The Artist(e)-ic Life

Celebrity makeup artiste, Kritika Gill, opens up to Sanjana Salunkhe about her passion projects and her world of beauty.

- Sanjana Salunkhe

Kritika Gill is one of the few experts you’ll meet, who is not just known for her quantity work but for the quality she offers. Her portfolio includes some of the most stunning editorial features, commercial films, as well as creating red carpet look for Bollywood A-listers like Karisma Kapoor and Diana Penty. Having worked on some of the best celebrity faces in Bollywood, she is setting new standards with her gorgeous beauty looks. Her love for the arts, and fascination with colours and textures, is what brings her to the world of beauty. Here, she gets candid and tells us all about her journey so far.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET INTO MAKEUP?

I have always had a creative mind. Since I was child, I would doodle every chance I got. I always knew what career I wanted to pursue— it had to be something creative, something in the arts. Makeup was just the first step towards my creative journey.

TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR MAKEUP JOURNEY AND HOW IT ALL STARTED?

I was studying to be a product and furniture designer. I wasn’t interested in makeup as a young girl, but one day in college, a friend told me that red lipstick would really suit. I just laughed it off, but just to prove a point, she took me to buy a red lipstick. Naturally, I went to try it on and in that moment, I realised how transformative makeup can be. I felt good, confident, and even sassy. That’s when my love for makeup began. My interest only got deeper from that moment on, and I decided to study advanced makeup techniques in London. It still amazes me how that one red lipstick changed my life.