Godspower Chidubem is a seasoned makeup artist and the M.A.C National Artist for Nigeria.
With a rich career spanning over a decade, he has honed his expertise as a retail artist and product specialist for M.A.C Cosmetics, where he trains teams on new trends, product arrivals, and cutting-edge techniques.
A sought-after senior event team artist, Godspower has worked on prestigious shows like GTBank Fashion Weekend (2017 to date), Lagos Fashion Week, and Arise Fashion Week. In the music industry, he has been the makeup artist for music videos of top artists including Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Chike, MI, and Chidinma. In this interview with IFEOMA ONONYE, Chidubem speaks about step-by-step learning processes that shot him to the top in the makeup industry When you started as a make up artist, did you have the support many young men who choose being a make up artiste as a career are having now? When I started as a make up artist, the industry was obviously not as big as how it is now.
There were not many male make up artistes like we have now. The story behind my becoming a make up artiste is a funny one. One of my church drama group mate called me to come and assist him at a movie set.
In my mind, I thought they wanted us to come and act. When I got there, I was busy asking for my script, so that I could start rehearsing my lines. He said, ‘no; this is not for acting, it’s for make up.
’ Sincerely, back then, I don’t even know what make up was back then. Ho.
