ABOUT

Tommy Napoli is a New York City-based makeup artist, product development consultant, and beauty educator with over a decade of experience in fashion and beauty. At just 24, he became a Lead Artist for Team Charlotte Tilbury, traveling North America to launch the brand’s record‑breaking retail debut.

Career Highlights

• Allure Best of Beauty 2021 for co‑developing Meloway’s Your Way Mascara.

• Makeup for Halsey’s “Saturday Night Live” performance x Kim Kardashian; Makeup for Lizzo x Ladygunn.

• #1-Selling Artist, Bergdorf Goodman Beauty Level: Topped sales rankings and, in 2017, designed and taught a sold‑out Bergdorf Goodman × Charlotte Tilbury masterclass.

• Launch artist, Makeup Museum NYC, hosting industry insiders such as Hung Vanngo, Daniel Martin, Erin Parsons, Sandy Linter, and major media outlets and legacy brands including WSJ, Fast Company, People, Maybelline, Revlon, L’Oreal, The Makeup Show, and more.

• On‑camera artistry for Allure’s Scorpio Beauty series and an IG Live with celebrity face‑yoga master Koko Hayashi, where he introduced the K-beauty "Smize 'Aegyo Sal' Technique." This approach to shaping the lower lashline for brighter, youthful-looking eyes has since appeared across beauty campaigns, red carpets, film, and television in the West.

• First assistant to Lauren Parsons on Vogue’s 125th‑anniversary portfolio by Steven Klein; first assistant to Daniel Sallstrom for Harper’s Bazaar icons shot by Pari Dukovic.

• Key artist, Made Fashion Week x Rochambeau FW ’15;

• Backstage artist, Savage x Fenty SS ’20 on Amazon Prime.

Trained on more than 100 global beauty brands, Tommy pairs holistic beauty with expressive artistry for strategic brand collaborations, editorial projects, corporate and private events, and more.

Representation: Tommy is an independent artist formerly with The Only Agency. He is currently open to new representation.

For bookings, brand collaborations, & media inquiries: info@tommymakeup.com

NOVELS

His debut novel, The Witch’s Assistant: Bitchcraft Book 1, was published September 3, 2024. Kirkus Reviews praised it as “a quirky and queer urban fantasy homage to The Devil Wears Prada.”

The Witch’s Assistant is available now on
Amazon, Kindle, Audible, Allstora (new readers save 50 % on their first order), and Barnesandnoble.com.

The sequel, A Witch’s Ascension, B*tchcraft Book 2, will launch on September 2, 2025.

CLIENTS

TALENT

Aida Rodriguez, Latina-American comedian

ASTR, American electronic R&B duo

Agatha Luczo, founder of Furtuna Skin

Alison Richards, NPR's Deputy Supervising Senior Editor/Correspondent for Science Desk, award-winning science journalist

Anna Ayers and Fabian Lliguin, founders of Rahua haircare

Audrey Hilfiger, model and niece of Tommy Hilfiger

Camilla Franks, fashion designer

Charlotte Flair, WWE

Coast Modern, American indie pop band

Dr. Venus Nicolino, American media personality, author and doctor of clinical psychology, Host on WeTV's Marriage Boot Camp

Dr. Erika Schwartz MD, award-winning doctor and personality

Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story actor and screenwriter

Gail Maidman, New York City socialite

Gayle Rankin, Scottish actress and Netflix GLOW star

George Cortina, fashion designer and stylist

Giveon, American singer-songwriter

Highly Suspect, American rock band

Imany, French pop-soul recording artist

Indya Moore, Pose on FX actress, model, and activist

Jason Wu, fashion designer

Jules Daly, RSA President and Producer- Ridley Scott and Tony Scott Film & Advertising Company

Katie Boiano, VP of Bonobos

Kate Capshaw Spielberg

Kelly Luongo, Estée Lauder Executive Director, Merchandising Development for Global Merchandising

Kiana Madeira, Canadian actress

Lilliana Vazquez, E-News Co-Host and style expert

Liza Koshy, American actress and YouTube star

Lizzo, American singer-songwriter and rapper

Lolo Zouaï, American R&B and pop musician

Maria-Olympia, Princess of Greece

Mariel Kriss-Sholem, director of SaksFirst Limitless

Marla Sabo, Former CEO of Christian Dior

Michelle Lee, EIC of Allure

Milly Shapiro, Hereditary actress and singer

Nancy Shevell McCartney

Nicky Hilton Rothschild

Niki and Gabi DeMartino, YouTube, fashion and beauty influencers

Pamela Baxter, President/CEO Perfumes and Cosmetics Americas at LVMH and President Christian Dior Couture

Paulina Alexis, Canadian Actress

Rachel Espersen, Lexus Head of Creative Programming and Partnerships

Raissa Gerona, Chief Brand Officer for Revolve

Remi Bader, American influencer and curve model

Sophia Crokos, luxury event planner

Sophia Hesketh, stylist, Honourable daughter of 3rd Baron Alexander-Hesketh

Sophie Macks, founder of Beyond the Mag

Theo Rossi, actor, prodcuer, and Luke Cage and Sons of Anarchy star

Tiffany Masterson, Creator of Drunk Elephant

Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, TLC singer-songwriter

Zazie Beetz, German-American actress and Deadpool star