“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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