She has spent the year on planes and tour buses, travelling the world, so you could excuse Amber D for making the most of her holidays and doing absolutely nothing. Instead, the makeup artist will relocate to Los Angeles, before jetting off on one last trip: to Mexico, with her sister.
The expert traveller has this year toured the world as Lorde's makeup artist, visiting everywhere from New York to Texas, Rome to Tokyo, London to Hong Kong. One of her last jobs for the year was the singer's makeup at the American Music Awards last month, including that genius lipstick smear.
For her summer holiday, Amber hopes to pack as little as possible. "I usually travel with so much stuff, so most likely it will just be a swimsuit, a Lonely Hearts long robe, Celine slides, sunglasses, denim shorts and probably a bit too much skin care and makeup."
This has, without a doubt, been the biggest career and life-defining year for me so far. It started with working with Lorde at the Grammys and ended with the American Music Awards and Jimmy Fallon. More than 80 concerts, festivals, countless photoshoots, appearances at every major award show, two US tours, a European tour. That's a whole lot of makeup and a whole lot of travel, but I did it with the coolest little team ever. I have seriously never laughed so much in my entire life. That's a highlight for me for sure.
I'm relocating to Los Angeles just before Christmas, so my sister, who is based in Denver, suggested we should spend [the holiday] in Mexico. Who am I to argue with that? One of the best things about travelling so much through the US this year has been being able to see my sister so many times, so one more time this year will be so cool. I plan on spending the entire time by the pool.
