{"id":213361,"date":"2019-05-04T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=213361"},"modified":"2024-02-21T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:32:16","slug":"lebanese-descendant-brings-arab-influence-to-makeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/lebanese-descendant-brings-arab-influence-to-makeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese descendant brings Arab influence to makeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Wherever she goes \u2013 in her six appearances in\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo Fashion Week<\/a>,\u00a0or in self-makeup lessons taught in London, Dublin, Rome, Paris and Copenhagen \u2013, Karina Saib<\/a>\u00a0wears her family\u2019s influence on her sleeve. Her great-grandparents made the move from Beirut, Lebanon to Brazil back in 1920. \u201cSurely all my makeup jobs that accentuate the eyes are influenced by Arab makeup. People say they can tell it\u2019s me, because there\u2019s something mysterious about it. I guess the eyes will give you that,\u201d she told ANBA.<\/p>\n

The holder of a degree in Fashion, Saib \u2013 originally spelled Sahib \u2013 began to take an interest in makeup through her household environment and how women would relate to one another. \u201cI used to see makeup around the house. My grandmother would wear red fingernails, black eyeliner and perfume. And although my mother was always classical, her eyes would always be sharp, and her lipstick red. Femininity is a constant in the Arab [world]. That was a major influence on me. You see it and you want to look the same,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Karina recalls that when she started out, she had no professional makeup artist to look up to; all she knew was she wanted to work in the beauty industry. \u201cI\u2019d look at people and envision how they could look so much prettier with black eyelashes or lipstick. I had an Arab-descendant boyfriend who was also very important, because all the women in his family wore makeup, and he was one of the people who encouraged me the most,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Karina wearing the makeup she learned from watching her mother and grandmother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While going to Fashion school, Karina started working for\u00a0MAC Cosm\u00e9ticos<\/a>. \u201cIn the afternoon I\u2019d go after the makeup artists just to watch them work. In a year\u2019s time I became a product specialist, which is like a PhD in skin. You learn your way around each and every product, you study a composition book. You learn to work textures and all kinds of skin. That job was my true school,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

Aside from watching more seasoned professionals work, the traditional Arab dance school Khan Al Kalili helped her express her ancestry. \u201cI took more than ten years\u2019 worth of belly dancing lessons at Kalili. I got the chance to do makeup on lots of dancers who developed amazing self-makeup abilities,\u201d said Karina, who also used to do a theater and performance group from the Christian Arab church she was raised on. \u201cLots of people see Arabs as one thing only, but my family, for instance, is Christian. That\u2019s still surprising to some. I take great pride in my Arab background, because it comes from both my father and my mother,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Com 12 anos de carreira, a profissional hoje atende personalidades como a atriz Samara Felippo\u00a0and journalist Mariana Godoy. Karina\u2019s working on a step-by-step Arab makeup tutorial \u2013 which she claims is ideal for any occasion \u2013 for her Youtube<\/a> channel. It\u2019s a color-rich process, with red and black eyeshadow, then the pink and golden illuminator, and finally the black eyeliner that helps accentuate the typical Arab look.<\/p>\n

In addition to doing image consulting and skin pigmentation, Karina teaches courses in various levels, including self-makeup. Although she hasn\u2019t taught a specific course in Arab makeup techniques, Karina has decided to approach the style as a way of cherishing her ancestry. \u201cIt\u2019s where I come from, and I wanted to pay tribute, to show the type of makeup that\u2019s always current in the Arab world,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

From here on out, she intends to keep creating, teaching courses and honoring her Arab roots. \u201cI\u2019m always going on about the essence of people. My self-makeup courses are about knowledge of self. I believe that in order to do makeup on yourself you need to know yourself. In my courses and videos I strive to show that everyone has their own essence,\u201d concluded Karina.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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