for celebrity makeup artist samson lei his profession is like an art samson who grew up in manipur was fascinated by fashion and beauty at a very young age his father was his biggest inspiration my dad was a businessman and he always carried himself with grace and i think that drew me towards understanding my passion samson says in an exclusive chat with etimesthe young makeup artist is the personal favourite of many actors including isha talwar kavya madhavan parvathy thiruvothu saniya iyappan and priya prakash varrier among otherswhen samson was in the 9th grade he discovered that he wants to be in the fashion industry after completing school he went to mumbai to get some exposure and now he is the most admired makeup artist in mtown the most interesting part of it is that he is selftaughtfrom working in a salon for mastering hairstyle techniques to assisting big names in the fashion week samson lei had done everything during his salad days people often ask me if i have been to any institute or took a particular course but i havent mumbai was a perfect place for a budding artist like me and i must confess that the internet has also helped me samson lei saidtaking a walk down memory lane he recollects about the first star he has worked with the first celebrity was lara dutta i did her makeup for her in the miss diva 2014samson lei who resides in kochi now thanks isha talwar for introducing him to the land and mtown it was isha talwar who helped me to connect with kerala and its entertainment industrypic courtesy special arrangementin a career spanning over half a decade samson has painted famous stars such as akshay kumar lara dutta kavya madhavan vijay yesudas priya prakash varrier rima kallingal parvathy thiruvothu madonna sebastian anju kurian saniya iyappan srindaa and namitha pramod to name a fewone could always distinguish samsons works from others as he always goes for minimal and chic makeup looks when people hear about makeup they think it is all about piling up products theres no point in it every person has their own beauty and there is no need to change it so as a makeup artist my motto is to help them reflect their identity by giving a more clean glam and refined look i believe makeup should look very subtle and natural samson shared his thoughts on makeupsamson further opened up about working with celebrities he said it is always fun as creating looks according to their persona is exciting he added i met parvathy thiruvothu about two years ago we did a magazine photoshoot and she loved my work we have been working together ever since saniya iyappan is like a younger sibling my heart fills with joy when i see their happinesspic courtesy special arrangementalthough samson lei is a makeup artist his instagram profile looks similar to that of a fashion influencer he loves to experiment with androgynous fashion