Yciar Castillo

YCIAR CASTILLO: I was born in Bacolod City and lived there until I was nine years old. I was very close to my mom’s family growing up and I think that’s where I got my creative genes. It was my mother who encouraged me to study makeup artistry. I found myself going at it full time pretty quickly, apprenticing with Jigs Mayuga for two years. I never looked back since.

WHERE DID YOU LEARN MAKEUP AND WHAT WERE THE BIGGEST LESSONS YOU GOT?

I studied Basic Makeup Artistry in the Center for Aesthetic Studies and after that, I worked