Who Is Makeup Artist Mario Dedivanovic?
Meet Mario Dedivanovic, Kim's long-time makeup artist and the man who's responsible for almost every signature look she's worn.
Contouring? Him. That flawless nude lip? Him. Baking? Oh hey, it's him again!
Raised in NYC by Albanian immigrant parents, Mario's become one of the most famous makeup artists in the world. Here's everything you need to know about him-and his friendship with Kim Kardashian West.
He met Kim in 2008 and they've been BFFs ever since
Kim and Mario met an entire decade ago, when he was hired to do her makeup for a cover shoot. And look, there's even a picture chronicling their first hang sesh!
The day I met @makeupbymario #2008
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"She just loved the makeup I did for that shoot so much," Mario said of their first meeting. "She kept asking what I was using throughout the entire process, and she was taking selfies nonstop. This was right around the time when her fame started to pick up nationally in the U.S. After the shoot, she asked me if I would take her makeup shopping to buy everything I'd used so she could take it to L.A. for her makeup artist to use. I took her makeup shopping, we went to Henri Bendel and bought a few things that I'd used on her on the shoot that day. That was it."
Their friendship includes priceless moments like this:
