By Ellyn Kail on December 16, 2014
Model:Ashley Donoghue Makeup Artist: Aavie Donoghue (Age 3)
Model: Kerri Madsen Makeup Artist: Abby Howell (Age 4)
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#DaughterDoesMyMakeup, Canadian photographer Elly Heise invited girls aged three to five into her studio, arming them with the mascara, blush, eyeshadow, and lipstick needed to makeup their mothers’ faces however they wished. In handing over creative control to the children, she works to subvert contemporary ideals of beauty and femininity, placing value instead in self-expression and individuality.
In this celebration of non-conformity, Heise not only challenges the pressures faced by modern women but also honors the precious bond between mother and daughter. Though the girls’ makeup jobs are predictably inexpert, the parents wear them with the utmost seriousness. In conversation with The Huffington Post, the artist explains that the project is in many ways a tribute to the serious work of motherhood, to those women who