Makeup Artist

With projects for Star Trek, Mad Men, and now Castle under her belt, it's no wonder makeup artist Debbie Zoller stays in demand behind the scenes. Over the past few years, we've interviewed the brains behind the beauty several different times, and now we've gathered up some of our favorite Debbie posts. From cake-free makeup to gory looks in time for Halloween, check out her insider tips below:

• Beef up your cosmetic bag with Debbie's makeup essentials.
• Find out where Debbie finds inspiration.
• Achieve a cake-free face with these three tips.
• Have a favorite blush? Try using it over your eye shadow.
• Look to your pantry to create gory looks for Halloween.
• Get ladylike á la Mad Men's Joan Holloway.

One of my favorite questions to ask makeup artists is what staples they have in their cosmetic bags at all times. The pros know, after all. Recently, I caught up with Debbie Zoller, head makeup artist for ABC's Castle, and asked her about her must-have beauty items. Find out her top picks below:

• Rock and Republic Shadows: "Their eyeshadows are amazing and they come in three different pigments. There’s the matte, there’s a semishimmer, and there’s a high shimmer."
• Rock and Republic everything else: "I love their pigments; their blushes are great; the eye shadows are great," says Zoller. Also great? The gel liners.
• Make Up For Ever: "I love Make Up For Ever," says Zoller. "They [the products] kind of complete the look that I’ve been using on the show quite a bit. I seem to go to their stuff because this season gets a lot crazier. If I thought last season was big this season's even bigger. Last season we had the dominatrix [look] and stuff, now we are going into more underground cultural things."

For a peek at Debbie's work, be sure to catch the season premiere on Sept. 22.

Hollywood makeup artist Debbie Zoller is a wealth of makeup information. (See more here.) Not only has she worked behind the scenes on shows like Mad Men and popular movies such as Kill Bill and The Sweetest Thing, but she's currently the makeup department head on ABC's Castle. I recently talked with Debbie about the ins and outs of her job, from the craziest looks she's done to the every day styles she creates for the characters. Find out the unusual ways in which she finds inspiration when you read more.

Have you heard of Biba, the hottest new makeup artist on the Hollywood scene? Malin Akerman, one of her lucky celebrity clients, gave this comical interview about what it's like to work with the petite genius, who only looks like an adorable toddler. Seriously, though, this video is very cute and quite funny. Props to Malin for having a great sense of humor though, and for wearing those fake eyelashes glued onto her forehead like a champ. Check out Biba's artistry for yourself in the video below, and see why we'd love for this tiny artist to give us a makeover, too:

Scarlett Johansson may be the face of Dolce & Gabbana's makeup line, but she doesn't just have makeup applied to her —she's pretty darn good at putting it on other people, too (and funny to boot). In this interview, Scarlett hilariously helps a reporter put on his on-camera makeup, tells him that his lipstick is hideous, and generally acts like someone we'd love to hang out with: