Nikkie de Jager now has quite a bit of television experience, but this adds to her role Glow Up she had to get used to it. In the competition in which ten make-up artists compete for the win, she is a jury member and was therefore unable to chat with the participants.
“I just had the Make-Up Cup sit on it where I was both jury member and presenter and really had to get used to my role. I really enjoy just chatting with people, picking things up from them. That’s what I did here again, because that’s how I am. The direction came to me: ‘That was beautiful! But Roxeanne (Hazes, die Glow Up presents, ed.) do. ‘ Haha! “, Says De Jager, who compliments Hazes’s presentation debut in conversation with NU.nl.
The distance to the participants was therefore slightly greater than she was used to. Jury members De Jager and Pernell Kusmus soon discovered that the make-up artists found it exciting when they entered. De Jager: “That was after a few days, when we suddenly realized that the atmosphere was completely different when we came. The candidates were really afraid of us, those poor people. But we were always fair, and always delivered a nice way comment. “
Kusmus is making his television debut Glow Up and enjoyed seeing the participants at work. “It’s a competition and so they sometimes have to get things done in a very short time. But that’s the way it is in real life. Sometimes you only have fifteen minutes to make an actress as beautiful as possible, while at the same time they also argue. it is with her manager and someone is doing her with her. We really make people ready for the world. “
From make-up van Máxima
Kusmus has been in the business for over 35 years and, in addition to the make-up at countless fashion shoots, also did the make-up for Queen Máxima. “Erwin Olaf asked me to help him with a major project in 2011. Nobody should know that it was the make-up of Máxima. I almost threatened my sister, because I really had to tell someone, but she really did. was not allowed to pass her mouth. “
“Máxima was very chic and very nice and had a chat with everyone. I had 25 minutes to do her make-up and Erwin had told me exactly what he liked and didn’t like about her previous looks. I asked her. : ‘What do you want?’ But she said, “You’re the professional.” The look I created is timeless, so the photo could have been taken today. She loved it, she said. That remains the highlight of my career. “
Kusmus sees talents among the participants who can go just as far. “You see a drive and especially that some can handle criticism very well. That is necessary, because in our profession you have to deal with a lot of opinions and there will always be someone who finds it ugly. You have to be able to deal with that. dealing with it and being able to say: then we adjust it.
De Jager saw the participants grow with each assignment and thinks that the viewer will also get it. “It is not a traditional competition, the makers also show the people behind the participants. There is love in it, both from the participants and the makers. I will participate in another season.”
Glow Up can be seen at Videoland from 15 March.
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