About Krista Dior:

I freaking LOVE love makeup! My makeup obsession all started when I was a little girl and watched the 80′s television show, Solid Gold. I was about 7 years old when I laid my eyes upon Boy George, who was a guest star on the show. “Wow”, is all I could say. I knew he was a “boy”, but what a mighty strange boy he was! Men with makeup sorta became an obsession of mine and still is to this day. I’ve actually had the pleasure of applying makeup on men, both rockstars & drag queens, MANY women and youngsters, and just people having fun. I lived out my dream of being a makeup queen when I started working for Benefit Cosmetics back in 2001 while I attended CSUH college for Art & Graphic Design. My career with Benefit ended in 2006, when I went on to pursue web design and programming. I now work for a very large internet corporation as Web Editor. I am now dedicating a portion of my time to review beauty products, create tutorials, and share the love.. my love.. of makeup!

Besides putting on makeup, and doing all sorts of makeuppy stuff, I live a pretty normal life in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. I live with my fiance, Steve, who is in a pretty cool new rock band that is currently working out some tunes. My friends call me a little Sharon Osbourne in training! I have a very cute Shiba Inu female dog who is nothing but trouble around the house. She just turned 13 years old on November 26, 2011. Life couldn’t be any more fantastic!

If you have a beauty blog and are interested in using my articles or would like me to be a guest blogger, please get in touch! I’d love to help out! If you have ANY beauty questions, please do ask! This is the stuff I live for, so please don’t hesitate to ask. When submitting a question, please try to include a photo if you are asking a question about color suggestions; also let me know whether or not you would like your question and /or picture published in one of my blogs. I respect everyone’s privacy!

krista@kristadior.com

NEW!! FAQs :

• What is your favorite brand of makeup?

I love a lot of different brands. Every makeup brand has something special. If you were to look into my makeup bag, you would see a lot of products from  Make Up Forever, Beauty Society, Tarte, MAC and Yves Rocher.

• How long have you been a blogger?

I’ve been creating websites since 1998, but blogging is something I started doing back in about 2000 on Diaryland.com. I didn’t start blogging about makeup until about 2007.

• Are you a makeup artist currently?

I was a makeup artist … then I joined the corporate world and don’t exactly have time to take in clients. I barely have enough time for myself! My goal is to share my knowledge with the world and never stop making people feel good about the way they look. I am currently taking clients for bridal cosmetics.

• What type of camera do you currently use?

I use a Nikon D3100 SLR camera. I just got it in November 2010, so whatever photographs you have seen before then were taken with a Sony point and shoot digital camera. I am new to the SLR, so I’ll need to study up on it before I get too crazy.

• Who designed your website?

I did! I studied web design and programming in college, and it is one of my hobbies to build websites. I’ve been asked about rates and such for building business and personal sites, but I have very limited time to do those types of projects. I am open to suggestions and requests for page building, so please do contact me if you are interested or have a career opportunity that might blow my socks off!

• Can I advertise or guest blog on your site?

YES.. I will send you my advertising rates if you send me an email request. I’m pretty reasonable! If you would like to be a guest blogger, you may either “pay to post” or post one of my blogs or links on your own blog. Please do feel free to email me,  I am open to all opportunities. I also would LOVE to participate in cosmetic tests and try new products, so do let me know if you are looking for testers or someone to blog about your products.

Keep the questions coming! I’ll post them here! krista@kristadior.com