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Cindy Joseph - Makeup Artist

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When a friend messaged me with the news of the death of Cindy Joseph, I was shocked and saddened.

The New York Times reported this week that Joseph, 67 and more recently living in Cold Spring, had passed away July 12 from soft-tissue sarcoma.

I had spent time with Joseph back in 2012 at her then-Yonkers home for a WAG profile, a memorable interview with a kind, funny and spirited woman.

Photographer Bob Rozycki and I were invited to Joseph’s home, which was a rambling 19th-century building in Yonkers on a hill above the Hudson River.

Joseph, a longtime makeup artist in the fashion industry, became a model herself when “discovered” at age 49 on a Manhattan street. She was, certainly, living a life that defied expectations.

She was outspoken. She forged her own way – from being a self-described “total, absolute, by-the-book California flower child” to becoming a true beacon for anyone who struggled with the concept of aging.

As she blurted out, unasked at the time, “I am 61-and-three-quarters years old. Every moment of my life has been important.”

Her modeling career paid homage to her physical beauty, including her striking silver hair. But it also made many pause to consider the very concept of beauty – and the long-held belief that it had to fade with age.

Age, she told us, was simply a part of the glorious life she was living.

“It’s not time to accept it,” she said. “It’s time to celebrate it.”

And she did that through national ad campaigns for companies such as Dolce & Gabbana; work for clients such as Banana Republic and Macy’s; and the launch of BOOM! By Cindy Joseph, a cosmetics line focusing on highlighting a woman’s natural beauty.

All, she said, reflected a lifetime of observations in the fashion industry – and beyond.

“I realized being photogenic was really about feeling good in your skin, not being self-conscious. …By the time I was 49, I was like, ‘This is me. Take it or leave it.’”

Back when we first spoke, she was about to do one of her local appearances and explained what she wanted to share with other women.

“I want women to realize their own value, because that’s when others will value us,” Joseph told me.

Words to remember from a woman who lived a life that continues to inspire.

– Mary Shustack
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US Vogue January 1984
What Looks Great Now | Paris

Photo Brigitte Lacombe
Models Anouchka, Claudia Huidibro, Laetitia Firmin-Didot
Hair Valentin
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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Vogue Italia October 1987-1
America Moda a New York E Los Angeles Dove Il Corto E' Best-Seller

Photo Steven Klein
Models Michaela Bercu, Jana Rajlich & Unknown
Hair Ezel
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue November 1984
Another Side to Evening...

Photo Dominique Issermann
Models Leslie Winer, Anne Rohart
Hair Vincent
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue February 1986
Day Dressing A Seasonless Edge!

Illustrator Antonio Lopez
Photo Uli Rose
Models Louise Vyent & Christy Turlington
Hair Frederic for Bruno Dessanger
Makeup Cindy Joseph




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US Vogue February 1986
The New York Collections | Fast-Start Dressing

Photo Jean Pagliuso
Models Michelle Eabry, Lenita Oderfaldt, Karen Alexander, Vanessa Duve, Melanie Kremser
Hair Ray Allington
Makeup Cindy Joseph, Michel Voyski


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US Vogue May 1985
Fragrance | The First Fashion A Woman Wears

Photo Deborah Turbeville
Models Rosanna, Art Lee, Christina, , Katia
Hair Gerard Bollei
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue December 1983
Spring '84 Ideas: New Directions, the Shape of Spring to Come

Photo Brigitte Lacombe, Helmut Newton
Models Miriam, Anouchka, Valerie, Laetitia Firmin-Didot
Hair Bruno Weppe, Valentin
Makeup Anne-Marie Barthelemy, Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue December 1985
Themes and Variations: Expressions of a Unique Style of Ungaro

Photo Deborah Turbeville, Irving Penn (Portrait)
Models Anh Duong, Marie-Sophie Wilson, Rosima Dominguez
Hair Edward Tricomi
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue September 1985
Living Up To the Legend Coco

Photo Dominique Issermann
Model Laetitia Firmin-Didot
Hair Romain
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue February 1986
Day Dressing A Seasonless Edge!

Illustrator Antonio Lopez
Photo Uli Rose
Models Louise Vyent, Christy Turlington
Hair Frederic
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue July 1984
Milan New Dash...New Coats! Pt. 1

Photo Eddy Kohli
Illustrator Patty Dryden
Models Nicole, Valentine Dol, Kim Williams, Nathalie Gabrielli, Paula Hamilton
Hair Madeleine Cofano
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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US Vogue July 1984
Milan New Dash...New Coats! Pt. 2



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US Vogue December 1985
Emanuel Ungaro

Photo Deborah Turbeville
Text Holly Brubach
Models Anh Duong, Marie-Sophie Wilson, Rosima Dominguez
Hair Edward Tricomi
Makeup Cindy Joseph


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