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Daytonian works as TV host Rachael Ray’s makeup artist

Tom McKenzie Dayton native Kim White is a makeup artist on the "Rachael Ray Show." Submitted

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By Amelia Robinson, Staff Writer Updated 6:49 PM Monday, November 2, 2009

Kim White broke her dad’s rule about no makeup when she was a kid, and, in retrospect, that might have been a good thing.

“What I understand now that I didn’t know then is that the first thing she would do when she got to school was rush to the bathroom and put makeup on,” Jon Henri Ball of Huber Heights recalled.

“The last thing she did at the end of the day was go to the bathroom to take it off.”

Ball said the Wayne High School graduate would have been in big trouble if he had discovered her love affair with mascara, lipstick and eyeliner back then.

Now he could not be prouder.

“I get to see her work whenever I look at Rachael Ray,” Ball said.

White, a University of Dayton grad, has been a freelance makeup artist for Ray for three years. She has traveled with Ray around the country and the world. White said she constantly seeks ways to update Ray’s look.

“My basic goal with Rachael is to keep her fresh and approachable,” said White, who left the Dayton area in 2004.

Ray favors the color orange, and White, a former model, incorporates that into the look. The color is always there, be it in the form of orange blushes or peach lipsticks and shiny gloss.

“The set is perky and fun and relaxed,” White said. “I try to mirror that.”

White, a mother of one, recently launched the upbeat blog Doihavelipstick onmyteeth.com. The site features product reviews and “Mugshot Mondays,” where White gives makeovers to random people.

White, who hopes to launch a cosmetics line, recalled the days she was the girl in too much makeup. She picked up a love of fashion and flare from her grandmother, Ludia Goldsby of Huber Heights.

“I always thought she was very chic and I wanted to emulate that,” White recalled. “I was always a girly-girl and I never shook that.”

White’s mother, Karla Jones, also calls Huber Heights home.

White got her start in the beauty industry doing commercial makeup assignments for companies such as Elder Beerman, Limited Brands and Procter & Gamble. She knew she’d have to leave the region if she wanted to take her passion to the next level as a professional makeup artist.

“Practice, practice, practice and definitely soak up every magazine you can find. Every ‘Vogue.’ Every ‘W’...” she said. “I’d tell them to be inspired by everything they see.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2384 or arobinson@DaytonDaily News.com.

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Good for you Kim. When using make-up, there's a fine line between looking chic and looking cheap. Anyone can put on make-up but enhancing one's beauty without "looking made-up" requires talent. Rachael Ray always looks beautiful and fresh. If I were a celeb, I'd have my own make-up person, too! You bet I would! Heck, if I could afford it, I'd have one anyway!

glad4you
12:40 PM, 11/4/2009

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Get her off. Who cares who puts on someone's makeup. Too lazy to do it themselves. Who is her housekeeper, chauffer, personal assistant, personal trainer?

flipper
8:54 AM, 11/4/2009

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Can she make Rachel Ray less obnoxious? Doubt it.

tbill
10:09 AM, 11/3/2009

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Great Story! Always wonderful to hear great news from the residents of Huber Heights!

Tracy Dudley
9:21 AM, 11/3/2009

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