barneys, and Bergdorfs, and applying make up to thousands of real faces, Jennifer decided to break free from retail hell and be her own boss…