Jersey Shores Celebrity MakeUp Artist Leora Edut Gives Back!

It was my pleasure to interview Celebrity Makeup Artist Leora Edut.  Following her passion since 1995, Leora started out with MAC Cosmetics and has since been featured by MTV, D&G, America's Top Model, Glamour Magazine...the list goes on. 

She's worked with big names, including Rihanna, Molly Sims, Kelis, Kate Voegele, and the cast of Jersey Shores doing their season premier press, including GMA, E, and Extra just a couple of weeks ago.

She also enjoys working on the runway with fashion models for names like Dolce and Gabanna, Halston, Sean John, Tom Ford, and Baby Phat. The variety keeps things interesting. 

Leora caught our attention because although she is so busy working in the entertainment and fashion industries, she has become a "Beauty Activist," whose heart has been touched and motivated to help a population that needs so much beauty and encouragement in their lives - victims of domestic violence.

Leora volunteers her time and makeup skills at such organizatins as Good Shepherd Services, GEMS, Genesis House III, and Brookhaven of Grace Smith House (a domestive violence program).

Leora shared that she considers herself to have been a "troubled teen" who hung around with a rough crowd in Detroit.  When she had the opportunity to move to New York to follow her passion of makeup artistry, she jumped at the chance to turn her life around.

"I have become a role model and inspiration for young women and spend my time with them,[teaching them how to go] after their dreams and passions," she told Nineveh Makeup Ministries, "You can say my life's mission is to now help young girls and be an inspiration for others."

Keep it up, Leora! You're an inspiration to all of us!